Avencast: Rise of the Mage

Save your money and buy Diablo 2 - that way you get a game that they actually put work into instead of bad graphics and lousy dialogue.

Genre: Role Playing
Release date: Nov 6, 2007
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
4 FLAWED
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Screenshots updated Nov 29, 2007
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PC Review - Nov 29, 2007
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
This isn't the Diablo clone you were expecting
PC Preview - Sep 20, 2007
Developer Kit Released for Avencast: Rise of the... N4G
GamingShogun reports on the recent announcement by Lighthouse Interactive that they were releasing a...
News from N4G Jul 28, 2008
Nov 29, 2007 Similar to the cold horror of waking up next to a corpse, sometimes a game reminds us all effortlessly that there are still uncreative, dull-edged developers who will gladly rip off anything to make a quick buck. Avencast, like an excrement-driven Delorian, takes us back to the heady days of Diablo, mixing in various pillaged elements from the rest of the fantasy genre, with every cliché imaginable. While Fate at least tried to be original, Avencast manages to be about as ...
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
This isn't the Diablo clone you were expecting
Sep 20, 2007
Sept 20, 2007 Point. Click. Kill. Loot. Repeat. That's the pattern that entranced us in the days of Diablo, and that's the blueprint that developers of dungeons crawlers have remained faithful to - almost to a fault - since then. But while Avencast: Rise of the Mage looks like another "me too" Diablo clone, it's trying something different with controls, combat, and cutscenes, and we like what we see. Movement will be controlled FPS-style with the WASD keys, while your mouse controls targeting ...   » Read Full Avencast: Rise of the Mage preview
ESRB Rating
Avencast: Rise of the Mage is rated:
Teen
Comic Mischief, Fantasy Violence
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