Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods

Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods

Released1998
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods, also known as simply Icarus, is a single player role-playing game or strategy RPG released for Microsoft Windows in 1998 by JC Research Inc. and KRGsoft. The game's graphics are rendered and put in three-quarter view. This game has a turn-based battle system like traditional RPGs of its time. The player can move a certain number of tiles or steps in order to either use a physical attack, or use a magic spell or rest in order to regain mana, or use an item. Each character has their own class, and levels, as well as stats. Each character can gain levels and learn new skills that can aid them in battle. When the characters move is based on their speed stat. There is also some sort of inventory system. It also allows the player to walk around in some towns and talk to NPCs. You take control of eight different characters. There is also a money system as well as a buying item system that allows the player to purchase equipment and items with in game currency. Money can be found by performing certain quests as well as being found by opening certain chests in the game. Every mission is played in sequence in accordance to the story.

Details

DeveloperKRGsoft
PublisherJC Research Inc.
ReleasedMay 31, 1998
StatusReleased
GenresRole-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure
ThemesActionFantasy
PlatformsPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)
ModesSingle player

About This Game

When the god Tetheus won the battle over the land of Icarus and banished his rival Ercanet, he expected the matter settled. Ercanet chose to take revenge not on Tetheus but on the humans who sided with him — spreading suffering across the land and installing his own agents within it. Dreus, a soldier of the Coshark Mercenaries, survives an ambush that kills his entire unit when a comrade pulls him out. The wizard responsible is one of Ercanet's henchmen. Dreus survives to swear revenge — for his unit, for the land, for everyone the wizard's master has harmed. The investigation that follows eventually reveals Ercanet's full plan, and stopping it requires a journey into the underworld itself.