After slogging through Gladius for more than three months of off-and-on gameplay, I'm still a bit torn about what to say. The game alternates between addictive and interminable. To be fair, this is the first strategy RPG I've ever played, so I was more than a little overwhelmed with the depth and breadth of the game's combat system. It's impressive -- not only in terms of the range of equipment, special attacks and abilities available to grow individual characters, but also in the way it forces players to make difficult decisions about developing their team as a whole.