A man obsessed with his goal to unite China by any means necessary. Following this downfall, seven nations are now struggling for both self-preservation and domination, most notably the Qin Nation, lead by an uncompromising visionary called Ying Zheng. The story takes place during a dark chapter of Chinese history, marked by the fall of the long lasting Zhou dynasty. Luckily for me the support team was nice enough to send me a backup, and I've put it up on Mediafire so that it may not get lost for future generations. The website of said publisher has been moved however and the download link was lost during the process.

Turns out that the publisher released a patch that fixes the problem. Incidentally I wasn't too happy when I suddenly hit a dead end. On the upside, I think I was able to remove most of the many, many naming errors, if it didn't serve my personal amusement.įellow Krauts out there should also take note that there is a game breaking bug in the German version that makes the game crash whenever you talk to specific NPCs, even some vital ones much later in the game. So while the game itself is probably never going to stand on top of the Mount Olympus of action RPGs, I still count it to the better ones of the breed.Īs mentioned above I'm playing the German release, so be ready for some wonky (meaning bad) grammar and odd choice of words. There is also the neat crafting system to boot. Although there are a few twists to the gameplay, coupled with all the joys of jRPG melodrama in a tale that mixes several familiar themes, like the hero coming of age, why respect and tolerance for others is important, that love between cousins conquers all and that foetus murder can be the only heroic thing to do at times. Seal of Evil (or World of Qin: Seal of Damnation as it's called around here) might be best described as a Diablo clone made by Bioware (judging by the amount of mundane dialogue). What was meant to be just a random grab into the bargain bin turned out to become a surprisingly long lasting endeavour full of hardship but also of some great entertainment. Or, as I like to call it, let's play something Chinese (in German translated to English)!Ĥ.3 The River Demon of Cloudfield VillageĬurious story about that one.

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