Wrath Unleashed
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Wrath Unleashed is a strategy game
for the PlayStation 2
and the Xbox
created by The Collective, Inc.
and released by LucasArts
in 2004
for PlayStation 2
and Xbox
. It is a chess
-like game that combines strategy with combat, not unlike that of The Unholy War
, or Archon: The Light and the Dark.
of the four Elements (Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind), a war which shattered their homeworld into an asteroid belt, sustained by their powers. In the game, one god attempts to claim the territory of another god with their army of mythical creatures, which move over a "board" of hexagonal spaces (each space representing a type of terrain, such as Desert, Glacier, Swamp, Island, etc.). When two opposing troops occupy the same hexagonal space, gameplay shifts to an arena, where the troops must battle to the death for the right to occupy the space. The point of the game is to position your troops over spaces which contain the enemy's temples.
Strategy game
A strategy game or strategic game is a game in which the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome...
for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
and the Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
created by The Collective, Inc.
The Collective, Inc.
The Collective, Inc. was an American video game development company located in Newport Beach, California. The company has created several games based on movies and television shows since its founding in 1997.-History:...
and released by LucasArts
LucasArts
LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was once famous for its innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success of which peaked in the mid 1990s...
in 2004
2004 in video gaming
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for PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
and Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
. It is a chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
-like game that combines strategy with combat, not unlike that of The Unholy War
The Unholy War
The Unholy War is a PlayStation game developed by Toys For Bob and published by Crystal Dynamics in Europe and Eidos Interactive in North America. It is a fighting game in which characters fight in a 3D environment using mêlée and projectile attacks...
, or Archon: The Light and the Dark.
Gameplay
The basic idea of the game is there is a war between the godsDeity
A deity is a recognized preternatural or supernatural immortal being, who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, and respected by believers....
of the four Elements (Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind), a war which shattered their homeworld into an asteroid belt, sustained by their powers. In the game, one god attempts to claim the territory of another god with their army of mythical creatures, which move over a "board" of hexagonal spaces (each space representing a type of terrain, such as Desert, Glacier, Swamp, Island, etc.). When two opposing troops occupy the same hexagonal space, gameplay shifts to an arena, where the troops must battle to the death for the right to occupy the space. The point of the game is to position your troops over spaces which contain the enemy's temples.
Characters
The characters in Wrath Unleashed are divided into Light (good) and Darkness (evil), as well as Order (intelligence, thought) and Chaos (combat, battle). Each faction of characters has the power of a specific element.The Light Order
- WaterWaterWater is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
Demigoddess - Aenna is the goddess of Water, and is as "pure as crashing waves and waterfalls". Aenna wields power over the Elements of Water and Ice. As a goddess of the Light Order, she represents enlightenment and wisdom. Through her teachings, feral orgres were able to focus their rage into powerful magic. Aenna is in love with the powerful god, Epothos. Aenna is capable of spell-casting, and can heal her troops, or teleportTeleportationTeleportation is the fictional or imagined process by which matter is instantaneously transferred from one place to another.Teleportation may also refer to:*Quantum teleportation, a method of transmitting quantum data...
them across the board, or destroy nearby enemies. Her color is Blue. - OgreOgreAn ogre is a large, cruel, monstrous, and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore, and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature...
MageWizard (character class)The Wizard is a type of magical character class in certain role-playing games and computer role-playing games. Wizards are considered to be spellcasters who wield powerful spells, but are often physically weak as a trade-off. Wizards are commonly confused with similar offensive spellcasting...
- Devout followers of Aenna, the Ogre mages are fierce combatants, and can employ ice magic when fighting enemies. - FrostFrostFrost is the solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air. It is formed when solid surfaces are cooled to below the dew point of the adjacent air as well as below the freezing point of water. Frost crystals' size differ depending on time and water vapour available. Frost is also usually...
DragonDragonA dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
- Serpentine flying dragonDragonA dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
s which attack with fierce talons and freezing breath. - JuggernautJuggernautA juggernaut in colloquial English usage is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as mercilessly destructive and unstoppable.Originating in ca...
