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Developed by Ethereal Darkness Interactive, an independent studio, Morning’s Wrath manages to showcase some engaging scenes. However, most of the game feels extremely outdated and is severely flawed.
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The game is a very generic RPG, with all the common elements pertinent to the genre, such as mana, experience points, casting of spells, attributes, levels, gaining experience points by killing enemies, etc. While the main system of the game is nothing new, there is a spell-creating system that is quite interesting: you have a spell book and you must use at least two runes, and no more than 12, to create a spell. The more runes you use, the more mana to cast your spell is necessary.
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The story is also pretty standard, but it does its job in setting the atmosphere. The game art design is medieval, another very common style in the genre, meaning it doesn’t add anything new. The main character is Princess Morning. After her parents are slain, she has the quest to protect the last mana wellspring hidden underneath her castle, the reason why the Ashidian army killed the queen and king and raided the castle.
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Diablo II was released over 5 years ago, and it's the obvious source of inspiration for Morning’s Wrath. While we have to understand that it might not be fair to compare Morning’s Wrath to a game from a company like Blizzard, there are several flaws that can’t be ignored. The graphics are repetitive, and many elements on the screen are placed so frequently, it is impossible to not notice they are identical. The combat system is a tedious point-and-click, with enemies repeating quite often. The animation is quirky and choppy, with NPCs repeating their cycles in the exact same timing.
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The sound effects are as short as the animation cycles. Sound samples are the same for a certain type of character, never varying, and repeating too much. On the bright side, the soundtracks sound better than the rest of the game and fit the action onscreen, while they also are short and repeat often.
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Finally, the replay value is minimal, only with a few quests that are not required to complete the game. Although Morning’s Wrath is not a mainstream game that you could easily find on shelves, it is obvious there was a lot of effort and dedication put into this product, and by that alone it deserves a try. The game manages to deliver some exciting moments, and a few details in the game are truly good. However, it is a dated game and it shows, but I believe RPG fans can have a good time, if they can look past some flaws that can be frustrating.
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