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Gladiator A.D. Trailer Is Ready To Shower You In Gore

Posted Thu, 28 May 2009 by Damien McFerran

Ouch. You'll need more than a plaster for that

Ouch. You'll need more than a plaster for that

First proper look at High Voltage's blood-soaked Roman epic

Website IGN has the first trailer of High Voltage's highly promising fighter Gladiator A.D.

The clip lasts just over a minute and sets the scene quite nicely with some well-scripted narration (from Liam Neeson, if our ears don't deceive us).

It ends with two burly blokes fighting to the death and naturally has quite a gory conclusion - hence the fact that IGN's site makes you input your date of birth before playing the trailer.

If you feel you have a strong enough constitution, you can view the trailer here.

The game is expected in early 2010.

Source: wii.ign.com.

Tags: Wii, Trailer, High Voltage, NSFW.

User Comments

shiryu

1. Shiryu Portugal 28 May 2009, 17:01 BST

I liked what I saw... maybe a bit too much, in fact. I may need professional help. =P

popereal

2. PopeReal United States 28 May 2009, 17:02 BST

Not really into fighting games but I'll keep my eye on this one.

pixelman

3. pixelman United States 28 May 2009, 17:25 BST

The trailer was disappointing, and the graphics didn't look all that great.

adam12

4. Adam United States 28 May 2009, 17:27 BST

Wow, that looks awful, even for High Voltage. Pointless voice over. Blocky, weirdly animated people. Slow, unexciting action. Colors that make Gears of War look like a rainbow in comparison. Hopefully that co-op monster hunting game is better, but I'm not crossing my fingers.

siavm

5. siavm United States 28 May 2009, 17:28 BST

The trailer was awesome, and the graphics looked pretty good.

amorous_badger

6. Amorous Badger United Kingdom 28 May 2009, 17:53 BST

This STILL looks really gay.

sd28821

7. SD28821 United Kingdom 28 May 2009, 17:58 BST

this is an example of a horrible game trailer the voice over was the best bit

kdr_11k

8. KDR_11k Germany 28 May 2009, 18:31 BST

This STILL looks really gay.

It IS a game about ancient Rome.

darren_calvert

9. Dazza United Kingdom 28 May 2009, 18:38 BST

I am really unconvinced by this, not only does it not look as good as many Gamecube games (Soul Calibur II for instance), the gameplay also looks very uninspiring and slow.

It's too early to say for sure, but I don't have high hopes for this really.

sase

10. cr00mz Sweden 28 May 2009, 18:42 BST

this looks turnbased

objection_blaster

11. Objection_Blaster United States 28 May 2009, 18:53 BST

Looked really good until the combat where the frame rate died. They better fix that or I'll give them the "thumb down" (which was actually a gesture to the throat, that famous painting got it wrong.)

mik

12. Mik South Africa 28 May 2009, 19:02 BST

This game looks unbelievable!

panda

13. Panda United States 28 May 2009, 19:06 BST

I want to get more excited about this, but the dead frame rate and the two gladiators fighting looked like they were the same model? I mean, really? I know the game's got at least 6 months to go and all, and it seems that every time Conduit is shown off it has vast improvements, so hopefully this is merely a case of alpha blues.

corbie_dillard

14. Corbie United States 28 May 2009, 19:19 BST

Can someone tell me what the point of asking your birthday is? Anyone underage obviously puts in a fake birthday anyway. :D

bbb7002004

15. bbb7002004 United States 28 May 2009, 19:20 BST

I think it is designed to be a slower, more tactical experience, going for more of a blow for blow defensive game than a combo entrenched fighter. However, the trailer left me feeling very "meh" all around, just not my type of game.

terranigma

16. Terra United Kingdom 28 May 2009, 19:27 BST

They're probably still working on the game so I'll hold my judgerment until they show us something else when it's closer to it's release date.

bmf_joe

17. BMF JOE United States 28 May 2009, 19:30 BST

it looks ok i guess. looking much more forward to THE CONDUIT and THE GRINDER tho

valleyoftheunos

18. valleyoftheunos Ireland 28 May 2009, 20:16 BST

The voice over wasn't bad but the fighting, ie the game looks awful, either they have shown this way too early or it is simply terrible. Seriously it just looks like a dull, ugly piece of crap.