Adept - A powerful sorcererMagician (fantasy)A magician, mage, sorcerer, sorceress, wizard, enchanter, enchantress, thaumaturge or a person known under one of many other possible terms is someone who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources...
riding a golden rhino-like beast. The Juggernaut Adept attacks with Ice Magic and by charging into the opponent. The Juggernaut Adept is the only Light Order creature who can use spells, with the exception of Aenna. - Water ElementalElementalAn elemental is a mythological being first appearing in the alchemical works of Paracelsus in the 16th century. Traditionally, there are four types:*gnomes, earth elementals*undines , water elementals*sylphs, air elementals...
- A squidSquidSquid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles...
-like being of pure water, the Elemental is created by either Aenna or a Juggernaut Adept's spell. - GenieGenieJinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings that occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Together, jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. Religious sources say barely anything about them; however, the Qur'an mentions that...
- A mythical spirit which obeys the wishes of Aenna, this blue-and gold floating warrior can attack with either ice magic, or pummel an enemy with objects hurled via telekinesis. - Frost GiantessGiantessA giantess is a female giant. The term may refer either a mythical being resembling a woman of superhuman size and strength or a human woman of exceptional stature, often the result of some medical or genetic abnormality ....
- A giant woman with the antlers of an elkElkThe Elk is the large deer, also called Cervus canadensis or wapiti, of North America and eastern Asia.Elk may also refer to:Other antlered mammals:...
, this fierce warrior will attack her foes with her enormous hammer. - Water UnicornUnicornThe unicorn is a legendary animal from European folklore that resembles a white horse with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead, and sometimes a goat's beard...
- a horse with fish scales instead of fur, a blue dorsal-fin in place of a mane, a tail-fin for a tail, and a narwhalNarwhalThe narwhal, Monodon monoceros, is a medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic. One of two living species of whale in the Monodontidae family, along with the beluga whale, the narwhal males are distinguished by a characteristic long, straight, helical tusk extending from their...
-like tusk protruding from is lower jaw, the Water Unicorn can teleport over gaps in the board, and teleport away from enemies in battle, as well as summoning freezing rain upon enemies. - Water CentaurCentaurIn Greek mythology, a centaur or hippocentaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse...
- a blue half-human, half-beast creature with goatGoatThe domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
-like horns, the centaur attacks with a battle axe and water-blasts.
The Light Chaos
- FireFireFire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....
Demigod - Epothos is the god of Fire, and is "a volcanic warrior with the fury of the Sun". Epothos wields power over the Elements of Fire and Magma. As a god of the Light Chaos, he represents courage and valor in combat. Epothos forged his warriors, the Fire Giants, in the core of a volcano. He is in love with the goddess, Aenna or so she thinks. Epothos is capable of spell-casting, and can heal his troops, or teleport them across the board, or destroy nearby enemies. His color is Red. - Fire GiantGiant (mythology)The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...
- Creations of Epothos, these enormous humanoid beasts are formed from lava and are capable of feats of enormous strength and throwing spheres of volcanic magma. - Flame Dragon - Serpentine flying dragons which attack with fierce talons and burning breath.
- Juggernaut Adept - A powerful sorcerer riding a spiky boarBoarWild boar, also wild pig, is a species of the pig genus Sus, part of the biological family Suidae. The species includes many subspecies. It is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig, an animal with which it freely hybridises...
-like beast, the Juggernaut Adept is the only other Light Chaos character who can cast spells (besides Epothos). - Fire Elemental - A squid-like being of pure fire, the Elemental is created by either Epothos or a Juggernaut Adept's spell.
- Genie - A mythical spirit which obeys the wishes of Epothos, this red-and gold floating warrior can attack with either fire magic, or pummel an enemy with objects hurled via telekinesis.
- Fire Giantess - A giant woman with the horns of a bullBullBull usually refers to an uncastrated adult male bovine.Bull may also refer to:-Entertainment:* Bull , an original show on the TNT Network* "Bull" , an episode of television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...
, this fierce warrior will attack her foes with her enormous hammer. - Fire Unicorn - a horse with dragon scales instead of fur, a red sail-like fin in place of a mane, a smaller fin running down its tail, and a spiral tusk protruding from is lower jaw, the fire Unicorn can teleport over gaps in the board, and teleport away from enemies in battle, as well as releasing gouts of flame upon enemies.
- Fire Centaur - a red half-human, half-beast creature with goat-like horns, the centaur attacks with a battle axe and fire-blasts.
