History VideoGame / SpartanTotalWarrior

%%* EvilCounterpart: The Doppelganger.

* HistoricalDowngrade: Tiberius. From a competent administrator who expanded the Roman Empire during his reign to a weak incompetent coward[[spoiler: that is only being manipulated by the God Of War, Ares.]]

* AnachronismStew: Where do we start? The army of Sparta led by Leonidas fighting the armies of the Roman emperor Tiberius in 300 B.C.?
** The presence of the 6th-century Scandinavian warrior Beowulf in the Greek badlands stands out though.

** The presence of the 6th century Scandinavian warrior Beowulf in the Greek badlands stands out though.

* DamselOutOfDistress: Amazon Electra, captured by the Romans at some point prior, uses the confusion of The Spartan and Castor's raid on the Roman camp to free herself. When the three finally have a moment to talk, Castor demands a thank you from her only for her to argue it was ''she'' who saved ''them''.

* TrojanHorse: Found deep inside Troy's ruins.

* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: The future of Sparta and mainland Greece is so dependent on the nameless hero that all becomes lost as soon as he dies.

You take control of a lone, nameless Spartan warrior, fighting alongside his Greek allies against UsefulNotes/{{the Roman Empire}}, while being guided by Ares. The story is told using a five-act, three-scene structure made popular by Ancient Greek plays. The gameplay itself features fast-paced hack and slash combat, and you're able to switch between attacking one enemy, to damaging several ''groups'' of enemies over a large area around. The former is fast and causes the most amount of damage, whereas the latter attack is slower, but damages multiple enemies at a time with a moderate power. Combat is focused on large battles with over a hundred combatants, with the player taking on volumes of opponents at once, with you often completely surrounded and outnumbered. In the midst of battle, a small flash is placed on an attacking enemy's weapon to indicate the danger of an impending strike. Care must be taken to block incoming attacks in between offensive blows, balancing offense and defense to avoid taking damage. The player's shield can also be used to shove enemies back and maintain control of the flow of combat in crowded scenarios.

** [[spoiler: Ares can certainly be a jerk in Greek myth but he's really taking it up a notch here. Further the Spartans were his favourites so he was unlikely to destroy them.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted, Tiberius is never fought in the game.
* AutomaticCrossbows: The Ballista. Even if repeating ballista existed in that time, they probably did not function like machineguns as in this game.
* BackFromTheDead: As a necromancer Sejanus brings back the countless dead warriors in Troy, [[spoiler:Pollux]] after killing him then [[spoiler:ultimately himself after being killed for the first time by the Spartan]].

* CameBackWrong: After Sejanus is recurrected, he doesnt look particularly healthy.

* DragonInChief: Aelius Sejanus, ringleader of the Praetorian Guard, is far more competent than his emperor, Tiberius.

* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Castor's voiceovers before the beginning of each mission clue you in that the Spartans eventually do win the war and that Castor himself has been set up as king of Sparta.]]
* GameplayAllyImmortality: Played straight mosttly, the Spartan's unique allies are generally invulnerable to the point that even the Spartan's arrows (which can kill allied {{Mooks}}) cannot harm them. However, this is subverted during certain missions when the objective is to prevent an ally from being killed.

* HistoricalDowngrade: Tiberius. From a competent administrator that expanded the Roman Empire during his reign to a weak incompetent coward[[spoiler: that is only being manipulated by the God Of War, Ares.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Ares manipulates the Spartan and his comrades into leaving Sparta in pursuit of the Spear of Achilles. The Spartan complies in the hopes of using the spear to save Sparta from the Roman invasion, but during his absence the Romans steamroll Sparta and render all his efforts for nothing.]]

* TheQueensLatin: From main characters to mooks, Romans consistently speak with English accents while most Greeks (incl. Spartans, Athenians and Badland villagers) speak with American accents. A notable exception is the Athenian Archimedes, who has an English accent and Princess of the Amazons who has a distinctly Italian/Spanish accent.
* RecycledSoundtrack: The Spartan's upgrades, from Warrior to Hero then from Hero to Legend, is commemorated by playing the Roman Campaign Victory theme from ''VideoGame/RomeTotalWar''.

* SchizoTech: The Romans were advanced but they most certainly did not have giant robots, petrification lasers or automatic crossbows.

* VulnerableCivilians: While the Spartan's close quarter weapons cannot be used against any of his allies, his arrows can kill both civilians and allied soldiers.

* AdaptationalJerkass: [[spoiler: Ares can certainly be a jerk in Greek myth but he's really taking it up a notch here. Further the Spartans were his favourites so he was unlikely to destroy them.]] Also Beowulf was boastful and sometimes rude in his own epic but still basically heroic and a ''long'' way from the RapePillageAndBurn practicing barbarian seen here.

* DemandingTheirHead: Tiberius does this to Sejanus when he finds out Sejanus did not bring back proof of the Spartan's death after trying to feed him to the Hydra and demands his severed head as proof, especially after he yells that the Spartan is indeed not dead.

* FightingYourPatron:[[spoiler: The Spartan must face Ares, the God of War and the Spartans who had been guiding the Spartan all this time, at the end of the game after finding out Ares killed the Spartan's mother and had been planning to kill the Spartan all this time as revenge for a past humiliation.]]

* DemandingTheirHead: Tiberius does this to Sejanus when he finds out Sejanus did not bring back proof of the Spartan's death after trying to feed him to the Hydra and demands his severed head as proof, especially after he yells that the Spartan is indeed not.

* DemandingHisHead: Tiberius does this to Sejanus when he finds out Sejanus did not bring back proof of the Spartan's death after trying to feed him to the Hydra and demands his severed head as proof, especially after he yells that the Spartan is indeed not.

* TheQueensLatin: From main characters to mooks, Romans consistently speak with English accents while most Greeks (incl. Spartans, Athenians and Badland villagers) speak with American accents. A notable exception is the Athenian Archimedes, who has an English accent.

%%* {{Necromancer}}: Sejanus, curiously enough.

%%* BackFromTheDead: Sejanus.

%%* DemBones: One of the many mook types.

* AnachronismStew: Where do we start? The army of Sparta led by Leonidas fighting the armies of the Roman emperor Tiberius?
** The presence of the Sixth Century Scandinavian warrior Beowulf stands out though.