Myth 2 Soulblighter (PC)

"And Soulblighter - the towering, mad thing who cut off his own face and tore out his own heart as part of a ritual too dark to speak of? According to the stories, no one had ever discovered what became of him." Sixty years have passed since the Great War, when Alric exploited the rivalries amongst the Fallen Lords and sacrificed his army before the gates of Balor's fortress to take his head. The head was flung into the Great Devoid, destroying him forever, but Balor's most savage lieutenant, Soulblighter survived and became free. As he gathers dark forces to himself, Soulblighter searches for the Summoner, a man prophersised to release an ...

I bought Myth the Fallen Lords as part of the compilation Ten Tons of Fun. After trying out most of the games, it was apparent that Myth was easily the best game here. It was first released in 1997 and is a 3D strategy game based on fantasy adventure characters. The standard characters available to you are knights, archers, wizards and dwarves that throw firebombs and blow everything up. The game is highly addictive and each level has a target to reach in order to proceed to the next level, and this is explained to you before the level starts. It has an amazingly intricate storyline, and as you get further and further, a greater variety of characters ...

The sequel to the best selling Myth: The Fallen Lords transports the player to a grim and bloody fantasy world where Undead hordes are running rampant again. The gameplay consists of clicking on units and telling them where to go and who to whack but there are optional attacks that certain units can make which will turn the tide of battle when effectively employed. You can rotate the camera view to watch the action from any angle and zoom in and out to get down and dirty with the bloodshed or obtain a grand tactical view. You merely concentrate on the tactical aspects of combat. There are no bases to manage or resources to scrounge. This places a premium on you ...