Dark Angael
| Dark Angael | |
|---|---|
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| Developer | Vicarious Visions |
| Publisher | Vicarious Visions |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genres | Run-and-gun, action-adventure |
Dark Angael is a PC video game by Vicarious Visions. It is a 2D run-and-gun shoot-'em-up action-adventure platform game released on September 29, 1997.
Plot
[edit]The Dark Angael, Carina, must defend the world against Azrael and his army of demons. She has a number of superpowers to find and utilize including Mutator, Psychic Attack, Reflection, Teleport Coin and Energy Wave.[2]
Development
[edit]Dark Angael was the company's first original game, as Synnergist has been created on commission by British publisher 21st Century. The game has elaborate detail including lengthy scripts, a detailed storyline, original music, actor-spoken dialogue, video segments, and impressive graphics. Altogether, the game took up a space of as much as 100 million bytes of space, and cost $250,000 to produce in total.[3] Guha Bala, President of Vicarious Visions, said "It's a thrill when you know you're working on something like that...[we] get a charge out of writing [gamed] that push the limits of technology".[3]
The game went on sale at the company's website in October 1997, and was distributed electronically by gaming magazines.[3] A French-language version of the game was created and published in various French-speaking nations such as France, French-speaking Africa, Belgium, Canada and Switzerland. A German version was also set to debut February 1998.[3] At the time of the game's release, Vicarious Visions had "seven full-time employees and squadron of contractors".[3]
Critical reception
[edit]The game has received mixed reviews.
Power Unlimited gave the game a 7.8 out of 10, commenting "DA is a nice platform game. A dark storyline, lots of action and smooth gameplay. Good for a few days of excitement."[4] 7Wolf Magazine gave Dark Angel 5.5 out of 10, saying "Graphics, quite nice for its time, of course, now looks old-fashioned, as well as sound. Flat painted backdrops, sprites and explosions are the same waddling moving monsters."[4] Meristation gave it a 5 out of 10, writing "It is not the best approach to the very similar gameplay of Blizzard's Diablo idea or Duke Nukem. I thought I had found something different ... but it only brought back good memories of other old games."[4] Joystick (French) rated the game 10 out of 100, writing "This is not a game, it's a hazing. The kind of thing that would have made me giggle on the Atari ST."[4] Computer Gaming World gave the game a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, writing "This is a decent enough game with good potential for keeping players busy for hours".[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "GameSpot: PC News: Dark Angael Arrives". 2002-02-23. Archived from the original on 2002-02-23. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ↑ "Dark Angael (1997)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "His 'Visions' Are a Dream Come True". merlinone.net. January 23, 1998. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 "Dark Angael for Windows (1997) MobyRank". MobyGames. Retrieved 15 September 2014.