Hero of Sparta
Take up the fiercest challenge and fight from the Oracle's island to the summit of Olympus. Hero of Sparta features an innovative double-view system combining absolute action and platforming. Face legions of…
Hero of Sparta is an adventure developed by Gameloft, released 1 October 2009 on Nintendo DSi, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Android.
What Hero of Sparta is
Hero of Sparta is an adventure game developed by Gameloft and released in 2009. It is available on Nintendo DSi, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Android, iOS and Legacy Mobile Device.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story centers around the Spartan king Argos as he awakens on a beach shortly after his entire fleet of ships has been wiped out by a violent storm. While exploring the island, the spirit of an oracle apparently held in captivity pleads for Argos to rescue her. In exchange, the oracle offers to use her power to return Argos to his homeland.
How it plays
Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Hero of Sparta holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Hero of Sparta launched on 1 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and Pokémon SoulSilver Version. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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