Info: This is an interactive playthrough of Shiny's 2000 pc game, Sacrifice. In between missions, viewers can vote on who I, the player, work for next, as well as a few other choices later in the game.
Previous parts:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.264999-Poll-Sacrifice-Part-1
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.265165-Poll-Sacrifice-Part-2
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.265387-Poll-Sacrifice-Part-3
So far: Eldred's first mission was for Persephone, who had him settle a violent dispute that had broken out between the gnomes in Pellanon. Next he did a task for Pyro, travelling to Urghaz, home of the trolls, and banishing the wizard there so that Pyro's henchmen could abduct the troll infants. Now, we work for Stratos, who sends Eldred to Surtur's Keep.
Now this one's a long one, so I'll add a written summary of the events for those who'd rather not watch the videos.
Level begins
So, the level begins. This mission brings with it a new spell and a new unit: freeze, which is pretty self explanatory (it freezes the target in place) and the Squall, a great big bird like creature with a long ranged attack that knocks the target back.
No sooner than I've made my first manalith we're attacked by a group of troll-like creatures sporting large gas masks and flaming fists. I hadn't even summoned any creatures yet, aside from my manahoars (they're those little guys with the smoking heads. They transfer mana from manaliths to the wizard.) Luckily, we have Lord Surtur with us, and he's just a great big mountain of kick-ass, so in fairly short order the creatures are all dead.
I think the Thestor part was a mix-up, since if I recall correctly the gnome's name was Festus. Thestor is his brother, who we saw in mission one.
Anywho, after converting the firefists' souls I summoned a few rangers and a second Squall and moved over the nearest hill. Sure enough, right on the other side is my enemy (one of them, anyway,) Empress Sorcha. Zyzyx says that she can be "overly cautious" but that seems to be the opposite of the case; she walks right up to my manalith and destroys it. Luckily, we manage to fight her off with minimal casualties on our side. After summoning a couple new rangers, we go on the offensive, destroying one of her nearby manalith and gaining a few souls. A little after our little skirmish is over, a cutscene is triggered.
So, the battle continues. Empress Sorcha continues to attack my base, but we continue to fight her off and before long I've stolen most of her souls. At this point I head straight for her altar. Unfortunately, Zyzyx informs me that Buta has defeated Abraxus, so once Sorcha's been dealt with I have to turn my attention on him.
I desecrate Sorcha's altar with ease, seeing as how she has no creatures left and my army is now quite huge. Thankfully the map is divided into two sections that can only be traversed via a giant portal, so I haven't had to deal with Buta yet. After going through said portal, I'm surprised to find that he's erected manaliths on every mana fountain, including the one where Abraxus' altar once stood. After destroying a couple of them, Buta shows up with a surprisingly large force. We manage to fight him off, but a few shrikes and all my druids are killed. Lord Surtur himself nearly bit the dust.
Things don't get any easier as we get closer to Buta's altar. I keep summoning more druids but every time we fight they all wind up dead , so I give up on them. Besides, Lord Surtur's really the only melee creature I need. After a few more battles, we manage to get to Buta's altar. The desecration is surprisingly quick, over almost before it begins. Que cutscene.
And with that, the mission is over.
Back in the realm of the gods
NOTE: Who you choose will affect who we can play for later down the road. If you choose Persephone, James or Stratos, Pyro and Charnel will close their doors to Eldred, and vice versa.
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