Myth II: Soulblighter

by Loki Entertainment Software

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• ASIN: B00003OPE7
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,093 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Linux | Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Product Description

Sharpen your swords and fire up the cauldrons--Soulblighter is back! Bungie's thrilling strategy adventure, Myth 2: Soulblighter, brings back the scourge of the West and challenges you with all-new scenarios and improved graphics and 3-D rendering.

In command of a ragtag army of berserkers, dwarves, soldiers, and sorcerers, you are the last hope (yet again) of saving the folk of Madrigal and the West from the evil might of Soulblighter and his minions. Test your fortitude by challenging others on your network or online to a battle to the death, or cross swords and sages with Soulblighter himself. For fantasy gamers, this is far better than a slab of roast beast washed down with a tall ale.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful multiplayer experience, February 6, 2000

By 

Jeremy G Wills (San Antonio Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Myth 2: Soulblighter (Linux) (CD-ROM)

This is one of the better Strategy games that I have played since Warcraft. This game has the ability to have up to 16 different individuals playing at the same time which makes it a great multiplayer experience. It is available for windows, but if you are a linux fan like myself, you realize that it is not so easy to find linux version games. This is one you should definitally have. If you like Warcraft, Starcraft, Command and Conqeuor, or any other strategy role playing style of games then you will love this port for linux. If people buy and use linux and its games, then developers will make more linux versions of popular games. Thanks for reading my opinon.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and challenging, with a sense of humor, December 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Myth 2: Soulblighter (Linux) (CD-ROM)

Quite an addictive game, with much energy spent both on details and ensuring overall continuity of structure. Good character design (specie design, really), imaginative and well-balanced character types, where success depends on proper use of different characters together in effective ways. Cartoonish and with some funny bits, it manages to remain be both lighthearted and immersive at once. Unlike most every game I've encountered, the narration is used properly and does not come off as the least bit stupid -- good voiceover talent went into it, and the script was written decently.

My only complaint at all is in the difficulty of controlling a battle force effectively, especially one of significant size; the unit behavior algorithms aren't quite good enough to be left alone in the face of the enemy, so a lot of hands-on adjustment is needed to avoid stupid casualties (one melee fighter running straight into the hands of doom alone when a target came within its attack radius, rather than falling back a bit to let the range units have more time to shoot, then attacking simultaneously). However, the degree to which individual units can be controlled is excellent, and they do follow instructions when given.

Technically, an excellent port by Loki. No apparent bugs of any significance, and Loki's excellent about releasing patches with changelogs. Good installation, and it does everything right with respect to behaving itself in a multiuser environment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No disappointments here!, May 25, 2002

By 

EquesNiger (Prague, Czech Republic) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Myth 2: Soulblighter (Linux) (CD-ROM)

Expanding on Bungie's incredibly successful Myth:the Fallen Lords, this is the second installment in the story. Taking place some decades after the fall of the Fallen Lords, Soulblighter, a lieutenant of the Fallen Lords, returns to decimate the populations of Alric's Kingdoms with new allies. Again, new units are introduced, and one is challenged to one's limits through the command of increasingly larger armies against increasingly tougher foes.

For those unfamiliar with Myth, Myth expands the concept of multiple unit battles in real time, where arm-chair generals control individual units in battles against sinsister foes. Unlike Age of Empires or Cossacks, both of which are favorites of mine, Myth involves gradually larger scale battles in a sword and sorcery setting. The graphics are superb, and the storyline gripping enough on its own to warrant novelisation (these guys invest heavily in story development). Battles begin simply, but grow rapidly more complex as the numbers of units one controls (as well as the number and variety of units one opposes) increase. Ultimately, there is a battle royale with the forces of evil, and at no point during the game does one get a respite or break. There are no easy levels here. There will be moments when you will be tempted to smash your screen to bits when, after a particularly adrenaline pumped session, you lose your entire army. Like the original, Soulblighter is destined to become a classic and benchmark in the PC gaming community.

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