Soulbringer

by Interplay

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• ASIN: B00004KHB6
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 30, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,596 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Thousand of years ago, six demon kings, known as the Revenants, ruled the world with an iron fist and bloody swords. Their powers let them claim the bodies of mortal vassals and live in the realms of man forever. The great hero and warlock Harbinger was the only one who could stand up to their power. One by one he hunted the Revenants, taking their souls and casting them into the Well of Souls. But the Revenants survived...

As a young man you will travel to meet your uncle in the town of Madrigal. Here, your destiny draws you into the path that Harbinger trod--to confront the Revenants and banish their souls back to the well forever.

Your travel will take you far from Madrigal--to the ruined kingdoms of Horath and the ancient empire of Thardolin and through the lost city of Talendrah. You will brave searing desert and icy plains. You will have to seek answers among the living and the dead. You must confront the mightiest of the Revenants--the demonic Skorn--in his citadel of Galdon Thor, and drag him and his kin from the world of man. You must succeed where Harbinger did not. You must become the Soulbringer.

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You will brave searing desert and icy plains. You will have to seek answers among the living and the dead. You must confront the mightiest of the Revenants - the demonic Skorn - in his citadel of Galdon Thor and there drag him and his kin from the world of man. You must succeed where Harbinger did not.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Looking for a game? Might wanna keep looking., November 7, 2000

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"wynds" (Annapolis, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soulbringer (CD-ROM)

Graphics, very good... maybe not the best on the market, but definitely not the worst. Annoying? You bet. I picked this game up one day looking something new and exciting. I got it home, tore open the paper, popped it into the computer and proceeded to wait forever as the thing loaded it's self into my system. Ok, that's done, time for game play. YAY! Nope, time to read this itty-bitty book that I was given to see it I could glean the smallest bit of information as to how to move my character. Ok, got that figured out. Now how do I pick things up? (In my view game play should not be this hard!) Ok, I found out how to pick things up, great. Now... how do I tell my character to pick something up without running over it six times and looking like a complete goober?

Annoying, irritating, and frustrating. I bought this game looking for something fun. All I found was irritation. I really don't like the fact that it's continually dark and the snow, while pretty, does it annoying when trying to find/chase a white dove. Give me a break, I'm supposed to chase around little black eyes and tell where a slight cooing is coming from? You better have the best gaming system ever. For the average gamer, stick to something a little more, umm, user friendly. I hate to say it, but after nine or ten times of being driven from my desk because I was killed five or six minutes into game play, well there's something wrong.

Ok, there is a story line to the game, and while good it's rather annoying when you walk into the town and have to wait for each building and each section to load. I'm afraid that there is going to be something lurking around the corner waiting to kill the character. Talking to each of the characters is fun, depending on where you are in the story line, and which line of conversation you pick or choose you learn more. Flirting with the barmaid will have someone yelling at you, telling you "She's a good girl, don't treat her like that."

I was disappointed. I wish that there had been just a little more... a little more work, a little more time, and a lot more effort.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could Have Been Really Awesome, October 27, 2003

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djhexane (Ohio, USofA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soulbringer (CD-ROM)

If Troika had their hands on this. It could have been freakin sweet. But they didn't and this is what we are left with:

The story line is decent although very linear. This seems to be a more of a hack and slash style than actually story based. The grapics are decent and the spells and attacks are all very well done (that and the excellent combos you can make are top notch).

The combat is pretty difficult and akward and pretty insane at the beginng and pretty much throughout. I haven't made it all the way through out of disgust at dying so quickly and having to reload many times in a 10 minute period. Plus having to load at each new building, town, everything is really annoying especially with how much you can install to your HD.

If you want an action driven RPG I would recomend looking towards Dungeon Siege or Diablo 2. But this is still just an ok game.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Atmosphere, July 9, 2004

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M. Fretz "Melodium" (N.J.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soulbringer (CD-ROM)

I liked this game alot, it reminds me of Drakkan if anyone remembers that game which was not top winner. Theres just something about the atmosphere which is like a Christmas and Halloween night feel that makes the game pleasant even in the middle of a bloodthirsty battle which the game is night all the time. The same experience I got from Drakkan when it turned night time. I do see this game not being a favorite among die hard RPG fans like the control of your character but its basically point and click just alittle time to get used to, not really Rocket Science here and the graphics are alittle fuzzy at times when your searching for items but its just one of those games you can site back and relaxe to while playing. I think its a fun game, good storyline, great atmosphere, alright control play being not the best but certainly not the worst and the graphics aren't top notch but not the worst either. Theres rarely some RPG games that can give a fun relaxed feeling to them without over embelishment of graphics and shear intensity on fighting and hack & slash. I'd also like to suggest Planescape: Torment that also gives an emphasis on fun but I have to say its a much better game than this one and is top notch in my opinion.