Swords, sorcery, huge armies and great big mythycal monsters. What more could you want?
While some of the weapons are intended for hack 'n' slash gameplay, others are intended for more strategic fighting, such as ramming an enemy with your shield then stabbing him while he is vunerable, or rolling around behind your oppenent. You can attack with sword and shield, dual swords, a hammer, spear and bow.
As well as your normal attacks, you also have several other moves at your disposal. There is your rage bar, which increases whenever you attack and allows you to unleash powerful slow motion attacks that can damage a large amount of enemies or a single poweful attack that damages one unit. You also have your power of the gods, which is a super human attack. For example, with the spear you can either stab a unit and make them explode or set yourself alight with mythical flames and burn everyone you attack. Or with the sword and shield blow someone up or turn all the enemies on the battlefield to stone. Deciding which attack to use is a very tactical desision, and could change the tide of a battle.
In this game you will not only be fighting large armies of romans, barbarians and the undead, you will also be doing battle with several mythical beasts and bosses. You will defeat Talos, battle the enemy general Crassus around Medusa, you will confront the towering barbarian Gigantes, clash with the leader of the barbarians, Beowulf. Sejanus, commander of the undead legions will fall beneath your blade, cut down the many heads of the Hydra, you'll hunt the minotaur through the labrinthine sewers of Rome then finally you will confront Ares, the God of War, in the Colleseum.