hmmm... could be good - hopefully there is some form of management behind the fights - i want to be the slave owner setting up the fights and then get to fight them.

^thats what i was thinking. Controversial, buying slaves.

This looks like a fighting game. I want an actual gladiator game where you are severly outnumbered and out gunned and you have to think in order to survive. I hope a game like this releases on the consoles

I don't get it... It almost looks like a turn based RPG. Very stiff...

looks much better than the first one... and it kind of remind me Soul Calibur in Roman times...

Wow, this game actually looks pretty good. I'm impressed so far.

Real Roman gladiatorial games mostly were 1 on 1 and formalized, fought - rarely to death - between professional fighters. There were 4 traditional classes of fighters, opposed in couples (reziari vs secutores, mirmilloni vs traci). And the gladius was a very short sword, mostly used in stabs, not chopping arms off your opponent like in Monty Python's "it's only a flesh wound" scene.

But I understand that you're talking of the hollywoodian battle royales with chariots and tigers and emperors fighting in the arena :) That would look cooler, indeed.

The actual gameplay doesn't look very impressive. The two characters are just sitting there hacking away at each other... They don't even block or dodge their attacks...

Eh? I saw several blocks in that video. Furthermore, the interview specifically talked about the importance of good blocking.

And all comments about gameplay or graphics aside, HVS has some bitchin' music lined up for this game. I'll give them that without hesitation.

So the first trailer featured a transparent fighter and this trailer has a non-transparent fighter. It would realy be great if you could choose if your fighter should be transparent or not. I hope HVS makes an option for this.