Gladiator, it is time to go underground! For the first time ever, you shall step beyond the arena sands and into the dark dungeons of the world.
Swords and Sandals V Redux: Grail of Antares, the latest thrilling installment in the world's greatest gladiator game series, has arrived! A unique mix of turn based gladiatorial arena combat and roguelike dungeon crawling, S&S V also boasts an epic 20 hour adventure in which our hero will journey to the frozen frontier town of Suul's Gateway - the home of Brandor's most terrifying beasts and hardiest gladiators.
Rumours swirl that the dread Emperor Antares, once thought vanquished in the arena, has returned. They say his soul lies in wait, under the vast mountain. Will you find the Grail and destroy him, saving the realm? Or will you take his place as a new evil overlord?
* Fast-paced turn based gladiator combat. Do battle against wily gladiators using hundreds of different weapons and armour sets. Use powerful new skills to vanquish your foes.
* For the first time, procedurally generated roguelike dungeon crawling! Explore vast pyramids, ancient tombs and frozen caverns on your search for the grail.
* A living and breathing, interactive game world. Pick locks, disarm traps and pray at shrines. Drink in taverns, talk to shopkeepers. Eat hamburgers found in dungeons!
* An epic, 5 Act story that spans many chapters. Beloved characters and despised villains from Swords and Sandals games past shall guide and hinder you.
* Fight all new arena champions - not just human gladiators, but mighty beasts. Take down a 40 foot tall giant spider. Dodge the flames of an ancient dragon!
* All new Gladiator Sprint game mode: Compete in a lightning fast endless tournament. Level up after each battle. Tackle classic gladiator champions from Swords and Sandals' glorious past.
* All new Dungeon Crawl game mode: Quick-make a gladiator and explore an endless dungeon, fighting monsters and trying to survive as long as you can. Will you hold the world record for the deepest dungeon level reached?
* Five character classes to choose from. Noble knights, crafty rogues and more - each with their own unique abilities for surviving the dungeons.
This is by far the largest and greatest Swords and Sandals adventure ever made. Only the greatest gladiators will survive the dark. Will you stand among the brave few?
The Grail of Antares awaits you!
*** NOTE ***
In this FREE version of the game your gladiator can advance through to the defeat of the 3rd arena champion. To continue, there is a one off "Maximus" In App Purchase which will give you a special suit of Maximus armour, remove advertisements, and unlock the rest of the game ( all 5 acts and 20 chapters).
There is also an optional "Ultratus" In App Purchase that unlocks two extra game modes, the Endless Dungeon Crawl and the Gladiator Sprint, as well as giving gladiators a special dungeoneering toolkit and powerful Ultratus Amulet.
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A mixed review from someone who actually enjoyed the game
Nicky Swaggarwal
The game was a big part of my childhood! It’s great to see that it was converted into a mobile game. I didn’t mind the dungeon part of the game and there were a couple bugs/ typos here at there. Overall would highly recommend to friends interested in this genre of games because this franchise has done extremely well over the years. Saying that, I did have some major issues with the game...Some of the quests definitely felt like chores and the ones where the player was required to fork over copious amounts of gold for convoluted quests were infuriating!! One bug/typo I encountered while playing was when the player is required to pay 40,000 gold to HeChaos for war funding. At the time, it was a lot of gold for the level I was at!! And then later the game said that the payment was only supposed to be 10,000 gold.... Some of the ailments encountered such as vampirism or poison were so punishing while in the dungeons I ended up avoiding those features all together. The arena champions being animals or monsters was kind of a let down for me as well, I was hoping to fight those unique formidable gladiators that the games are centered around.There were other little things here and there but once again this game was fun and amazing aside from all the problems and I wouldn’t take the time to write this if I genuinely did not like the game.The last major complaint for me is THE COMPLETE LACK OF VALUE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE MAIN STORYLINE THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTSNO MORE BATTLE PIT BATTLESNO DUNGEON FREE-ROAMWHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH MY GLADIATOR AFTER EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED AND I HAVE NOTHING LEFT
Good Game!
Lollilokl
Great game, I recommend you install it! I used to play swords and sandals when I was younger and this brings back memories. For me to be able to play swords and sandals wherever I am! Really fun just wish I didn’t have to pay to play the entire game! It’s worth it to play the entire game though! Great game overall! Definitely a 4 star if it didn’t have the purchase, also I do feel like there can be some more adjustments to it, to kind of make it a more fun experience such as making it a 1gb game for some other stuff added such as being able to roam around the city and tavern. If this was added though, it would be a huge game, and probably around call of duty’s size game like in gigs. Probably 4 or 5gb would make this easily possible. Doesn’t even need to be like that just like to be able to roam the stores like the menu thing to buy stuff, then to be able to click on it and be put into a 3D game like the dungeon! This would be absolutely insane and a game changer!
The ads literally kill this game.
tyler wayford
So it’s sword and sandals, what more do you expect? Well I honestly expected a lot more. Swords and sandals 2 is my personal favorite of the series, but since the whole game for S&S 2 is pay locked (don’t worry I’ll make a review for that soon.) this had to do in the meantime. Ads of course aren’t bad, but it gets to a point where it gets worse.... WAY. WAY WORSE. after the first arena champion kill the ads somehow bug out the entire game. Now what do I mean by that? Well the ads appear after every time you lose or win a tournament battle. Now why is that a bad thing? Well something strange happens when this happens and it will make or break your entire game when it does happen. The ad pops up right on the victory or lose screen. And will actually bug out the game somehow into either not bringing up the “return to town” button prompt, or just not leaving that screen at all. Yes. The ads literally soft lock your game. And the only way to get out of it is through closing the entire game and waiting 10 seconds for the intro bull crap to play through before you can get back to your current progress. It’s pitiful. And it’s not like it has a rare chance of happening, no no no, this happens every time you win in the arena. And the logic as to how this happens make no sense. So I guess go ad free to avoid this? Which means you have to pay to avoid this glitch, right? Sounds about right.Pay money to avoid the mistake of the developer.Well after that salty note, the only redeeming factors in this game is the game itself. It’s a very immersive story with great characters and even greater quests. However. That doesn’t save it when a glitch to continue the story of the game will make you want to tear your hair out of your head for when it happens. It’s sad and pitiful.
Game-Breaking Bug
yapyeezy
After you get to the Winter Caverns, and you’re at the Frozen Path of Tears or whatever it’s called. And you try to go downstairs at level 6, your character will go completely invisible and you will not progress downstairs. There’s no fix I can find online or in-game to progress further from this point and complete the quests needed. So the game is essentially over for me, This is disappointing as someone who paid money for the full-game after the demo, and now I don’t even get to play half of the full version I paid for..? Not only that but there’s a ton of other bugs that I had to workaround to get to this point, only to meet one you can’t workaround. Disappointing the developers won’t even update the game, but keep it on the appstore to scam unaware buyers. If it wasn’t for this bug I’d rate this game a 4 or 5 Star, but instead i’m leaving a 1 Star. I don’t recommend this game to any long time fans of swords and sandals like me or newbies.
* Fixed a bug where gladiators received a black screen when trying to reload in demo mode
* Added a 'demo end' screen after the end of the first act
* Fixed an animation bug on the boss battle introductions
* Fixed a graphical glitch on Macaques in dungeons
* Other small gameplay balances
Version 1.4.1
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Seller
eGames.com LLC
Size
105.1 MB
Category
Roleplaying
Compatibility
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.