Sacrifice isn't an "ordinary" run of the mill game. It's setting alone has probably turned away many potential players since it's not the "standard" Orks and Elves fantasy setting! But that is what's so great about Sacrifice, it's like playing a Tim Burtonesque game filled with interesting characters and area's.
The story itself is great, it's fantastically voiced by a cast of superb voice actors. From the sarcastic familiar that becomes your advisor to your arch enemy Marduk (voiced superbly by the late Tony Jay!). Not to mention the perfect voicing of the main character.
The game itself plays out as an RTS where you, as the commander, take part of the battle. Summoning buildings and creatures to fight for you. The "currency" of the game is Souls and Mana. You gain mana by building Monoliths on Manafountains while summoning creatures called Manahoars will transfer this mana to you on the field. You'll also need "Souls" in order to summon creatures. They can be gained from killing living things and taking their soul.
This introduces a large part of why the game is so vicously hard sometimes. Neutral and "allied" souls are blue which you can pick up and use while the souls of enemy creatures are red. After killing an enemy you will need to summon wicked looking "nurses" in order to suck out the souls using giant syringes. They will then sacrifice the souls at your altar so they get added to your pool!
The reason why this makes the game is so hard is because the importance of the first skirmish you have is paramount since you can gain or lose alot of souls right then and there!
Aside from the difficuly, the great graphics, superb music and voice overs , interesting story and gameplay will keep you playing! I wish I could give more than five stars on this one!
Buy it!