Nightcaster: Defeat the Darkness is a third-person, single-player, action-adventure game featuring spell combat and exploration. Players take the role of Arran, a novice wizard whose magical power grows as he ages throughout his quest to collect spells and rid the world of eternal night.

Players can choose brute force or smart tactics. Each school of magic is effective against a different color of enemy, and different schools will have spells with different effects as they level up. The schools are made up of over 40 spells, either light, dark, fire, or water. Spells can either be summoned right in front of Arran, or, by dislodging the magic stone on his staff and guiding it around him with the right thumbstick, fired with precision in any direction. Many items can be found hidden in levels that will provide Arran with bonuses, like increased health or the ability to power up a spell, and these bonuses carry between levels.

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Alternate Titles

"NightCaster: Terrassez Les Ténèbres" -- French title

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Nightcaster series

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	NightCaster: Defeat The Darkness	Xbox	$0.01
	Nightcaster: Defeat the Darkness
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Oh dear God it burns!

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The Press Says

The Age	Jun 06, 2002		80
Armchair Empire, The	Mar 21, 2002	7 out of 10	70
GameZone	Feb 18, 2002	7 out of 10	70
Game Revolution	Feb, 2002	B-	67
4Players.de	Aug 01, 2002	64 out of 100	64
GameSpy	Feb 24, 2002	63 out of 100	63
Gamesmania	May 31, 2002	62 out of 100	62
Game Informer Magazine	Feb, 2002	5.5 out of 10	55
Gaming Age	Feb 19, 2002	C	50
Game Critics	Apr 23, 2003	3.5 out of 10	35