Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy is a point-and-click adventure game.[3] The player's goal in the game is to prevent a global apocalypse by redeeming the cursed spirits that are attempting to start various possible disasters. Once all possible disasters are prevented, by redeeming all the spirits, the player must defeat the dark lord Gar Hob.
Development
The game was published by Interplay Entertainment and developed by Tribal Dreams. The game featured art by Gil Bruvel, an award-winning artist.[4]Of Light and Darkness ran on the EDEN engine, developed by Heartland Enterprises.[3] The game was displayed at the 1996 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in June. Its visuals were created by Gil Bruvel, a surrealist fine artist from France.[5] It also appeared at E3 1997.[6]
Before its original release, retailers such as Costco announced they would be refusing to carry the game due to its box art. Made by Bruvel, it featured the character Angel Gemini nude in a fetal position. Interplay's Vice President of sales Kim Motika criticized the decision, finding it hard to comprehend retailers selling games like Tomb Raider and claiming Of Light and Darkness's box art is too provocative. Members of Interplay did, however, say that their ad campaign could have turned off family oriented chains.[8][9][10] In December 2016, the game was re-released on GOG.com.[11]
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[12]Next Generation said of the game, "Imagine combining the realtime elements of The Last Express and the graphic style of Zork Nemesis with the play mechanics of Myst. It's an intriguing idea, but not one that will keep anyone sitting in front of a computer for more than a day or two."[20] Aaron Curtiss from Los Angeles Times praised the visuals, calling "The Village of the Damned" area "a psychotic Disneyland".[23]
^"News for April 1, 1998". Online Gaming Review. April 1, 1998. Archived from the original on December 4, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019. April 1, 1998: Several new games will be hitting stores today: ...Of Light & Darkness from Interplay.
^Altman, John (April 24, 1998). "Of Light and Darkness". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on December 28, 2004.
