Those bastards.
Those bastards.
I like this pic. Hell, I like all the cutscenes in this game. They're probably the most enjoyable thing Warrior of Rome has going for it. Granted, they're not AWESOME, but being in a game like this, they're certainly something.
Well, looky here. My strongest units are underpowered again. It's almost like the programmers want to screw me over.
Goal: Get to the palace while at the same time try and prevent the enemy units from destroying the bridges. They're the only way you can cross the two rivers between your army and the palace. Check out this pic, look at all those friggin barriers you have to tear down to get in the palace!
This here is one of the most frustrating stages in the game. You have to put SOO much effort into getting everything right. Mess up just a tiny bit and it's game over. And I think it's a bunch of BS that the enemy units suddenly DOUBLE in speed when you get anywhere near the palace. After all the work I did just getting there, you're gonna pull this crap off? And it's even more annoying that, after your units get destroyed, the game throws them all the way back to the starting point. By the time you regain your energy and attempt a second strike, most of the bridges will be destroyed.
Fuck this stage. Just use a password to skip to the next stage (O5TCJZSP5B) if you ever want to play the game (?!). Interesting note: I've been to a ton of cheat sites and every single one of them featured the same non-working stage 4 password. So, I had no choice but to actually beat this stage once (a rare achievement) just to get a working one. It was insanely frustrating because there was one time I almost reached the palace, but the game froze. Wanna know what the in-game timer read when it frozed? 0666. Yeah, this game is evil.
Conclusion: This stage sucks for being EVIL.
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