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Archangel

Archangel is an action game with slight role-playing elements. Travinsky can explore the worlds freely, talk to other characters and take on various side quests. During fights, the focus of the game, he can…

18 October 2002

Archangel is an adventure developed by Metropolis Software, released 18 October 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Archangel is

Archangel is an adventure game developed by Metropolis Software and released in 2002. It was published by Fishtank Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Archangel is an action game with slight role-playing elements. Travinsky can explore the worlds freely, talk to other characters and take on various side quests. During fights, the focus of the game, he can either use a variety of standard weapons (melee and ranged) or special abilities (e.g. health regeneration, a shield or invisibility) which use up his spirit energy. This energy automatically refills over time, but is also required to use the powerful Sword of Light. He can also shapeshift into either a strong warrior or a sneaky ghost, but which one has to be chosen at the start of the game. Solving quests and killing enemies rewards experience points which are used to upgrade special…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Archangel launched on 18 October 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

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When did Archangel come out?
Archangel was released on 18 October 2002 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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