Nethergate

Gladiator meets Twin Peaks. Or Braveheart meets The X-Files, depending on which side you play.

That's the best way to describe this adventure game from the creators of Avernum and Geneforge.

In Britain during the time of the Roman occupation, a band of Roman soldiers and a band of Celtic warriors are both sent to the mysterious valley of Shadowvale, which seems to be on the very edge of the realm of faerie.

After carrying off a few typical adventure game quests, the main characters soon begin to get the wrong people angry. It Gets Worse.


 * Ancient Rome
 * Because Destiny Says So
 * Blessed with Suck
 * Black Magic
 * Celtic Mythology: Plays a very big role
 * The Chosen One: You.
 * Curse
 * The Empire: Rome.
 * Evil Laugh
 * The Fair Folk
 * Flying Dutchman: implied to be the fate of the main party of Celtic warriors at the end.
 * Gladiator Games: How goblins and Fomorians entertain themselves
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * MacGuffin: Three of them.
 * The Magic Goes Away
 * To Hell and Back: While Annwn is not really a Hell, you are still going into the afterlife/other world in search of a MacGuffin.
 * Our Fairies Are Different
 * Our Goblins Are Wickeder: unlike the goblins in Spiderweb's other games, the goblins in Nethergate are fairly intelligent and one of them can even join your party for a time.
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone
 * The Roman Empire
 * Wicked Witch: the three crones