While the previous installments of the Total War series were greatly focused on history and legendary scenarios, Spartan: Total Warrior is more liberal in its methodology towards history, drawing components from the Greek and Roman folklore, and shares its mythology with God of War. The game consists of 14 different levels, in which the player: a lone Spartan fights against Roman Empire alongside his Greek Allies, guided by Ares. It was developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega, released in 2005 on Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. Spartan: Total Warrior is a hack-and-slash spin-off action game of the Novel Total War series.