The background of this game is that the Steam Engine was invented and used heavily. Even though the technology was highly developed, the dominator took the benefit of the developing but the non-dominator could not. Because of that, there was a big between two groups, and each one was lived with isolation. The world was in great chaos because of discord of two groups. There is a religious fanaticism the Descent Church (Adventanity) which is trying to descent the God to clean the world, and they are not the dominators side. Moreover, the situation made the antagonism society. At that time, the main character, Archere, was involved it without his mind.
The game starts with recalling the God by the Adventanity. The recalling was in succeed but the god was weird because the god did not do what the Adventanity wanted. As a result, they tried to use a kid for it. However, Lord, the master of the world, was watching it. Using his army, he conquered and took the god. While doing it, Amie ran away from the Adventanity and was showed to Archere. She was chosen by the Adventanity to control the god. Archere felt familiarity to her and lived together.
She was known that she could control the god, so the Lord and the Adventanity were to compete to find her. Conquering after six months later, they were able to find the place where Amie was in.
She was finally caught by Spartan who is the intelligence unit of Lord. And then, the Adventanity took her. Archere and his best friend Kuper were chasing them to save Amie.
While doing it, they were able to meet the Flyan, an underground resistance, and get together to fight with the Lord and the Adventanity. The Hawks Party and the Foxes Party, which belong to the Flyan, helped and became traitor for their benefits to the Archeres group. However, he met a questioned lady Rekina. She was trying to find her body that was...
íß G.O.D. is a role-playing game(RPG) that takes place in the era of modern scientific development.
íß The setting of the game is also selected according to the appropriate time period and the equipments and gears present in the game are also selected accordingly. For example, one of the guns present in the game is a simple 6-round revolver. However, with the advancement of technology, more terrifying arsenals of death may appear.
íß The main character's group, alliance group, and hostile group each has their own value systems and therefore, the boundaries between what's good and evil is unclear. Hence the themes of love, adventure, hostility, conspiracy and betrayal are omnipresent in the game. The gamer will have to reconsider what's actually good and evil and which values must proceed the other.
íß 16-bit color - By using high-color, the illustrations of the background and the characters are real enough to confuse the players with the reality.
íß Party configuration - Five playing characters appear in the game. However, the player may control up to 4 characters at any one time and the party members may change with the progression of the game.
íß Tactical battle - The strategic aspect of the battle scene is improved by using tactics turn. The attack order in the battles are determined by the characters' agility and both magical and weapon attack exist. Both kinds of attacks have advantages and disadvantages, hence without their appropriate use, only defeat awaits the player.
íß Attribution Map - In the battle when a player or the enemy character is attacked and is hit, the blow will cause the character being attacked to be pushed back. At this time, that character may come in contact with what is called the Attribution Map. Otherwise, the characters themselves may not enter this area on purpose. There are different kinds of Attribution Maps and their effects vary accordingly.
íß Contact with the enemy - When engaged in a battle, the player may use diplomacy by talking with the enemies. Through this, the player may accept the enemies' demands and as a result may gain different kinds of benefits.
íß Monsters for sale! - The monsters captured in the battle may be sold for profit! Some special monsters may be exchanged for special items and player makes more money by capturing the monsters alive and selling them than by killing them off.
íß Various puzzles to solve are added to the game, hence the player is never relaxed. The battles themselves call for a high level of tactical thinking, since different conditions for victory exists, instead of the tradition "slaughter-and you-win" format.
Available : November 1999
Format : CDROM
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