Spartan: Total Warrior screenshots

The game's title screen follows the language selection screen and the 50Hz/60Hz selection screen

The main menu Extras contains credits and Arena Challenge is locked and unplayable until quest items have been located in the main game

Arena Challenge is locked and unplayable until quest items have been located in the main game

The high score table of the Arena Challenge is pre-populated, you've got to be really good to take the number one spot

Starting a new game. There's a long introduction which sets the scene. Sparta is surrounded her best warriors dead. Only the partly trained recruits remain

Starting a new game. This is the player's character. During the long introduction the god Aries makes himself known and wants to be our friend

The first mission objective - Kill the Centurions who come out of the siege towers

During the first mission, defending Sparta against a Roman attack, the action is frequently paused to give the player advice

Lots of dead Romans but they keep on coming. Carnage leads to a kind of battle rage. When the sword glows special rage moves become available

The second mission objective, protect the unarmed chap with a pot of explosives till he can deliver it to the siege tower

The second mission has been fulfilled but weren't there three siege towers? Let's guess what the next mission is.... could it be to guide a sapper to the tower on the left?

Message to self. In the next game remember to run clear after lighting the fuse to the bomb

Left to its own devices the game plays a rolling demo. This promises exploration, big explosions, fights with dragons and skeleton armies, guys with flamethrowers and young ladies with big swords

Spartan: Total Warrior

PlayStation 2 screenshots