Viva Caligula

Posted by Derek Yu Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:34:00 GMT

Viva Caligula

Adult Swim’s latest Flash joint, Viva Caligula, puts you in the leathery shoes of everyone’s favorite crazy Roman Emperor. Charged with the task of killing all of Rome’s citizens, you’ll run amok through the streets, gardens, and catacombs of “The Eternal City,” smiting everyone who crosses your path. Along the way you’ll collect 26 different weapons with which to massacre your opponents.

The fun of this game really comes from the variety of the weapons that are available to you. You’ll get to wield everything from knives and axes and crossbows, to more exotic treats, like beehives and necromancy! And entering Rampage Mode increases the destructive power of your arms. This is achieved by killing, collecting trophies, or – no joke – screaming into a microphone.

Once you’ve collected all 26 weapons, you’ll be invited to the Palace for some good ol’ fashioned hedonism. But given the number of weapons and the size of Rome, this could take you a while.

Conclusion: fun time-waster, great artwork (natch). Would make an awesome cartoon!

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  1. Paulie Mindless said about 1 hour later:

    Fantastic!

  2. Gr.Viper said about 2 hours later:

    Rome is corrupt! Kill everyone to save Rome!

    Reminds me of first Postal for some reason…

  3. Anon said about 7 hours later:

    Terrible. Collision detection doesn’t work, You can’t hurt people, they can’t hurt you. Fails to actually receive weapons after walking over them. All in all, utter shit.

  4. mots said about 7 hours later:

    worked fine for me… good number of weapon, cool time waster and the orgy’s just great

  5. Derek said about 8 hours later:

    I love it when people call a game terrible because it doesn’t work on their computer!

  6. Skyleak said about 8 hours later:

    I forget what website, but there was a review on a Track Mainia game that got a 0. That’s right a complete flat out zero. I believe that the StarForce protection jacked their testing computer and internally removed both optical drives making the game unplayable.

    This game on the other hand worked great, I had fun setting people on fire then holding “Z” so they fought each other; while at the same time set one another on fire.

    I did recievw some strange looks from room mates. Probably because I was screaming barbarian war-crys into my mic raising my rage meter.

  7. Joseph said about 9 hours later:

    I think I would like this game better if I owned a microphone. Of course the artwork is great but the gameplay was a bit shallow and repetitive…

  8. Maji said about 10 hours later:

    Anon: learn to upgrade your flash3s!

  9. Twistedrabbit said about 11 hours later:

    I feeel like Adult Swim has been coming out with some really kick ares flash games. Im so proud of them.

  10. Joseph said about 11 hours later:

    Ok disregard my previous assessment. Flaming skeleton army changed my mind.

  11. Anon said about 11 hours later:

    My flash is as up to date as adobe will allow.

  12. Joseph said about 12 hours later:

    Possessed rats + roman soldiers + flaming skeletons + beehive = best thing ever!

  13. Skyleak said about 12 hours later:

    Oh I didn’t get the beehive yet!

  14. Pragma said about 20 hours later:

    Man, what an awesome game. I wonder if this guy is related to Kratos?

    And microphone option… if one ever needed an excuse to yell “this is Sparta” over and over again, this is it.

  15. Jacob said about 23 hours later:

    When did Adult Swim stop intelligently challenging then-prevailing stereotypes about cartoons and their validity and start being more about creating shock value through over-violence and vulgarity without point?

    Score yet another point for the marketing department I guess, siiiiiigh.

  16. ugh said 2 days later:

    to Jacob, When adult swim couldn’t be funny anymore

  17. corey said 3 days later:

    this game is fun but not as good as bible fight

  18. carlos said 4 days later:

    where is U?

  19. carlos said 4 days later:

    found it

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