Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods
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…
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods is an adventure developed by KRGsoft, released 31 May 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods is
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods is an adventure game developed by KRGsoft and released in 1998. It was published by JC Research Inc.. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After deities fought over the land Icarus, a god named Tetheus won the battle and subsequently banished a god named Ercanet from Icarus. Ercanet, in revenge against the humans, who sided with Tetheus, has spread his vengeance across the land. The player plays as Dreus, a Coshark Mercenary who, after being saved by one of his mercenary comrades, vows revenge on an evil wizard, who is a henchmen of Ercanet who wiped out all of the other mercenaries. He and his fiancée head out to exact that revenge and rebuild the Coshark Mercenaries. Eventually, Dreus uncovers Ercanet's plan and has to travel to the underworld to save the world.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods launched on 31 May 1998, within three weeks of Radiant Silvergun, Wetrix and Vigilante 8.
Released around the same time: Radiant Silvergun, Wetrix, Vigilante 8.
Official trailer
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