Ishar 2

Ishar 2 was published in 1993 on Amiga, Atari ST and DOS. In Ishar 2, the player starts with the character of Zubaran, who is the new lord of Ishar. He receives a vision that tells him to defeat the sorcerer Shandar. It is also possible to import a party of characters from the first Ishar.

Released: 31 December 1993
Platforms: Amiga Atari ST MS-DOS
Genres: Role-playing
Developers: Silmarils
Publishers: Silmarils
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Fantasy

About

Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is a 1993 role-playing video game developed and published by Silmarils for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Atari Falcon, and Macintosh home computers. It is the second entry in the Ishar trilogy.

Keywords

magic
day/night cycle
potion
animal companions
trilogy

Media

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Gameplay

The party from Ishar: Legend of the Fortress can be imported to the sequel. The party consists maximum of five persons. When recruiting party members, race and personality traits have to be considered since all characters don't get along with each other. Compared to the previous game, the game world is three times bigger, and the interface has been rearranged and streamlined.

The game can be controlled entirely with a mouse. The combat is in real-time.

Story

An evil wizard has made a drug that poisons the people of Arborea. The drug causes hallucinations and makes them accept the wizard as ruler. The party's objective is to travel through the game's seven islands and stop the wizard.

Reception

Amiga Action called the game "a good solid RPG" but said it lacks originality. CU Amiga called the game "a must buy" and "an astounding sequel". In a re-review CU Amiga said Ishar 2 is the best game in the trilogy. ST Format said the game is "an absorbing and atmospheric challenge".

Computer and Video Games called it one of the best Amiga games of the year. Génération 4 compared the Amiga and Atari ST versions to the DOS version and said Amiga/ST version has fewer colours (16) and the ST version has comparable sound, and Amiga version has better sound with an Ad Lib card. The Amiga 1200 version was said to be equivalent to the DOS version.