Gladiator Manager

Can't give this a good rating. If you don't do a terrible job and manage to consistently win, you will eventually be put in a spot where you are forced to lose in unwinnable battles that you can't simply say no to or opt out of. Since nobody in Division 5 would ever willingly face anybody in Division 1 or 2 in an impossible match-up, this is a huge problem with the design. I mean you can't even scout to see who you are facing to give yourself an idea of what you will be up against. You're just stuck putting a squad through a slaughterhouse or throwing a team of scrubs out there and accepting an L. I do not accept Losses. -I- have to make the mistakes, get overconfident, choose the wrong tactics, etc etc etc. I do not get forced into it because of poor development. Until this gets addressed and fixed or cheats become available to fix it so you're not stuck in unwinnable positions, this goes on the shelf in the "Nope" category.

The game is completely unplayable on widescreen resolutions, due to the way the UI scales and pushes essential buttons off-screen. Apparently this issue has existed for years and the developer has made no effort to fix it. It looks like a fun game, but unless this bug gets fixed in the future I cannot recommend it.

There is nothing to do but recruit and fight, recruit and fight, and the game cycle is satisfying as it is if you bother to learn how to play the right way. Yes the fights and everything else in the game are RNG heavy, but I like it, it gives a better sense of realism than having gladiators behave like perfect killing machines just because the player is outsmarting the AI every time...plus there is nothing like pulling off the upset against the terror of the division with a mediocre gladiator getting a lucky hit out of nowhere! Will it happen often? Hell no, but when it does it's so good. Could the game be better or more ambitious? Yeah for sure, but for its price (especially on sale) it does a brilliant job at entertaining.

Kinda cool but lacks any customization. RNG heavy turnbased. Would be disappointed if I paid full price but I grabbed it for 4$

A fun little game if you just want to relax

RNG nightmare even on easy, for the masochistic only.