Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat - Xbox 360

As a real fighting game experience, Deadliest Warrior is a mess. It's shallow, favoring spectacle over substance, and the spectacle isn't even that great. Battles are won and lost seemingly at random. If someone you respect happens to walk into the room while you're playing Deadliest Warrior, you will experience a deep and lasting shame. However -- and I cannot overstate this point -- this is a game in which William Wallace can knock Genghis Khan into the "this is Sparta" pit with a flying dropkick. The game is stupid, but it's stupid fun.The only problem it's difficult to overlook is the loading times, which are inexcusably long for a game whose matches are over this quickly. There's even a loading screen before the credits scroll.

Deadliest Warrior isn't a Tekken, Mortal Kombat or any other fighting franchise you've played, and that's okay. It's a cheap game, you're not or shouldn't be expecting something groundbreaking. I added it as a filler for an order for free shipping because it was only $9, and I've not been disappointed. It's a generic fighter that comes with 6 episodes of the TV Show, It's campy, the loading times are a bit above average, and you can one hit kill your opponent at times.It's a fun title that's worth a low entry fee by offering a bit of laughs and provides some low budget mindless fun.Buy it with that in mind, and you'll be pleased.

The Deadliest Warrior games are a perfect example of what to expect from a company that started out as an independent studio. They have made a small list of games since 2000 but most of them have been properties belonging to other companies. The first Deadliest Warrior game, based on the Spike TV show that was cancelled after three seasons on January 2012, was probably made on a modest budget. The sequal had more environments, features, and modes, though it largly plays the same. Sure, the combat isn't the most balanced, the visuals are very basic for what to expect on Xbox Live Arcade, and the audio is often absent or sounds like a bunch of stock sound effects -- but you can still have some fun when playing with friends.You should know that despite having a different title, "Deadliest Warrior: Anceint Combat" is actually just a collection of the first two seperate games, "Deadliest Warrior: The Game" and "Deadliest Warrior: Legends." This is what happens when you have a independent developer that deosn't seem to understand how to lable arcade collections. Many thought with the different name it would actually incorperate all the fighters into one game, but thats not the case. This disc version does have a few extras, like 6 full episodes of the Spike TV show (1 from season one, 3 from season two, and 2 from season three) on a seperate DVD. You also get two new items for the sequal, 30 additional weapons for the warriors (two for each class), and the new Graveyard stage. If you buy the game used, you may not get the 6 episodes, so be aware.PROBLEM LOADING GAME:First is the way this game plays off the disc, which I've noticed some people having problems. If you try to play the disc it simply says, "No Game on Disc," and then tells you to go to the Store. It turns out you NEED to have online access in order to download the demos for both "Deadliest Warrior: The Game" and "Deadliest Warrior: Legends." Now, whenever you have the "Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat" disc in the Xbox 360, the listing for each game will change from Play Demo to Play Now. I know, other games don't work like this, but this is what you have to do to play the game. Also, when the disc is in the console, go to game details and "install" the game. This ONLY installs the DLC for both titles, not the games themselves, but you need to do this beforhand as well. [Note: You can alo play the games by finding their locations on the Marketplace and selecting Play Now, but its just easier having the demo downloaded]DEADLIEST WARRIOR: THE GAMEThe first game has often been compare to the niche fight game series know as Bushido Blade on the PS1 in 1997. This comparison is mostly due to the nature of the one-hit-kills that are possible if the player lands a fatal blow to the other fighter. You could also incapacitate limbs if they took to much damage, leaving frantic battles were one player would need to defend himself with only one arm, or have limited mobility with one injured leg. Not many games have had this feature, especially fighting games in the past.You get the main game and the DLC Pack (normally 400 points), which adds three more warriors, the Rajput, the Zande, and the Shaolin Monk. This also includes the new Skirmish Mode, replays, titles, and new taunts. You'll see a lot of low-scoring reviews for the first game (like 6-out-of-10), and sadley it mostly deserves it. Even with the DLC there's only 11 fighters and 5 environments total, the combat can seem cheap and unbalanced, and the AI can be downright infurrating. If you have a few friends over, try this game for some laughs at a nija fighting a pirate, and where the computer-controlled AI isn't a factor.DEADLIEST WARRIOR: LEGENDSYou get the main game and the Joan of Arc DLC (normally 240 points), which added the Joan of Arc character, and Mac (modeled after third-season host Richard "Mac" Machowicz), though he's not really a new fighter since he randomly is dressed as one of the existing warriors before each fight. New to the game overall is the Generals Campain for each warrior (including Joan of Arc with the DLC), which acts like a simplified version of Risk. Each land is divided into numerous areas with a hadful of Castles spread across. You earn more reinforcments, which you can divide amound you current properties. Your "number" of reinforcments battle the enemy's number of reinforcments, and you take the territory if you win. You only engage in an actual 1-on-1 warrior fights when you try to take the Castles -- take the home Castle to win. Its simple, but each character's is slightly different, which will give you at least a few hours of enjoyment.The combat has been changed slightly for the sequal. The "unblockable" special move is now gone, but in its place is two new moves that still can't be blocked, the push, and the grapple. The push simply moves your opponent 2-3 paces away, given you some room if you're being rushed. The game now also has "ring outs," so depending upon there location you can now push them out of bounds. The grapple works like a game of rock-paper-sissors. Once you grapple them, both players must choose between three button presses, one for the head, one for the arm, and one for the legs. If both players pick the same button/location, the it cancels out. But if the attacker picks a location, and the defender picks a different location, then the attacker wins an immobilizes that limb. Oh, but if the attacker picks head, and you pick arm -- then the attacker get an instant-kill. Any successful grapple attacks to the head result in instant death, which means you'll always want to defend your head, even though you'll alway risk loosing an arm or leg. Thankfully the right Anolog Stick is used to dodge, and is very useful in moving out of the way of a grapple, but this move is still rather irratating.The life bar has been removed, but its still there in the background. This means a match can still end by someone kicking an opponet that has very little life left. The throwing weapons have been modified so that you can't get a headshot right at the moment players take control, which is a releaf. You can still get one-hit-kills, but the mechanics just behave slightly different now if you plan on aiming them.FINAL VERDICT:Despite all the bad reviews, the first game had some interesing gameplay elements that never really delivered a product that was accepted by most consumers. I never would have tried it if it hadn't been slashed down to 200 Microsoft points at one point. Its flawed, but still can be fun if you're playing with friends, since that levels the playing field of cheap tactics. The sequal has that feeling of "two steps forward, one step back." While it tries to improve apon the criticisims of the first, it still plays largly like the original but with only a few things changed or missing. The quality and polish may not be there, but cosidering you can get both games and all the DLC for around $10-12, along with 6 episodes of the TV show (at least if the extra disc is included) thats not too bad. Invite some friends over and have some laughs as you both try to figure the combat out, and decide if Willam Wallace would win in a fight with Vlad The Impailer.

