The unholy war (The Unholy War (PS))

Member Name: louly_booly

Product:	The Unholy War (PS)
Date:	18/12/08 (162 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good entertainment

Disadvantages: if playing one player the game can be quite short

The unholy war was developed by toys for bob and published by Eidos Interactive for the playstation one. It was released in 1998. It is a fighting game where characters fight using melee and magic attacks.

The Story: The game is based on the planet Xsarra. On the planet there are two forces at war. The Arcanes who are the planets original inhabitants. The others are the Teknos, who crash landed on the planet and are now trying to take over.

There around 8 playable characters in each force each containing different skills, containing different elements and fight moves. A monster Prana devil can respawn so they all help in different ways in the maps.

There are two ways of play, meyhem and strategy mode. Meyhem mode is where you fight one on one battles. You pick the character you want to fight with and the fight against the computer or player who also may chose.
The aim of strategy mode is to destroy all emeny attackers and there base. You are on a mam which is made of interlocking hexagons. A base is in one hexagon at the end of the map on each side for each force. At the base you can buy or sell units, you do they buy collecting AUR. You start with a certain amount but can mine more by standing on a hex that contains it, gaining more with each turn. The turns are turn based and each character is only allowed 3 moves. You can only move once and use a characters special moves once. To attack an emeny you must get on to an adjecent hex and confirm an attack, you then enter battle, the losers character is then wiped from the board.
You win the game once all the enemys players have been destroyed as well aas the base.

I like the game very much, the only thing that is really bad about it is waiting for the computer to finish it turn, though its not that bad to be honest. As well as that its also graphics but its an old game its to be expected. the game always kept me entertained especially when you play against other people. Though if playing with one player against the computer it is quite short.

Summary: Its a great game to play if playing someone else.