Shade: Wrath of Angels (0)

Overview

Shade: Wrath of Angels is a 2004 and game produced by and published by. The original name was Nefandus, but later was changed to Shade: Wrath of Angels before its release. The history revolves around an ancient war between and .
 
 

Gameplay

Shade: Wrath of Angels is a third-person adventure game where players play as a who must fight off various creatures while looking for his brother. The player must travel across different dimensions with 4 different chapters to complete. It has many action/adventure elements seen in some games like and etc, players can ledge grab and jump across a gap. Players can use variety of weapons like a , a and a . Players can also use magic to kill several enemies like, Medieval England , , and Egyptian warriors.
 

Plot

The game starts with a to explain various aspects of the game.
The tutorial goes on as the player sleeps, and he plays the tutorial in his dream. After the completion of the tutorial, the player goes to a town on receiving an invitation from his brother 'B'.  On his latter 'B' has claimed to have discovered an important archaeological site, which appears to be a very primitive one. But on reaching the town, the player is amazed to find out that nobody is anywhere. 
He reaches the Hotel where his brother has written to be boarded. But on reaching the Hotel, he finds nothing but a pistol left by his brother for him. He decides to check the Church but on his way downstairs, he is stunned to see a zombie, in the lobby. 
He however shoots the zombie and goes to the , only to encounter two more walking dead therein. After dealing with them, he finds a secret passage and moves into it to descend down and finds an orb. After the player comes out of the room with the orb, a misty figure appears and reveals to him a fearful secret. 
The figure reveals to the player that he is the angel of Faith, and the orb he is carrying is the heart of the angel. 
The Angel of Faith asks the player to release the other three angels to bring his brother back. When the player agrees, the Angel gives him the her loyal servant, a single-eyed red demon to help him on his quest. 
The player is teleported by the angel to each of the three worlds where the pieces of the hearts of the other three angels are kept, the first being in the world of undead knights (themed on a medieval period with walking dead, the zombies and undead knights), the second being in the Pyramid of Egyptian God Seth (themed on pyramids, with living statues, mummies and undead worshippers of mighty Seth) and the third being in the world of eternal darkness, the 'Shadowland' (themed on a shadowy plain with creatures of darkness everywhere). 
But on collecting the three hearts of the angels and reunifying them, the angel of Faith reappears and reveals herself to be the dark angel, who opposed the Gods and set the war between the four worlds. The player vows to stop the evil by breaking all the hearts of the angels, but the other three good angels appear and ask the player to destroy the demon, who helped him on his quests. 
The player kills the demon with his magic sword, and the good angels trap the angel of Faith. The angels then reveal to him that his brother's soul is sealed and can not be made to live again. The angels then transform the player to an immensely powerful guardian, to protect all the four hearts of the angels with his magic sword till the end of time.
 

Levels

• Intro / Tutorial
  

• Railway Station

• Hotel

• Church

• Underground

• Deserted Town I

• Deserted Town II

• Castle Ruins I

• Castle Ruins II

• Burning Town

• Necropolis

• Necropolis Temple

• Spiders' Nest

• The Tower

• Ancient Crypt

• Temple of Seth

• Temple of Seth II

• The Host of Serqet

• The House of Osiris

• The Hypostyle Hall

• The Scales of Maat

• The Fields of Peace

• The Descent to Darkness

• The Descent to Darkness II

• The Portal

• The First Encounter

• The Gate

• The Bridge

• The Swamp

• The Machine

• Grand Finale

 

Soundtrack

 
 
 
 
 
 
The for Shade: Wrath of Angels was composed by and is available for download at the .

Track No.	Song Title	Running Time
01	Main Theme	02.52
02	Reality	03.20
03	Dark Ages Explorations	02.06
04	Lord of the Undead Knights	02.47
05	The Town	01.32
06	The Tower	01.25
07	Leaving the Medieval	02.01
08	The Egypt Journey, pt. 1	03.06
09	Boss and Spiders	01.03
10	The Egypt Journey, pt. 2	01.11
11	The Second Pylon	03.48
12	The Shadowland	00.43
13	Betrayal	01.25
14	Chasm of Eternity	04.22
15	Final Fight	02.56
16	Credits	03.20
17	Bonus Track 1	01.51
18	Bonus Track 2	02.25
19	Bonus Track 3 - from trailer	01.54

 

PC System Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Operating System: Win 98SE, ME

• Processor: Intel PIII - 700 MHz

• Memory: 128 MB RAM

• Video Card: 32 MB GeForce2

• Sound Card: SoundBlaster compatible sound card

• Hard Disc: 2 GB free space on HDD

Recommended System Requirements

• Operating System: Win 2000, XP

• Processor: Intel P4 - 2 GHz

• Memory: 512 MB RAM

• Video Card: 256 MB GeForce4

• Sound Card: EAX compatible sound card

• Hard Disc: 4 GB free space on HDD