I bought this game knowing full well that this was not going to be the greatest video game ever made. Like the TV show, the game is just good, tongue in cheek fun. Graphics are a little on the dated side, however this shortcoming can be easily overlooked given the rest of the game. Controls are tight, combo moves are simple (although in many cases you only need know one or two with each character in order to win) and the finishing moves are appropriately gory. It's like Mortal Kombat with gladiators. Also, the fact that each round can be over in an instant, and a losing player suddenly turn the tide via an instant kill with a ranged weapon, gives game play a unique flavor not really found in many games today. Really no game has had this since Bushido Blade back on the original PlayStation. If you're looking for button-mashing fun, then this is worth a try.

Deadliest Warrior Ancient Combat, è un prodotto NTSC (non disponibile quindi da noi in Europa nei normali rivenditori ma solo da chi si occupa di merce internazionale all'infuori della nostra regione PAL) ma uno dei rari titoli "Region-free unlocked" in quanto può essere letto senza problemi indistintamente da un Xbox360 PAL quanto da una NTSC (lo confermo personalmente in quanto ho provato con entrambe le versioni della console).Il gioco costituisce in una compilation dei giochi arcade disponibili su Xbox live "Deadliest Warrior the Game" e "Deadliest Warrior Legends" entrambi ispirati all'omonima serie televisiva trasmessa sulla rete statunitense "Spike Tv", la compilation però presenta anche dei piacevoli extra non inclusi nella versione dlc (entrambe le espansioni dei titoli, diverse armi aggiuntive dei tre tipi disponibili per tutti i guerrieri di Legends, e un dvd bonus contenente puntate della serie tv stessa).Posso tranquillamente confermare che si tratta di uno dei migliori fighting game da me giocati sull'attuale generazione di console e uno dei migliori giochi arcade ora disponibili sul mercato, il titolo è in grado di fornire le stesse sensazioni ed emozioni provate guardando una puntata della serie tv ( a mio avviso una delle migliori mai create) incluse le incredibili scene di sangue e sventramenti... :).Concludo col dire che consiglio questo titolo a chiunque voglia acquistare due giochi di qualità ad un prezzo contenuto, a chiunque sia un amante del genere picchiaduro (il titolo mi ha ricordato Soul Calibur in più di un'occasione) e infine naturalmente agli appassionati della serie televisiva in questione.VOTO: 8,0Saluti a tutti!

Lieferung kam Zeitnah und war gut verpackt.Das Spiel ist ein netter Zeitvertreib für's Wochenende oder am Nachmittag, dennoch wenig Wiederspielwert. Das Spiel, spielt man am Anfang mit allen möglichen Charakteren, doch verschwindet es schnell im Schrank.Das Spiel macht erst richtig Spaß, wenn man es zu zweit spielen kann.

very good condition as stated

Ja, bin sehr zufrieden. Aber noch eine Sache. Unbedingt ( WICHTIG!) bei Us-Versionen dazu schreiben ob sie mit der Eu-Konsole Kompatible ist.