The Spirit Engine (2003)
by Mark Pay
The Spirit Engine is a great mix between action, side-scroller and role playing game. You can choose from various characters in the beginning of the game (gets more important during later levels) and have the opportunity to upgrade these characters by buying new armor, weapons and amulets.
You can also learn a great variety of spells which you can use during fights. Sometimes it's really hard to find the right spell combination to win a hard fight and you will die several times before you succeed. But you don't have to worry; there are several save points and you don't have to start from the beginning after dying.
The spirit Engine is a great graphical voyage into rainbows and magic fields, with a trio trying to right the wrongs in their world. Sure you have heard the story before, but this one has twists and turns, and generally a great gameplay. You will love the game for sure, and you will be sad to discover that you have to pay for the sequel. Great game, and as our grade shows, some of the finest gaming on the site.
Fights in this game is real time so it is not the classic turn-based fights that leaves you waiting for ever for a battle to be over. This will have you biting your nails, if they weren't going around on the keyboard trying to win the fight. As you go along you will find out that some fights are definitely harder than others and like any other RPG, you will have to do some trails twice to gather experience points so you can beat an enemy.
This game has left more than one Game Hunter unable to validate other games for a week or more!
WARNING: SPARE TIME KILLER!
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Discussion on our forums on The Spirit Engine
- Drasir-Vel :
hah! finally finished this game using a certain speed guide. Awesome game.
But it's also really hard. If you don't choose your skills wisely from the beginning, it will be impossible for you to complete the game in the end. That's also why i needed to use a guide. The first time i tried, i got stuck. - Chroelle :
Just wanted to let people know about:
http://forum.curlysworldoffreeware.com/ ... php?t=2777
The Spirit Engine 2. - Scythe :
Maybe I'll give it another go now that I have a new comp and may not have the game crash unexpectedly all the time... - Chroelle :
I ahve actually considered taking up a game of this again. I have started a new thing where I try to play some of the games that I already validated ages ago again to see what I think of them now, and also to get a better game out of it. I tend to be very focused on validation when I validate, and so dont always simply sink into the game and dwell in it. This one was my next project.
As soon as I get bored with Freecol. - Pater Alf :
Just to cut down Drasir Vel's thoughts: Yep, "The Spirit Engine" is one of the best freeware titles of all times!!! Well done Mark Pay! - Drasir-Vel :
Among the thousands of freeware games, there's a lot of good ones. But i've experienced that there's only a few you can get back to and want to play again after some time. Games where the developer really has laid a soul into the game and given it meaning, above the basic terms of 'great gameplay', 'good graphics' and 'nice music'. That's a thought i got when i tried playing The Spirit Engine again. I really must credit Mark Pay, and Josh Whelchel for the game that i think is one of the best examples of quality freeware games. It's one of the few you can actually call a "gem".
Art is not what you see, but the thoughts you get by seeing it. Art is not what a picture looks like, but the thoughts you get by looking at it. A picture where all is obvious and all thoughts has been defined isn't as much art. It is pictures that, when you look at them, make you think yourself and inspires new thoughts.
If a game has that factor, the thing that gives the feeling of something on a higher level, and is able to make you think. Then i believe it can be called art.
Just a thought. - Drasir-Vel :
On some exciting and yet annoying news:
July 30th 2008 will be the deadline for The Spirit Engine 2. The newest trailer looks and sounds amazing.
http://www.vimeo.com/1215927
Unfortunately as mentioned some times before the game will not be freeware as its predecessor. You will have to pay for the sequel though we do not know how much yet.
It will cost 15$. Too bad it's not free, but some of its music will be You can find a part of the soundtrack for the game here for free.
http://www.syntesis.org/tse2-selections
Along with 4 albums inspired by The Spirit Engine, also free.
http://www.syntesis.org/tse2/premonitions
And most on-topic, the soundtrack for The Spirit Engine (1)
http://tse.syntesis.org/ - Chroelle :
On some exciting and yet annoying news:
July 30th 2008 will be the deadline for The Spirit Engine 2. The newest trailer looks and sounds amazing.
http://www.vimeo.com/1215927
Unfortunately as mentioned some times before the game will not be freeware as its predecessor. You will have to pay for the sequel though we do not know how much yet. - Scythe :
I deleted my save game in frustration - the only way to make sure I didn't set myself up for disappointment again. - Chroelle :
HAve you tried contacting the developer? He might know something about this problem.
I have reached what seems to be middle of 3rd world. The game has so far taken all of my freetime, and this means 8 hours+ of gameplay.
Its great as you can also read from P.A's post.
Only problem for me is that I got stuck for a while in the game, and I turned to validating some games and all of a sudden I was pulled out of my era of gaming The Spirit Engine. This game is a deserving topscorer, and if you haven't played it yet, then it i definently your own loss, since this is propably my favourite game on here.
I truelly hope that I get to return to it at some point.
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