Introduction:
First, a bit of background
story of the game. The story tells of the Creator, who created seven world
shells which orbit around a giant axis called the core. Two core keys have also
been created, which would unlock the secrets of the core which is said to be the
Kingdom of Heaven. Unfortunately, Gemma, a fallen angel, stole the keys, and the
Creator sent his son, Marduk, to retrieve them. After battling with Gemma for
100 days, Marduk finally defeated him and retrieved the keys. Marduk then hid the keys and prophesized that the keys would be found again when the world
is in need of them.
The game starts off with
two scenes, the first introducing the main villain of the game and the latter
the main character of the game. At this point in the game, the keys have already
been found and Doskias hinted at his desire to unlock the core and gain the
power of the Creator. He found a way to unlock the core and in doing so, started
a war and brought the world shells to the brink of destruction. You control the main character, Maya, throughout the game, together with two other
companions who the player may switch around as the game proceeds. Maya starts
off in World Shell 2, and through conversations with Non-Playable Characters (NPCs),
learn more about the world shells and other information that the player should
know in order to proceed with the game. As the game progresses, Maya gets to
know of Doskias and together with other characters who have banded together to
join her cause, decides to try and stop him and save the world from destruction.
Game Specifications:
The game specifications are
simple, requiring only a DirectX 5.0 Pentium 200, 4X CD-ROM, 32 MB RAM and
DirectX-compatible sound card. Both mouse and keyboard are used in the game. The
mouse is used to initiate
conversations with NPCs, pick up items and navigating
the characters and to select characters and enemies during battles. The keyboard
can be used for navigation using the arrow keys and shortcut keys are available
to select the characters or their abilities during battles. Since battle scenes
are not bloody, though there are images of severed body parts and such in some
locations, the violence level is not high. However, swear words are used in the
game and there is also mild sexual references in the game especially in certain
locations and places such as brothels. Hence, the rating on the game is 13+. The
game is most likely targeted at gamers in their teens, with its anime-like
characters and graphics.
Once you insert the CD, a
screen should automatically pop up to install the game into the hard drive. The
CD also gives you a few options to install the game depending on how much
disk space you have. Full install would take about 550MB and allows you to play
the game without needing the CD. Once the game is installed, it could be played
immediately without restarting the PC.
At the game screen, there are four choices available to choose. New game, letting you start from the beginning of the game, continue game, which allows you to resume your game from the point where you last saved before quitting and game options, which lets you choose which save game to load or to start a new game, which is also the game screen you would see if you select it while you are playing the game. The last is the option to quit the game. There is only an option to change the audio settings in terms of volume. There is no option to change the graphics, brightness or contrast, etc because the graphics are generated using the game engine.