Villain Protagonist: Did we mention you play as Caligula?.
Hope your typing skills are up to scratch. Some Dexterity Required: One weapon per keyboard letter.Mind-Control Music: The ocarina and zampogna turn rats and humans on your side respectively.Sinister Scythe: The tenaculum, a small sickle rather than the usual scythe.Powerful Pick: The gurlet lets you attack on both sides, but is very slow.Improvised Weapon: Bricks, rocks, really big rocks and a torch.Heroes Prefer Swords: And so does Caligula.Even better, they tend to cluster and take out tougher enemies first, letting you use area-hit weapons or the torch with greater efficiency. Everything's Louder with Bagpipes: The Zampogna (an Italian bagpipe) turns enemies against each other and makes you immune to their weapons (except rats and gladiators).Blade on a Stick: Among the available weapons are a javelin and a xyston.Automatic Crossbows: The crossbow shoots as fast as Caligula can stab someone and doesn't need to reload.Animate Dead: One of the more useful weapons is Necromancy, the ability to turn dead bodies into skeleton warriors.An Axe to Grind: The axe is a slow but devastating weapon, while the hatchet is a Precision-Guided Boomerang.In the second game, you start with all the weapons and can increase their power levels by killing enemies with them. You start off with just one (the dagger) in the first game and must find the rest to win. Multi-Melee Master: The games feature a total of 26 weapons.Hyperactive Metabolism: Caligula heals by downing big chunks of meat.Heroic Mime: Caligula's only sound is a crazy laugh when he goes on a rampage.Gratuitous Foreign Language: 'Flambeau' is an old-fashioned French word for torch.stuns all citizens close to you in open-mouthed horror/shock/envy (except prostitutes). Full-Frontal Assault: The 'Manhood' weapon, which.Exotic Weapon Supremacy: The Flambeau, Necromancy and Zampogna weapons are among the best in the game (and only one of those does any damage).Eye Scream: The eagle goes for its targets' eyes.Enemy Civil War: The zampogna produces this effect (see Everything's Louder with Bagpipes).The Caligula: Caligula has taken it upon himself to slaughter every living thing in Rome (and some skeletons), and then to conquer Hell.