The game is slated for release in Japan on September 1 under the title of Gladiator: Road to Freedom Remix, and it will be priced at 6,615 yen ($65). Hopefully the controls will be simplified somewhat so that the game has less of a learning curve.Īccording to the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, Ertain is developing an upgraded edition of Colosseum: Road to Freedom for the PlayStation 2. It'll be interesting to see how the controls are changed, as I believe the PS2 game used all of the shoulder buttons.

This new game looks almost as nice as the PS2 version, and the characters in story scenes look better, I'm pretty sure. The game now allows you to play as a female Gladiator, and it'll have DLC characters and items available in the PSN store. MH fans should hopefully feel at home with the game's nice variety of loot and character skills. This will make use adhoc networked play to hopefully bring in the Monster Hunter audience. However, as far as I can tell, about five people total played it.Ī sequel, called Kentoushi: Gladiator Begins in Japan, has been announced for PSP. Goshow are clearly fans of the Russell Crowe movie, and it's uncommon to see so much detail and authenticity in a Western setting from a Japanese developer. The game had some awkward bits, but overall it was a lot of fun and placed emphasis on realistic visuals and equipment for the period.

You could only save when your character slept for the night, so during daily bouts, the more matches you attempted to beat, the more you risked losing the stat upgrades, weapons, and armor you found along the way.

It was a technical brawler that let you create your own gladiator and battle for phat loot, wealth, and fame. Colosseum: Road to Freedom, developed by Goshow and published in the US on PS2 by Koei, was one of my favorite hidden gems on the platform.

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