Sacrifice provides a rare example of a fantasy world that is not just a clone of Tolkien's Middle Earth. The environments, creatures and spells are lavishly unique. Okay perhaps weird would be a more appropriate word. It's not a game that takes itself too seriously and is made all the better because of this. Sacrifice defies convention in every way imaginable. Having mercilessly and conventionally slain hordes of orcs, goblins, trolls, gnolls, dwarves and elves, it is refreshing to finally get to drop a giant cow on top of my freakish foes. It's not often that action and real time strategy are merged so seamlessly and so effectively. Sacrifice kind of marked the birth of a new genre that mainstream developers have yet to fully cultivate. The gameplay is wonderfully enjoyable and eminently original. I've never played another game quite like Sacrifice. It is a shame that similar games just don't exist, but equally it leaves Sacrifice as a shining example of what fantasy games should be.
