After I won the first battle and I got out of the arena, I felt out of place. Is the protagonist a gladiator who will die sooner or later, or a young boy who has just won his freedom?
The music, the colours... Suddenly, I feel like I am playing another kind of game: a rpg with green countrysides with an innocent beginning. Or worse, a game of ponies and friendship and these things. Sorry, the sudden change shocked me, it was like it stopped being about arenas and certain death to be something about... I dunno, happiness between battles?
Hope this was useful. Still, seems like a good game.