Realm of the Mad God
| Realm of the Mad God | |
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Title screen in December 2012
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| Developer(s) |
Wild Shadow Studios Spry Fox |
| Publisher(s) | Deca Games |
| Distributor(s) | Deca Games |
| Platform(s) | Adobe Flash Microsoft Windows OS X |
| Release date(s) |
Adobe Flash
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| Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online roleplaying game |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 85.6% |
| Metacritic | 82/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 89% |
| RPGFan | 78% |
Realm of the Mad God is a massively multiplayer online shooter video game created by Wild Shadow Studios (acquired by Kabam in June 2012, and later sold to Deca Games in July 2016) and Spry Fox. It was in public beta from January 2010 and the browser version launched on June 20, 2011. On February 20, 2012 the game was made available on the digital distribution platform Steam for Microsoft Windows and OS X.
The game has been described as a "massively-multiplayer cooperative bullet hell shooter" with an 8 bit pixelated art style. Players control characters who have been transported to the realm of Oryx (the titular Mad God) to become food for his many minions and abominations, which the players must dispatch. Central to the design of the game is the fact that character death is permanent. Upon death, the player's character is lost along with all carried equipment, although the player may store a number of items for safekeeping in a limited capacity vault away from danger. Different character choices in class also help make the game more diverse and help to support teamwork.
The game is free-to-play with optional in-game micro-transactions. Items which can be bought with optional transactions include in-game equipment vary from high-level equipment, pets that provide aid to the player (by attacking enemies, paralyzing enemies, healing the character, restoring the character's magic points, and acting as a decoy) increased storage space, and aesthetic features such as skins, cloths and dyes.
This game client is written in Flash and can be played in-browser on the official site, on Kongregate, or it can be downloaded from the Google Chrome Web Store. Realm of the Mad God is also available on Steam.
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