Lords of Midnight: The Citadel
Lords of Midnight (also known as Lords of Midnight III: The Citadel) is the third game in the Lords of Midnight series, and a direct sequel to Doomdark's Revenge. Gameplay-wise, the game is similar to the…
Lords of Midnight: The Citadel is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Maelstrom Games Ltd, released 31 December 1995 on DOS.
What Lords of Midnight: The Citadel is
Lords of Midnight: The Citadel is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Maelstrom Games Ltd and released in 1995. It was published by Domark Software. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The entire world wavers on the brink of collapse. The brave knights have been summoned to journey into the land of the Bloodmarch. It is there that the most powerful talisman known to man rests. He who harnesses its power rules the realm. A crusade lead by King Luxor, your father, to uncover the talisman has met with disaster. He has been captured by Bloodmarch's evil ruler, Boroth the Wolfheart, and is being held in the despot's dark citadel. You must command the rescue of your Liege. Should you fail, King Luxor will be killed and chaos will reign supreme. A heroic epic of monumental proportions, Lords of Midnight brings an enormous fantasy world to life.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Lords of Midnight: The Citadel holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Lords of Midnight: The Citadel launched on 31 December 1995, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Loaded. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Loaded.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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