Epic Flail: Attila uses spiked barbells that are bigger than his head.Boring, but Practical: Waiting for the boss to turn around (which screws up their blocking) and holding down the spacebar with a ranged weapon is quite effective, if long.Bloody Bowels of Hell: Blood and dismembered corpses are everywhere.Arrows on Fire: Vlad's stakes are on fire when he shoots them at you.Arm Cannon: Stalin has two robotic arms with hidden machine guns.Amusing Injuries: A prisoner has a sword sticking out of his head, this doesn't seem to affect him at all.You Have Researched Breathing: You need to find the appropriate weapon to parade around naked.Wretched Hive: Rome, according to the opening narration.Throw the Book at Them: The philosopher will attempt to bash your skull in with his book, while the senator does the same with a scroll.Show Some Leg: The prostitute's standing sprite does this.While it lasts, he can kill enemies with one hit. Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Caligula temporarily goes into this when his rage meter fills (due to killing enemies and/or drinking wine).Naked People Are Funny: The ending in the Forum features a bunch of (censored) naked Romans partying.Kill them in Rampage mode, and they explode into individual organs and splatter blood all over the screen. Ludicrous Gibs: Enemies fall apart like they ran through Razor Floss, regardless of what weapon was used against them.Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: The legionaries can duck behind their shield to negate all attacks.Kill It with Fire: The Flambeau sets enemies on fire, eventually killing them.Kill 'Em All: The ( secondary) point of the game is to kill as many Romans as you can.
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Fortunately, they're easy enough to avoid and can be kited until they burn. Infernal Retaliation: Soldiers and gladiators will continue to chase and attack you even when on fire.Hitbox Dissonance: Sometimes a weapon misses when it should have hit and vice-versa.Historical Villain Upgrade: Yes, Caligula was a deparaved lunatic, but he didn't go out in the street and attempt to singlehandedly bring Rome's population to one.Heartbeat Soundtrack: The main menu features one.Grievous Bottley Harm: The drunks and bath servants throw their bottles at you with surprising (and aggravating) accuracy.Gameplay and Story Segregation: The loading screens show Caligula using a sword and the ursiform weapon at the same time.Excuse Plot: "Rome is corrupt! Kill everyone to save Rome!".Drunken Master: The drunk hobos are remarkably accurate when it comes to Grievous Bottley Harm.Soldiers and gladiators, on the other hand. Dissonant Serenity: Citizens don't change expression when coming up to maul you.
VIVA CALIGULA GAME PLAY UPGRADE
Except with A Party, Also Known as an Orgy, where you can upgrade your score further by walking into the naked people hanging around.
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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.Mind-Control Music: The ocarina and zampogna turn rats and humans on your side respectively.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.Improvised Weapon: Bricks, rocks, really big rocks and a torch.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.
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stuns all citizens close to you in open-mouthed horror/shock/envy ( except prostitutes).