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Shadow of Rome

The year is 44 B.C. The grandeur of the Republic of Rome has been tarnished by political corruption and society has been overrun by unruliness and violence. Julius Caesar advocates for drastic reform but he is…

75 4 February 2005

Shadow of Rome is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 4 February 2005 on PlayStation 2.

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What Shadow of Rome is

Shadow of Rome is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 2005. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shadow of Rome is a 2005 action-adventure video game with stealth elements for the PlayStation 2. Developed and published by Capcom, it was released in Europe, North America, and Australasia in February, and in Japan in March.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Shadow of Rome holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Shadow of Rome launched on 4 February 2005, within three weeks of Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2.

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When did Shadow of Rome come out?
Shadow of Rome was released on 4 February 2005 for PlayStation 2.

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