The Dark Order
- EarthEarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
Demigod - Durlock is the god of Earth, and is as "cold as he is calculating". Durlock wields power over the Elements of Earth and Metal. As a god of the Dark Order, he represents treachery and deviousness. Through forbidden magic, he turned metal and stone into his personal warriors, the Iron Golems. Durlock is in love with the noble goddess, Aenna. Durlock is capable of spell-casting, and can heal his troops, or teleport them across the board, or destroy nearby enemies. His color is Green. - IronIronIron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
GolemGolemIn Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being, created entirely from inanimate matter. The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing....
- Monstrous beasts made of metal and stone, they live only to serve Durlock. - ArchdemonArchdemonIn Biblical tradition, an archdemon is a spiritual entity, prominent in the infernal hierarchy. Essentially, an archdemon is the counterpart of an archangel. Archdemons are described as the leaders of demonic hosts, just as archangels lead choirs of angels....
- Humanoid bat with horns which attack with earthquake attacks and deadly claws. - NightmareNightmareA nightmare is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong negative emotional response from the mind, typically fear or horror, but also despair, anxiety and great sadness. The dream may contain situations of danger, discomfort, psychological or physical terror...
Adept - A powerful sorceressMagician (fantasy)A magician, mage, sorcerer, sorceress, wizard, enchanter, enchantress, thaumaturge or a person known under one of many other possible terms is someone who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources...
riding a green squid-like equine beast, the Nightmare Adept is the only other Dark Order character who can cast spells (besides Durlock). - Earth Elemental - A squid-like being of wood-and-stone, the Elemental is created by either Durlock or a Nightmare Adept's spell.
- Djinn - A mythical spirit which serves Durlock, this gray-and green floating savage can attack with either earth magic, or pummel an enemy with objects hurled via telekinesis.
- SpiritSpiritThe English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body.The spirit of a living thing usually refers to or explains its consciousness.The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap,...
Armor - A giant suit of rusty armor animated by evil magic, this fierce warrior will attack its foes with its enormous axe. - Dark Earth Unicorn - a horse with armor plates instead of fur, a row of spikes in place of a mane, a scorpion-like tail, and a jagged tusk protruding from is lower jaw, the Dark Earth Unicorn can teleport over gaps in the board, and teleport away from enemies in battle, as well as summoning earthquakes upon enemies.
- Earth Centabra - a half-demon, half-beast creature with spiky ibex-like horns, the centabra attacks with a battle axe and seismic-blasts.
The Dark Chaos
- WindWindWind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...
Demigoddess - Helamis is the goddess of Wind, and is as "merciless as her hurricanes". Helamis wields power over the Elements of Wind and Lightning. As a goddess of the Dark Chaos, she represents the cruelty and horrors of war. She released the demonic Cyclops from its underworld prison. She believes that she can lure Epothos to her side with her seductive charms. Helamis is capable of spell-casting, and can heal her troops, or teleport them across the board, or destroy nearby enemies. Helamis is the sister of Durlock. Her outfit is a living creature that wraps around her. Her color is Purple. - CyclopsCyclopsA cyclops , in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead...
- Monstrous one-eyed beasts, they live only to kill the enemies of Helamis. - ChaosChaos (cosmogony)Chaos refers to the formless or void state preceding the creation of the universe or cosmos in the Greek creation myths, more specifically the initial "gap" created by the original separation of heaven and earth....
DemonDemoncall - 1347 531 7769 for more infoIn Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, to be addressed with an act of exorcism...
- Humanoid bat with horns which attack with lightning attacks and deadly claws. - Nightmare Adept - A powerful sorceress riding a purple squid-like equine beast, the Nightmare Adept is the only other Dark Chaos character who can cast spells (besides Helamis).
- Wind Elemental - A squid-like being of wind, the Elemental is created by either Helamis or a Nightmare Adept's spell.
- Djinn - A mythical spirit which serves Helamis, this purple-and black floating savage can attack with either lightning magic, or pummel an enemy with objects hurled via telekinesis.
- Spirit Armor - A giant suit of dark armor animated by evil magic, this fierce warrior will attack its foes with his enormous axe.
- Dark Wind Unicorn - a horse with purple armor instead of fur, a row of spikes in place of a mane, a scorpion-like tail, and a serrated tusk protruding from its lower jaw, the Dark Wind Unicorn can teleport over gaps in the board, and teleport away from enemies in battle, as well as summoning lighting bolts upon enemies.
- Wind Centabra - a half-demon, half-beast creature with spiky ibex-like horns, the centabra attacks with a battle axe and lightning-blasts.