Swords and Sandals Spartacus

This is a massive leap from the normal Swords and Sandals franchise .. Fast paced, non stop action.. It's a massive nod to the good old days and while it utilises a lot of new effects we didn't have back then, its doesn't go overboard to dazzle you with lights to keep you distracted from poor gameplay like some games tend to do these days. Instead.. you are right in the thick of it. Spartacus is like Prince of Persia had threesome with Rastan and Ghosts and goblins... it's just Win all round. Amazing work put into it.. only 2 hours in and I haven't event gotten that far so I can see a lot of playability in this already

The game is buggy, i found myself constantly falling into the floor. feels very unfinished. I have now gotten through the bulk of the game, it doesn't get better. don't buy this its not worth it.

you always get stuck in walls and die stuck there

An arcade style pixel platformer without the vania fuss. Having followed the development of this game it is relevant to consider the design intention behind it. It is at it's core an arcade coin-op platformer. Fast, frantic and challenging (very challenging in some areas). With that said there is a steady learning curve of which players must master both combat and player controls. Behind the abstraction of theme and combat hides a high stakes platformer, with some often challenging and frustrating leaps, which often take several death cycles to finally complete - consistent with the arcade difficulty it was clearly inspired by. I can imagine some players will get caught by surprise by the controls. The speed, and 'feel' is contrary to what one might find in modern indie platformers, but this factor is clearly part of the intended play style designed to unnerve players, keeping you from every getting too comfortable. In an era where many pixel platformer/ vanias are feeling quite samey, it's nice to play with something that some-what breaks out of conventions found in many platformers of this genre and art style.

It would be a really GOOD game if it weren't for the HUGE amount of bugs it has. The bridges make you fall into the map, with no other option than to restart, sometimes the character slows down for no apparent reason, if you spawn sometimes it doesn't allow you to jump etc etc. It makes it very difficult to enjoy the game having to restart and lose level progress.

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Perfect ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ Very stylized ☐ They're what they should be for what the game is ☐ MS Paint could make something better ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Fantastic ☐ Excellent ☐ Perfect ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Meh ☐ Bad, but playable ☐ Just go watch paint dry ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Amazing ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not to bad ☐ Alright ☐ Bad ☐ My ears are bleeding ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Babies ☑ Young kids ☑ Young teens ☑ Older teens ☑ Adults ☑ Old people ☑ Anyone with a decent maturity level ☑ Anyone with a lack of maturity ☑ Anyone that is alive ☑ No one, not even your dog ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Just average ☐ A little better than average ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Better than good ☐ Fancy Pants Rich Boy ☐ NASA ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Can choose your difficulty setting ☐ No difficulty needed ☐ Just press 'W" ☐ Easy ☑ Medium ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Hard ☐ Verry Difficult ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if you like to collect things ☑ Only if you care about steam achievements ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Only if you care about rankings/placements/leaderboards/etc. ☑ Average grind level ☐ A little grindy ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second life, maybe some macros, & a will to live for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ Story? What story? ☐ No Story ☐ Twilight was a better love story than this ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It‘ll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ 1-2 Hours ☑ 2-5 Hours ☐ 5-10 Hours ☐ 10-20 Hours ☐ 20-50 Hours ☐ 50+ Hours ☐ 100+ Hours ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Replayablity }--- ☐ You won't even finish it the first time ☐ None, once was enough ☐ Not that kind of game ☐ You don't stop playing this kinda game, ever ☑ Maybe once or twice, to try something new ☐ You'll want to get every single possible ending & secret there is ☐ You'll pick it up every few years, but never finish a whole playthrough ☐ A lot, just to romance everyone, pick new options. try new classes, etc ---{ Price }--- ☐ It’s free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If you have some money to blow ☐ Wait for it to go on sale for the 100th time ☐ Ask someone to gift it to you instead ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Circumstantial (PC specs, internet, save/install location, etc.) ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Very low ☐ Low ☑ Average ☐ High ☐ Too much ---{ Worth It }--- ☐ Hell no! ☐ If you have a lot of cash ☐ Worth it! ☑ Get it now! ☐ Life is not complete without this game! ---{ TEXT }--- It's a fun game, which could be worked on a bit, maybe not on this version but on a 2nd part of the game, I recommend it, I really liked it, it's easy to complete and addictive! ---{ 7 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

Zacznijmy od tego, że gra jest w zasadzie bardzo dobra, ale mam powody żeby ocenić ją negatywnie. Grafika jest stylowa, fabuła spoko ale to absolutnie NIE JEST TO czego oczekuję od serii Swords And Sandals. bo to nadaję się na osobną grę albo coś w tym stylu, ale nie kontynuację serii. Jeśli nie macie pomysłów na kolejne gry po prostu odświeżajcie starą wersję, rozwijajcie fabułę i dodajcie polskie znaki :/. Myślę że fajne było by coś w stylu Swords And Sandals Online, w które można by grać ze znajomymi lub robić turnieje. Wracając do samego S&S Spartacus, jak mówiłem jest spoko, ale bardzo mi zacina chociaż to pewnie wina mojego komputera, a poza tym nie widzę sensu kupowania ponieważ na telefony jest za darmo. Pozdrawiam SB

Great game!!

What a blast! Fast paced game in a retro style with cool main character Spartacus. You can run through the levels to get the best score/time or just enjoy the story and look for all the hidden secrets! There are some features you may remember from other games and I love the "super powah" one the most. Also the choice of destroying your own checkpoints for more score is tempting but... if you die you go from the start :D I followed WBS and his devlogs which I find very pleasant to watch and learn some new stuff while watching this gem being honed. Thanks for the retro trip back to my childhood.

Best hint right off the bat is jump before moving when you need to be precise. But yeah, I think it's pretty neat. It's fun to swing at guys and you move pretty quick. The game rewards you when you take your time and finish a level without dying instead of going in guns blazing. The best way to describe it to you is Imagine Zelda II adventure of link, but he moves like megaman, and it's a level based find the exit game.