Sega Ships Spartan: Total Warrior
Bodies Litter Battlefields of Greece and Rome;
Player is Center of Multiplatform Epic
SAN FRANCISCO (October 25, 2005) – SEGA® of
America, Inc. today announced the release of Spartan: Total Warrior for the
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, and Nintendo GameCube™. Spartan: Total
Warrior, a game steeped in richly-detailed cinematic action, represents the
first console title from the award-winning SEGA studio The Creative Assembly.
Brutal combat meets epic warfare on the war-torn
fields of the ancient world as gamers fight for life, freedom and honor. In
contrast to CA’s Total War games which emphasized the player as commander (the
General), Spartan: Total Warrior puts the player at the center of epic battles
as a fighter known only as The Spartan. As an elite soldier blessed by the Gods,
the Spartan is immersed in titanic clashes between mighty Roman battalions,
classic mythological creatures, and skeleton armies.
"Spartan: Total Warrior offers an immersive
experience bringing gamers to the center of the most grandiose battles ever seen
on a game console," said Scott A. Steinberg, vice president of marketing, SEGA
of America. "Real-time combat sequences with hundreds of soldiers, living and
dead, on screen underscores just one the groundbreaking technical achievements
of the console team at SEGA studio The Creative Assembly."
A richly detailed saga of fierce combat, Spartan:
Total Warrior runs on proprietary software that makes it possible to present
more than 160 detailed warriors simultaneously engaged in pitched combat. Using
a wide range of moves – multiple melee and missile attacks, combos, blocks, and
shield charges – players wade into the thick of battle through massive
environments; from arid wastelands to full-scale cities, through dungeons over
rugged mountains, and finally to the ultimate showdown in the Imperial Coliseum
in Rome.
Spartan: Total Warrior is rated "M" for ‘Mature’
by the Entertainment Software Review Board, and is available at retailers
nationwide for an MSRP of $49.95.
