Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy

Light and Darkness: The Prophecy
Developer(s) Tribal Dreams
Publisher(s) Interplay Entertainment
Artist(s) Gil Bruvel
Engine EDEN engine
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • WW: 1998
Genre(s) Point-and-click adventure
Mode(s) Single player

Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy is a first-person point-and-click adventure video game, published by Interplay Entertainment and developers by Trial Dreams. It was released in 1998.

Gameplay

Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy is a point-and-click adventure game.[1] The player's goal in the game is to prevent a global apocalypse by redeeming the cursed spirits that are attempting to start various possible disasters. Once all possible disasters are prevented, by redeeming all the spirits, the player must defeat Gar Hob.

Development

Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy was published by Interplay Entertainment and developed by Trial Dreams. The game featured art by Gil Burvel, an award-winning artist.[2] Of Light and Darkness ran on the EDEN engine, developed by Heartland Enterprises.[1]

Actors Lolita Davidovich and James Woods did voice lines and motion capture for the game. Davidovich played the character Angel Gemini while Woods played the role of Gar Hob.[3]

Before its release, retailers such as Costco announced they would be refusing to carry the game due to its box art. The art was made by Gil Bruvel and featured the character Angle Gemini in a fetal position. Interplay's Vice President of sales Kim Motika criticized the decision, finding it hard to comprehend retailers selling games like Tomb Raider and claiming Of Light and Darkness's box art is too provocative. Members of Interplay did, however, say that their ad campaign could have turned off family oriented chains.[4][5]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic58/100[6]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Game RevolutionD+[7]
GameSpot6.9/10[8]
Computer Games Magazine[9]
Just AdventureC+[10]

Light and Darkness: The Prophecy received generally mixed reviews from video game critics, with a 58 from Metacritic.[6] Aaron Curtiss from The Los Angeles Times praised the visuals, calling "The Village of the Damned" area "a psychotic Disneyland."[11]

In 2012, Complex called the ending of the game one of the worst endings for a video game.[12]

In December 2016, the game was released on GOG.com.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 Hudak, Chris (March 2, 2004). "Of Light and Darkness Preview". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hudak, Chris (January 1, 1997). "Light Shines Darkly". Wired. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ Ocampo, James (1998). "Woods and Davidovich finish work for Interplay". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on January 21, 2004.
  4. ↑ Dunkin, Alan (April 28, 2000). "Of Light and Darkness Box Too Provocative for Some". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ Huffstutter, P.J. (February 23, 1998). "No Risque Business". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ Hubble, Calvin (June 6, 2004). "Of Light and Darkness Review". Game Revolution. Crave Online. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ Smith, Steve (April 27, 1998). "Of Light and Darkness Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ Altman, John (April 24, 1998). "Of Light and Darkness". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on January 21, 2004.
  10. ↑ Senner, Ugur (March 11, 2004). "Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on April 1, 2005.
  11. ↑ Curtiss, Aaron (September 7, 1998). "'Light and Darkness' Is Ultimately Brilliant". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  12. ↑ Rougeau, Michael (February 21, 2012). "The 50 Worst Video Game Endings". Complex. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  13. ↑ Estrada, Marcus (December 29, 2016). "Obscure Adventure ‘Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy’ Released on GOG". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
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