Shadow of Rome: Out of the Shadows.....
younghak
100% score
Every once and a while a game comes out that totally shocks and suprises the gaming world, and SOR certainly surprised me, to say the least. For starters this genre has had a few dismal titles in recent years, i mean LucasArts Gladius wasnt recieved as it was percieved, and lets not comment on the below average Gladiator Sword of Vengance, that said SOR is the best game in this genre [on console] i ever played. At first glance [before i even touched the controller] the cinematics looked like they were on the Onimusha engine, thats good by the way. I enjoyed the game very much, nice ancient historical story, the names were awesome [i mean Octavianus, Sextus, come on] I thought i was watching a episode of Hercules or something, anyway the controls were dead on, and very responsive, the music for the gladiatorial games was dead on, and inspiring, i felt the need to slay. The stealth missions with Octavianus were fun, especially when they called for switching clothes and answering the questions, which is a very good feature Capcom put in this game. It forces the player to pay attention to whats going on, when you first grab the disguise of one of the senate members, a guy asks you "Do you know what the senate meeting's about?" if you weren't paying attention you could answer "to appoint a new security member" or something like that. More stealth based games that let you steal your enemies outfits should learn a lesson here. This is Capcoms first attempt at this, and truthfully speaking i want a sequel. Boss fights aren't as easy as regular skirmishes, they require better timing and strategy, all and all the game rocks, definetely worth buying, but hey you could always rent first. YoungHak
