Ishar 2 Download (1994 Role playing Game)

Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is the sequel to Ishar: Legend of the Fortress.

Following the defeat of Krogh and the banishment of the powers of chaos, Ishar became a cultural and intellectual centre in Kendoria. Over time people came to the island and settled there and a city, named "Zach's Island" developed. Shandar, a monk of chaos, entered the city along with settlers from the northern lands. His trading in hallucinogens soon made him rich and powerful. Eventually Shandar controlled "Zach's Island" and had many followers and worshippers. He built a strong fortress, a second Ishar, to challenge the empire.

In the sequel you can import saved characters from Ishar, or create your own team.

In the game you have to explore the magic land (dungeons, tree-cities, mountain paths with real graded height effect), fight the enemies, join the allies and relax in towns, which even have medieval nightclubs.

Now the area is 3 times bigger, and innovation is your ability to use pet animals as allies in battles, and create magic potions. There are day and night cycles.

Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is the sequel to the very cool RPG, Ishar, and is the second in the trilogy. This version has a much-improved interface, enhanced gaming and sound effects. In the first game, the action took place around one island; but in Ishar 2, you sail back and forth between a dozen islands. Ishar 3 was developed in 1994 by Silmarils and begins where the second game leaves off. The Ishar series of games was Silmarils' most successful ever. For their day, all three games had terrific 3D graphics, a vast gamimg world, and an intriguing array of human and non-human personalities with useful skills and qualities which the gamer could utilize to win his, or her, quest.

You play Zubaran, the current ruler of Ishar, and you must travel across many lands to find an evil Lord called Shandar who plans to take over the world. When you find Shandar, he and his fiendish plans must be destroyed. This is the main object of the game. At the beginning you are alone and broke, so you must recruit a party of another four men and/or women to help you. There is also the option of importing saved characters or teams from Ishar 1. I suggest you import your original team (if you have one), because they could get you through this VERY hard game much easier. Ishar 2 was also the first where you could recruit pet animals as party members.

You and your team will need to travel across plains, mountains and visit many islands to be successful in stopping Shandar's evil scheme of world domination. The sheer size of the game and number of map locations/graphics are awesome. (For those who are statistically minded, it has been claimed that Ishar 2 has 100,000 different locations and 400,000 different views.) The graphics in the game are top notch and set the mood perfectly. Upon the mountains there is even a graphic for accurate height. Real time is portrayed through the graphics and a time indicator that resides at the top of the interface. The current time affects game play and decision-making as some things can only be done at certain times.

The fighting scenes are the hardest part of the game. (If Maikel thought Ishar 3 was hard, he should try this.) The monsters are much stronger than you, which isn't good. At least the interface is easy to navigate: all you do is click the action button to make a list of actions pop up. You can choose between five options: recruit, dismiss, murder, first aid/heal and map. You can then select what you want your character to do. Unfortunately, you have no direct control over the character; you can only select commands for him. Sometimes he and the team members will vote against an action you've selected. For example, I decided to dismiss one of the dodgier members of my team, so I selected the "dismiss" action. However, the rest of the team voted to allow this member to stay. And stay he did, but against my better judgment. He eventually robbed us blind. But what could you expect from a human thief with a low intelligence rating and little team spirit?

The music in the game is not very good, and you may turn your speaker off. Hitting the "del" key at the beginning of the game will give you access to the setup screen where you can choose video and sound options.

All in all, the excellent Ishar series is one trilogy of games that should be played time and time again. Download quickly!

The Ishar series is undoubtedly Silmarils' most successful games, and rightly so. Silmarils touted Ishar I when it was released in 1992 as "a new benchmark for RPG"-- a bold statement that turns out to be quite accurate: all 3 games boast exceptional 3D graphics for their times, huge gameworld, alternate solutions to puzzles, and-- best of all-- different personalities and goals of your party members that make gameplay tenfold more colorful and fun. Ishar III is the best of the series, combining the mundane kill-the-bad-guys-in-Ishar plot with time travel elements. Highly recommended.

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Ishar 1, Ishar 3, Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny, Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, Lands of Lore 3, Knights of Legend, Hexx: Heresy of The Wizard, Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire