Requiem: Avenging Angel

[Ross Scott]

Genre: Action

Year released: 1999

Ross's rating: Unrated

Link to game:

https://af.gog.com/game/requiem_avenging_angel

Free to play: No

GaaS: No

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[bhlaab]

This game's pretty cool if you can get it running. It's kind of like Jedi Knight, except the force powers are replaced with jesus powers. It's about as good as any FPS from that era, by which I mean play on easy because it can be ridiculously unfair sometimes.

[Brandnetel Jan]

Just completed this game.

I've played better fps games, but it's certainly ok. This game has annoying hit-scan enemies, frustrating enemy placement, clunky movement & bad audio. There are many annoying quirks. You're an angel that even gets a flying jump power, but your fall damage is pathetically severe for a shooter like this. Switching powers is clunky in the heat of battle.

Much of the story and dialogue is also quite simplistic and ridiculous, and to top the negativity off there is a cursor bug thing that makes the game minimize and maximize when accessing the menu and loading between levels (running on windows 10 at least)

But the gist of the game is pretty interesting I suppose. Having a angel/demon flavor in a shooter is certainly fresh and many angelic powers are quite fun. You unlock a good amount of options to play with. It's a game that deserved a sequel to improve on the good elements it has.

Yelp review conclusion: average

[ultrayoba]

Probably last game done by Cyclone Studios, one of studios owned by 3DO that died with this 3DO. But even before 3DO died, studio as I understand was absorbed by 3DO compleatly and their developers ended in other divisions. Like also dying from 3DO policy New World Computing. Developers from here and their engine was used in different Might and Magic series spin-offs, such as Legends of might and Magic, PC version of Crusaders of Might and Magic. Not very finished and not polished games because lack of budget and time. I belive some from this studio worked on Might and Magic 9 also, althought it was licensed Lithtech engine from Monolith already.

Overall nice game, not 10/10 but I think Ross will do great review of it, espessialy after Messiah and other bible-themed games he played. Bu be warn, as was posted above that it's like Jedi Knight clone. Jedi Knight 1 Dark Forces 2, where to use FORCE JUMP ability you need to select force power from menu, use it, and then for short time you can jump. This kind of skill system.