Ever wanted to be a powerful wizard? Summon creatures out of thin air, create buildings with just a few words? Hit your „friend” with a lighting bolt or a cow falling form the sky? Well now it is possible! I remember having a lot of fun playing this game back shortly after its release. I approached it again with some doubts and I was surprised how good it still is! Sacrifice boasts an interesting plot, funny dialogues (especially between gods) and quite a few plot twists! You are a wizard who escaped from his/her own dimension to another world – a world where five gods are fighting for domination. you will have to choose your employer. This will influence the spells at your disposal and the monster you can summon. Multiple spellbook possibilities guarantee that You will come back to this game many times just to checking out the different monsters and spells.
From the gameplay's point of view Sacrifice aged only a little. You move your wizard with WASD (no jumping) and the camera angle is fixed to your character's position. Summoning is straightforward and you can bind various spells to appropriate keys. Ordering your troops to use a a specific formation is intuitive, but marking your units if they already are in formation and guarding you is a pain. Sometimes ordering them to attack a moving target is a little frustrating as well, but only a little. These are only reasons why I'm giving this game 4 not 5.
Now the graphics. When Sacrifice first came out they were astonishing. Now, after almost 8 years, you can see that this game is old. Still they look like they came from 2002, not 2000.
Overall Sacrifice is a great game with a high replayability rate. It's definitely a valuable addition to the Good Old Games catalog. With visuals which are a little bit old and a unique gameplay experience you're in for a lot of fun.