If you like turn based war games, this is a competent outing. Unit variety is great, there’s a ton of progression and the factions play out differently enough to almost, but not quite, excuse the limited number (4).

But if you only like 4Xs for the building and complex simulation, Gladius comes up short. No diplomacy, economy, culture, religion or any civilian focused features. For better or for worse, this is about constant, total war on all fronts.

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