Pyrrhic Tales: Prelude to Darkness

Pyrrhic Tales: Prelude to Darkness is a dark, sophisticated fantasy CRPG featuring complex, turn-based tactical combat, 3D graphics, a skill-based character advancement system, and an intricate, involved plot. Prelude thrives on the tradition of true role-playing games, allowing players to craft a diverse team and become a part of a large and intricate world with a rich history, hundreds of non-player characters, and nearly endless paths and subplots.

Prelude takes place in a huge river valley, surrounded on all sides by impassable cliffs. The Children of the Flame have been at peace with the People of the River for a thousand years. But something has changed. Ethnic tensions have suddenly escalated, culminating in bursts of terrorists violence. Murders, once rare crimes of passion, have begun occurring at an alarming rate. A plague has started to attack the crops and devastate the once plentiful harvest. The player must unravel the dark mysteries and resolve the conflict threatening to consume The Valley.

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Pyrrhic Tales: Prelude to Darkness is a dark, sophisticated fantasy CRPG featuring complex, turn-based tactical combat, 3D graphics, a skill-based character advancement system, and an intricate, involved plot. Prelude thrives on the tradition of true role-playing games, allowing players to craft a diverse team and become part of a large and intricate world with a rich history, hundreds of non-player characters, and nearly endless paths and subplots. Features:* A complex, non-linear plot with multiple paths and dozens of side quests * Turn-based, tactical combat * Skill-based character development system featuring three racial lineages, 18 backgrounds, 16 skills, and three distinct schools of magic. * Unfettered exploration of the entire game world: no zones or in-game load times * Over 500 uniquely scripted NPCs populating fully developed towns and cities * Hundreds of equippable items allow for thousands of unique character looks * Player choices and character attributes have dramatic consequences on the storyline and on NPC interactions * A fully articulated 3D world

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