Gladiator Manager

This is a pretty good all-around team management strategy game. I disagree with some of the other comments that the combat is just wild RNG. Once you understand the mechanics and if you read the detailed log you will figure out strategies to exploit strengths and weaknesses, particularly if the control mechanic is in your favor. It's very satisfying defying the odds and winning from an underdog position, or scoring an overwhelming victory in an even matchup. The damage and injury system is pretty well done although it can be frustrating scoring numerous good hits without inflicting significant damage to the opponent. There does need to be an RNG/luck element to the damage otherwise the fights otherwise the outcome would be much more RNG/luck depending on whether you hit or miss you first few attacks. Strength and toughness seem to be the most important attributes as they can swing the damage RNG/luck heavily in your favor. The class system is pretty well done. Each of the different classes plays differently and are fairly well-balanced although I think . Tier 1: Rogue, Retarius, Defender; Tier 2: Gladiator, Freestyler; Tier 3: Barbarian, Leader. Barbarians are inconsistent because they have vulnerable armor and leaders seem kind of weak but they are intended for large fights of 3v3 or 4v4 so it only makes sense to carry one quality Leader on the roster. Some of the higher level perks seem a bit overpowered but it's also quite difficult to preserve you combatants long enough to unlock them. The biggest issue I have with the game is the schedule is quite grueling and the large volume of matches dilutes the importance of each individual one. There are few off weeks during the season, especially if you are contending for "The Cup" and it's a bit of a grind. Kind of like in baseball it doesn't matter if you lose some games, whereas in football each win or loss has much larger weight on the success of the season. Other than the schedule, there are some other potential areas of improvement, specifically around the recruiting and roster management. The progression is simple and in the early game there isn't any value in developing prospects because once you approach peak levels of reputation and popularity you will gain access to much stronger fighters. It seems the AI is too reluctant to release badly maimed fighters so some of the AI teams struggle with lack of depth. It's also too easy to "reload" your roster with very strong fighters once you reach the peak. It's feasible to field a team of only criminals (free to recruit, 0 salary, temporary contract that can't be renewed) and win the league.

Fun game if you like text-based sports management games. Not a lot of gladiator management games out there, this is the best one I've played.

Good core options, great historical theme, feels realistic, love the stats. Not easy, so I could see impatient players not giving this time to breathe. Completed my first year. Finished in last place after winning my first two matches. Anyway, I love gladiators, and this game is much, much better than the other ones out there. I get an OOTP and TEW feeling playing this. Very addictive sim. GUI could improve maybe add some more bells and whistles. I found combat to be too complex run manually, so have been using Live Quick Sim. Hard to find good talent to sign if you lose all the time (bad cycle). Highly recommend if you like text sims, management games, or gladiators.

If you like crunching numbers and trying to understand how to "beat an AI created by these guys, whoever they are" then this is a fun way to do so. I do feel like "these guys" are trying their best and giving me a mathematical system I can understand and try to beat. Keep in mind there's a lot of RNG in there but the RNG feels fair: I've won fights I thought I would lose and vice versa. I'll keep wasting my time trying to beat this game. Fun.

Great game, if you don't like RNG you can disable it. It gives you great personalization, different starts and a really interesting way to climb the stairs of fame. You can also pucharse gladiators from different origins, from slaves to already strong gladiators. You can also accept criminals into your group, they gonna work for free but they gonna leave after x time. (As they're serving their sentance in your ludus)

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I honestly want to love the game. Recently found a mobile game with the same name, wanted to play on pc. This is not it. The RNG in this game is just broken. The first year, hell the first match, you're going against opps with 200+ stats and you're barely recruiting over 50. If you like CnB torture or ever wanted to play a Souls game with no control over the fights go for it, but it's bad.

Ottimo potenziale ma un gioco a metà. Non si discosta molto da altri prodotti simili, ma ha alcuni aspetti che lo rendono noioso e poco avvincente, sebbene si veda la cura degli sviluppatori (al netto degli ovvi limiti in termini di risorse, ma d'altronde lo valuto considerando la fascia di prezzo). Buone alcune meccaniche e molte idee, si prende una squadra di gladiatori all'infimo livello e si cerca di portarla ai massimi attraverso delle leghe dal sapore calcistico/sportivo: e già qui una maggiore aderenza storica lo avrebbe reso più affascinante. Possiamo scegliere 7 categorie di gladiatori, di tre diverse estrazioni: cittadini, condannati e schiavi. solo i primi vogliono un salario, ma sono quelli su cui si può puntare perchè gli altri hanno un numero di incontri predeterminati. Ecco, qui abbiamo il problema dello sviluppo: crescere un gladiatore è costoso e richiede anni, ma il più delle volte riporta danni fisici permanenti eccessivi, che ci costringono a congedarlo. Manca un sistema di "accademia", le possibili assunzioni sono molto random, basate su quello che ci viene offerto A seguire, la gestione economica permette poca strategia e soprattutto diventa un limite enorme per quanto è centrale. Poi, i combattimenti live, a turni. Ecco, qui l'iniziativa gioca un ruolo troppo importante, per ora, e non poter fare la prima mossa (lo schieramento) quasi sempre finisce in un massacro dei nostri. Combattimenti troppo lunghi e sfiancanti, molto basati sul tiro di dadi, con conseguenze nefaste (infortuni lunghi e mutilazioni perenni) che in un attimo mandano in malora ore di gioco. Tutto molto basato sul caso. Sarebbe bello se si potesse essere "assunti" come manager da altre scuderie, o acquistare gladiatori da altri: questo sarebbe, nel caso, un vero sviluppo verso le vere dinamiche di un gioco manageriale.