A sword, a shield, two knives. Ten rounds on the sand of the Colosseum, in first person.
A sword, a shield, two knives. Ten rounds on the sand of the Colosseum, in first person.
Each round sends out someone new: novices with short swords, a thraex with a curved blade, a hoplomachus with a spear, a netman, a murmillo behind his tall shield, a man with two swords, a man cased in iron, and at the end the champion. Read his blow, raise your shield as it lands to throw it off, and strike while he is open. The crowd watches every exchange. Play to them and they roar for you. When a man falls, the emperor gives the verdict.
Between rounds you choose one of three gifts, and it lasts the run. If you fall, you stand again and fight that round over.
Controls
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Left click | Hit: stabs and cuts in turn |
| Right click | Special hit: a lunge, or a cut over his shield |
| Space, held | Shield. Raise it just as his blow lands to throw the blow off |
| Space, twice | Shield hit: breaks his guard |
| Q | Step out of the way (with a move key, that way) |
| W A S D, Shift | Move, run |
| F | Throw a knife. Walk over it to take it back |
| E | Finish a man a special hit has felled |
