GODS: Lands of Infinity
Xarax, ruler of the Gods of Bellarion, was murdered and thus another God
needed to take his place on the Divine Throne. The Gods could not agree on a
new ruler so they decided to hold the Ultimate Challenge in which the Gods
would cross their powers to determine who was the most powerful of them. The
contest was held and the winner took his place on the throne, but the others
did not acknowledge his leadership and the war of the Gods began. 2000 years
later the war was still raging because nobody could win. Every side hid in
their sealed fortresses, surrounded by deadly traps until one day the God of
Darkness, Mortagorn, discovered a new weapon. It was so powerful, that none of
the other Gods stood any chance and Mortagorn slowly destroyed them. In a last
glimpse of hope, the God of Fire, Arswaargh, created Vivien, a divine avatar.
Arswaargh sent Vivien through space and time to another world in order to find
the much needed counter-weapon. But something goes wrong and Vivien wakes up
on the world Antasion without her divine essence. Powerless like a normal
citizen, she now ventures out to seek the Gods of Antasion to gain back her
powers and find the desperately needed counter-weapon.
You play as Vivien and move her in a 1st-person perspective through the world.
Like in any other RPG you talk to people, get quests, fight various monsters,
gain experience and level up, but the game also incorporates a limited trading
simulation. There are several kind of traders which buy and sell different
things. There is a production line between all these traders. For example in
one town you will find someone who sells you grain at a good price because he
grows it. You can then buy that grain and bring it to the local mill where you
are given a reasonable amount of money for it. At the same time he sells the
flour to you, that he gets out of the grain. The flour is needed by the bakery
in the main city to make bread and you need the bread to satisfy your hunger.
So while you make a good amount of money by providing each station with their
ingredients, you also make sure, that you will always have, in our example,
access to enough bread because each station transforms what you sell them over
time into the items that they then sell you.
Over the course of the game up to six other characters can join your group
either to help you fight in the turn-based battles or just to be escorted by
you to some place. The battle-system is much like in the Final Fantasy series.
Your party stands on one side and your enemy on the other. You then have
access to different kind of actions from normals attacks over spellcasting to
using items from the inventory. Each action consume a different amount of
action points. A normal melee attack costs 1 AP for example. In order to
regain AP you need to defend for one round. Once you have defeated every
enemy, your party gains experience and automatically loots the bodies.
Your characters can advance in the three different trees Fighter, Mage and
Alchemy by training and fulfilling quests. Advancing in a tree gives you
access to more powerful weapons, armor and spells. With each normal level up
you gain points you then can put in your attributes like strength or luck to
specialise your character even more. But not every character can handle
everything. Vivien for example is more of a fighter and will never be able to
handle bows or staffs.
Another part of the game is Alchemy which allows you to enchant your items or
make potions out of materials that you either buy from vendors or find
scattered around the world. To make a potion or enchant something, you need to
learn the recipe which you can then look up in your Alchemy book. The more
complex the recipe is, the more additional items you need. The basics are for
example clear water and coal in order to use your distillery.
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | Intel Pentium III | Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz / AMD Athlon XP 2000+ |
VRAM | 32 MB | 128 MB |
RAM | 128 MB | 512 MB |
OS | Windows 98 | |
Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce 6600 GT / AMD Radeon X300 Series | |
Direct X | DirectX 9.0c | DX 9 |
HDD Space | 2 GB | |
CD-ROM | 8X (1.2 MB/s) | |
Game Analysis | Ancient world of Bellarion struggles in the neverending war of Gods. Conflict has aroused when Xarax, ruler of Gods of Bellarion, was murdered. Each of the remaining Gods claimed the right for the Divine Throne. After many quarrels, they all agreed that they should arrange the Ultimate Challenge in which all the Gods would cross their powers to show who is the most powerful to rule them all. But the Gods who failed were still not willing to submit to the winner. They summoned their armies and attacked the worshipers of other Gods. | |
High FPS | 200+ FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
Optimization Score | 10 |