Swords and sandals 2.

[Militaris]

A few days ago I found a horrible flash game called "Swords And Sandals II". I can not stop playing it.

 

 

 

Briefly you have to train a gladiator by choosing which skills you want to level and you can also buy weapons, amour, magic and potions for him to use during combat. I have found amour to be very important.

 

 

 

There are two types of combat in the game, and by winning fights you gain money. The first type you would experience would be duels, in these the winner of the match is the first gladiator to drew blood.

 

 

 

After a few duels you must then fight in a tournament. These matches are to the death. The tournaments start of by making you face a randomly generated NPC character similar to the ones you have be dueling against. Most of them are quite weak but a few are strong. Just a matter of luck. The last match of the tournament is against a Champion. These guys are generally very strong and take quite a bit of defeating.

 

 

 

Also the more exciting and action packed you make the fight the more the crowd would get supported. The happier the crowd the more gold you would win at the end. So during combat you have to balance between a quick easy kill or try more varied moods to keep the crowds happy. There are heaps of variables in such a simple game.

 

 

 

The game is very large and takes a while to play. It is not easy. On the free online version you can not save the game. So when you die, that is it. You must start again. If you purchase the game you can save.

 

 

 

 

 

So give it a go.

 

 

 

http://www.arcadeboredom.com/games/464/ ... als-2.html

[rocketman089]

Me and my friends use to play this on our free periods all the time. One of the few gems Websense doesn't block.

[megakiller32]

Me and my friends use to play this on our free periods all the time. One of the few gems Websense doesn't block.

 

My school has websense. I failed a project because it blocks out "Cultures and Religions."

 

Actually it blocks out everything, if you put "ing" in a sentence, it will block it. :(

 

 

 

Anyway, this game is brilliant, im instantly addicted after one fight..... \

[Ragen]

I got to the third tournament on my 3rd go but I couldn't be bothered after that. A working save feature would have been nice.

[Militaris]

I made it to the third tournament on my second try. I have gotten to the 4th tournament twice but died at the boss each time. He is a very quick Bowman with a good sword attack. His main weakness is low strength.

 

 

 

My first time I got that far was with a very strong mace swinging hulk. But the bowman just kept his distance and shot him to bits before finishing him off with the sword.

 

 

 

The second attempt was a more balanced strongman who was also using the mace but he had quite a bit of agility. He suffered a similar fate.

 

 

 

 

 

My next game would be a bowman with sword.

 

 

 

Edit: My bow man was doing a good job. He easily got to the 4th boss and did have the advantage throughout much of the fight. But a couple of lucky shots ended in his defeat.

[Militaris]

Decided to buy the game so I can save it. (I worked out that it would be cheaper for me to buy it).

 

 

 

 

 

So now I have to guess my paypal password #-o which is even harder then the game. I had to guess a few months ago and got it after a while so it is possible :-k Luckily they allow endless gusses :D

 

 

 

edit : Damn I hate paypal. I spent about 40 minutes guessing, I did not try 'send me a new password button' because last time they expected me to ring them up... which was never going to happen. This time they asked 2 simple questions then allowed me to change it

 

 

 

Done it :) :) Now I can save this horrible game.

[thestig0]

I had a go at this game but I can't beat the first champion :wall:

[Militaris]

I won the game a couple of days back. The first four or five tournaments were the most fun. Then the next 11 or so become extremely repetitive and were no challenge. There was too many 'repetitive' fights against random NPC.

 

 

 

I did die to one of the Tournament champions but that was because I was being stupid and decided to take him out just with my sword. He got a lucky one hit kill on me :-k but was no match the next time . I also lost about 4 duals, 3 of them because I was being stupid and using my sword. I only lost 1 dual when I was using my bow attack.

 

 

 

 

 

I did die to the final champion, I simply was not prepared to counter his powerful magical enhanced attack. So I loaded and fought my way back to him (boring... so many repetitive fights) and managed to survive his powerful initial attacks. Once they were gone I proceeded to kill him without losing any more health.

 

 

 

The AI is stupid, and the game gets repetitive and the ending is not worth the effort. The storyline was poor. The first 4-5 tournaments are still fun.

 

 

 

 

 

A few hints on how I won the game.

 

 

 

In the early levels strength is important. Try to have around 8 strength, 2 attack and 2 agility. Then buy the cheapest axe, spend the rest on the cheapest amour you can afford. In the duels it is wise to avoid any fights where the opponent is using a range weapon. They are dangerous in the early fights.

 

 

 

After the first tournament stop putting any more levels into Strength. Concentrate on leveling attack and agility. I put 3 levels into agility and 1 into attack. Before the third tournament purchase the best bow and sword you can afford. Also remember to upgrade and improve your amour.

 

 

 

Continue on in this style concentrating mainly on Agility and a bit into Attack. A few levels into stamina is also helpful. When required upgrade sword, bow and amour. The combination of jumping and bow attack is deadly on the stupid AI.

 

 

 

 

 

Increase your agility to level 60 which would allow you to purchase the best sword and bow in the game. At this stage My stats were

 

 

 

Strength: 8

 

Agility: 60

 

attack: 20

 

defence: 1

 

Vitality: 1

 

charisma: 1

 

Stamina: 4

 

Magic: 1

 

 

 

 

 

After reaching level 60 agility there is little point in leveling it any higher. Now concentrate on leveling attack as high as possible. But also level magic up to around level 30. That would allow you to usee Maximum Amour potions, Whirwind attack spell, Fireball attack and adoration. Always get the best amour you can afford.

 

 

 

The above is one way to win the game.