Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $14.99. It has been as low as $2.99.
- Multiplayer: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Interface: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Monetization: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 897 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
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The multiplayer deals with an ELO type system and the great thing about the system is that players don't necessarily have to be online for you to challenge their bots meaning even with a low population it can sustain.
To allow you to you get even more familiar with the game, Gladiabots has an entire campaign in which you can test and better your strategy before venturing forward in the online battle arenas.
An absolutely terrible user interface that ruins a gorgeously rendered game, a tutorial that is fraught with quirks that require restarting certain lessons, and a player community that gets uppity when you ask questions or even offer helpful suggestions or constructive criticism on making the game better made me wish I never purchased this thing, yet at least consider myself fortunate it was on sale so I wasn't too much out of pocket.
The graphics are nice but there's not much to see with all the arenas and bots aesthetically identical, although, there's nothing wrong in that as it's not what the game is all about.
When your opponent's algorithm is optimized, simple actions will only elicit simple
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Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.
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