Myth II: Soulblighter Demo

Strategy games usually challenge you keep an eye on more than one thing at once, whether it’s resources, economy, or the production facilities. However, the battles usually resume to a simple attack order on the enemy forces, as well as some minor tactical options that include a defensive stance and fleeing. If you take all the other distractions out of the equation, on the other hand, you can make the combat that much more interesting, which is exactly what the Myth series did.

Myth II: Soulblighter is a real-time tactics game in which you only have to worry about your troops and the battle you are engaged in at the moment, since there is nothing else requiring your attention. A fixed number of units are available at the start of the skirmish and you must use each one of them wisely if you are to be victorious, although you do get reinforcements at fixed time intervals.

The main campaign tells a fascinating story about some grave robbing rumors that turn out to be the work of the undead. Naturally, you play as the human forces that fight to stop the monsters from taking over the world, which spawns some pretty interesting conflicts along the way. In essence, you must apply some interesting tactics in battle, since the undead do not behave in the same way a human enemy would on the battlefield.

As previously mentioned, each unit is valuable and you must make sure that none of them die without a purpose. The upside to this is the fact that every surviving unit is rewarded with experience points, which increase their damage and their defense. Obviously, the more battles your troops survive, the stronger and better they become, although you should never get too confident in them.

Graphics-wise, it might be helpful to remember that the game came out almost two decades ago, which means that there’s nothing exciting about the visuals. The environments and the characters are three-dimensional, on the other hand, which makes it much easier to control the units and approximate the distances out on the battlefield.

In the end, Myth II: Soulblighter is truly one of the most complete and engaging strategy games out there, although you may have a difficult time enjoying it in this day and age. On the other hand, if you are curious to see how hardcore video games used to be, then this is definitely a good example to try out.