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Revenant is an action-RPG computer game by Cinematix Studios, released in 1999 by the publisher Eidos Interactive.

Story

The main character is Locke D'Averam, a revenant named after the house that raised him from the dead. His real name is never revealed in the game. Locke is sent on a quest by his new master, who is the advisor to the ruler of the island, to locate and rescue the king's long-missing daughter. The advisor actually has much control over the warlord as his magic is much stronger than the military force of the guards the castle.

Gameplay

The main novelty of Revenant was its combat system that came in two flavours. Locke could be controlled by the mouse, performing standard attacks. However, the player could control Locke with the keyboard, performing different attacks and even attack combos, some of which resulted in special death animations (fatalities). Locke gained extra fighting abilities after a level cap had been reached, thus providing the drive to go through the level grind. There was a number of orbs which could be combined to cast spells. Certain combinations could be found in scrolls.

Presentation

The game had 3D visuals with attention to detail, pretty advanced in its day. The game featured a day to night cycle and the sound effects were good. However the game demanded a high end PC in its day, a problem which is obviously solved by now.

Game Problems

Revenant was unlucky enough to be caught in the fall of Ion Storm's Daikatana
. Eidos had made handsome contracts and when Daikatana flopped, Eidos proceeded in budget cuts and attempted to cash in on its other projects. Thus in Revenant, NPCs will be completely oblivious after some point in the game and they won't respond to your heroic actions. There are even some NPCs who promise to join you later, but do not. The game rather deflates after the middle of the story. After this point the game rather becomes one big outdoors dungeon crawl.

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