No doubt IGN will turn backflips for it like the tools they are when it comes to developers they like (by which I mean get exclusives from.).

derickw69

19. derickw69 United States 28 May 2009, 20:22 BST

the game does not look that bad if you take into account that it "should" and better be in alpha stage. with so much time left before release I am gonna put this on my games to watch out for list

nd799

20. ND799 United States 28 May 2009, 20:27 BST

I loved it, can't wait to see more about this game

clint_eastwood

21. Clint Eastwood Kazakhstan 28 May 2009, 20:42 BST

That is amazing. An amazingly horrible trailer for what I expect to be an equally horrible game.

whoknew

22. WhoKnew United States 28 May 2009, 20:43 BST

The trailer looked alright. (The Conduit and The Grinder FTW) I'll wait till it comes out.

motang

23. motang United States 28 May 2009, 21:15 BST

Awesome!

thewiirocks

24. thewiirocks United States 28 May 2009, 21:18 BST

@KDR_11k - That's hardly a show-stopper. Rome: Total War was well liked. ;)

@Corbie - I'm perfectly legal, and even I lie on those things. It's easier to spin the scroll-wheel on year and accept whatever pops up. :P A yes/no box would be less annoying.

caliko

25. Caliko United States 28 May 2009, 21:38 BST

If this supportsbMotionPlus I'm in!!

C'mon Nintendo! Bring out NunchuckPlus already!!

monkeh

26. Monkeh Netherlands 28 May 2009, 22:12 BST

Hmm, I was actually more excited before seeing the trailer. The gameplay looks kinda gay with the transparent fighter..

anthonyb

27. anthonyb United States 29 May 2009, 00:00 BST

@Monkeh: We shall see soon, my child. Soon. But I agree, not super impressed; I'll wait to make the judgment call.

warioswoods

28. warioswoods United States 29 May 2009, 01:04 BST

I thought no game could ever, ever make the Mortal Kombat franchise look good by comparison; I stand corrected.

bbb7002004

29. bbb7002004 United States 29 May 2009, 03:30 BST

The trailer has since been replaced by a nicer one. Still nothing game changing though.

monkeh

30. Monkeh Netherlands 29 May 2009, 04:15 BST

Well the transparent shit is gone, so that helps in my eyes. :P

mickeia

31. MickEiA Australia 29 May 2009, 07:22 BST

I'm a lot more interested in the conduit and the grinder

What was with the last 10 second the two arms and the head

valleyoftheunos

32. valleyoftheunos Ireland 29 May 2009, 10:54 BST

The newer trailer looks much better but the combat still looks slow and choppy.

blackdove

33. blackdove Italy 29 May 2009, 11:07 BST

I think that's too early to judge this game... I'm waiting for more

wanderlustwarrior

34. wanderlustwarrior United States 29 May 2009, 18:29 BST

I thought turn-based for a second too. If Tekken is too slow for me, this is gonna be unbearable. I hope they step it up, otherwise, I'm out.

nintendo87

35. nintendo87 United States 29 May 2009, 20:16 BST

they got a new trailer that looks 500 time better you all need to check it out!!!

http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14350710/gladiator-ad/videos/gladiator_trl_extremeviolence_52609.html

mr_cheez

36. Ricardo91 United States 30 May 2009, 05:37 BST

Still not interested.

jockolantern

37. Jockolantern United States 30 May 2009, 08:37 BST

Definitely not Liam Neeson doing the narrating. I know my Neeson and that is certainly not him, though the narrator certainly does have a voice that sounds very similar to Neeson.

As for the game... meh. The animations looks quite clunky thus far and the blood-letting is more silly looking than gladitorial. Graphics look decent but the game looks like it needs some serious tuning up to come close to being a decent gameplay experience.

legend_marioid

38. LEGEND MARIOID United Kingdom 01 Jun 2009, 11:07 BST

Seems quite generic to me. It'll satisfy some poeple's tastes but not for me...and I like a decent fighting game...This looks at the moment to be a weak version of Mortal Kombat

opeter

39. opeter Slovenia 13 Jun 2009, 11:22 BST

If will definitely satisfy my need for gore after MadWorld :D

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