“An ancient proverb warns: ‘Never trust a demon, for betrayal is their very blood’.
Yet the Sura, the great ogres of the Wastes, have a different saying: ‘A demon honours its pact’. Perhaps when the race of men looks into the eyes of hell, they see their own darkness reflected…”
– Carissa Cantrecht...
“An ancient proverb warns: ‘Never trust a demon, for betrayal is their very blood’.
Yet the Sura, the great ogres of the Wastes, have a different saying: ‘A demon honours its pact’. Perhaps when the race of men looks into the eyes of hell, they see their own darkness reflected…”
– Carissa Cantrecht
Shadows: Awakening is the new adventure in the Heretic Kingdoms saga. After the members of the secret council known as the Penta Nera are assassinated, their souls are consumed by the Devourers – evil demons which possess the ability to absorb the memories and personalities of the souls they acquire and materialize them as their puppets. Re-emerging into the mortal realm once again, the demonic Penta Nera continue their quest for power and immortality, but at what cost?
Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You take control of a demon summoned from the Shadow Realm – the Devourer – to consume the souls of long-dead heroes and embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics. Do you have the focus and wits to master the world of the Heretic Kingdoms? Gather your party, control powerful heroes and use their skills to your advantage. But who is in charge… the demon, or the souls that it has devoured? It's up to you to either thwart a major threat and save the world, or to plunge it into complete disaster…
Features
A Tale of Two Worlds – In a parallel universe inhabited by demons and monsters; seamlessly switch between the Shadow Realm and the mortal plane and witness a gripping storyline in a world full of myths, destinies and legendary creatures.
Unique Party System – multiple characters in one demon, each retaining their own personalities with internal dialogues, rivalries and communication between the characters.
Wide variety of Skills and Characters – Choose from 3 heroes, each with their own personal storylines, quests and dialogues. Consume the souls of 14 playable characters, each with their own unique skillsets, like Kalig the Bandit King and Evia, Daughter of Fire.
Tactical Real-Time Combat – Combine the skills of your various characters to maximize the effects of your devastating skills and spells.
Extensive Gameplay – 20+ hours for a single playthrough, but with substantial options for replayability which accumulate to 60+ hours for the full experience.
Challenging Puzzles – Complex puzzles are scattered throughout the game, and will take you through a vibrant set of locations, from rustic towns to the deepest and darkest of dungeons.
Crafting and Looting System – Expanded crafting and looting system will let you use rewards to configure the ultimate adventurer.
Fully Voiced – All dialogues are fully narrated, including actors like Tom Baker.
140hrs after completing the game with all three main Hunter, Warrior, Mage types.
Obviously not quite Diablo quality, think closer to Dungeon Siege if you've played those. Lore is decent, music is good, voice-acting is fantastic. Combat animation is satisfying. Most puzzles aren't very difficult, but one or two may take some thought. I'm playing on extreme difficulty and most of the game was pretty easy until the final boss (which was hard).
A certain mission convinced me that my run was bugged (Defeat the Werewolf Anarchists) because it wasn't obvious to me (sometimes I'm dumb) that you must switch out of Shadow realm to Physical realm and kill the enemy in both forms (I stayed in Devourer form where the target enemy will respawn infinitely). Most annoying part of the game for me is maintaining character stats in their ideal distribution (it's constant mental math at every level upgrade).
Overall I've had fun with it and will consider getting the DLC when it's on sale.
Thank you GOG for giving away the game free!
I love how you can switch between different classes on a whim and customize them to your heart's content. It has full voice acting, save whenever you want, tons of great things. This and Victor Vran are the types of ARPGs that spoil the rest of the genre and make it hard to play Diablo or the like again, in a good way of course! Nice job developers!
The puppet thing is interesting. Quickly switching between characters makes for a somewhat different mechanic for an RPG.
The inventory system is different in a rather annoying way, and it took me a while to figure out why my inventory looked empty. - Inventory items only appear when their item slot is selected.
I like that you have an initial choice of who your primary puppet/soul is, but I ended up recruiting this annoying critter I wanted nothing to do with by completing a side quest. No idea that would be the result.
I had enough when there was a locked door that required trigger a boulder to roll, then having to precisely time triggering some temporary platforms to keep it rolling to its pressure plate. I don't have the patience for such "puzzles". Maybe it would have been better if the switches also weren't staggered and made movement between them annoying.
It took a few failed attempts to figure out what was going on. A couple more after I figured it out and I quit and uninstalled.
A great older game that still stacks up in terms of gameplay and story. Good RPG with decisions regarding stats, inventory and abilities. Can switch between up to 4 characters on the go. Lots of backtracking to complete quests and some quest markers are deceptive - marker will point to a map exit, but you need to traverse that map and another to get to the subarea where the quest is. Teleporters around every second map. Needs a couple of playthroughs to unlock all characters. And voice acting by Tom Baker, one of the best Doctor Who's!!
There are two “worlds-crossing” games I’ve truly enjoyed: Darksiders II and Diablo II.
This game made me feel like I was playing both of them at the same time.
We’ve got a really great game here!
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