Arcatera
The Dark Brotherhood is a role-playing game developed by German studio Westka Interactive and published by Ubi Soft in August 2000 for Windows.
Also recorded as Arcatera: The Dark Brotherhood
Arcatera
- Date
- 2000
- Genre
- role-playing video game · adventure video game
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The Dark Brotherhood is a role-playing game developed by German studio Westka Interactive and published by Ubi Soft in August 2000 for Windows.
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Key facts
• Developer — Westka Interactive • Publisher — Ubi Soft • Platforms — Microsoft Windows • Released — * August 2000 • Genre — Role-playing
Plot and gameplay
Plot and gameplay
The town of Senora has been taken over by the Dark Brotherhood, and it is the player's task to defeat the villains. Players explore the town, interact with characters, and gather information to advance the story. There are four available characters: a fighter, a thief, a magician, and a monk.
Production
Production
The concept and story was development for over 12 years, and it was Westka's first international video game project. A comic book based on the game was also released. The game was dubbed into the Polish language for a Polish release.
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Arcatera is associated with Germany.
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Critical reception
Eurogamer said the game is confusing to play. while Ray Ivey of Just Adventure was impressed by the game at E3, he said he was very disappointed by the final result. Actiontrip praised the animations and settings. Evolver felt it had an "exciting, challenging background story". Mediabiz wrote Arcatera was a respectable game that showed that Germany was becoming a developer of impressive games. Jeuxvideo felt it was a success mix between the adventure and roleplaying genres. Gry Online decided that while the game had beautiful concept behind it, the final product was not attractive at all. Actiontrip noted that the music was simple and uninspired. GameCaptain felt the game's biggest problem was its persistent bugs.
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- 1.Arcatera : The Dark Brotherhood. Eurogamer. 2000-09-08.
- 2.IGN Staff. Arcatera: The Dark Brotherhood. IGN. 2000-03-24.
- 3.Ubi Soft veröffentlicht Comic zu "Arcatera'. beta.gamesmarkt.de.
- 4.Arcatera: Mroczne Bractwo - Gry PC - POLTERGEIST. polter.pl. 20 June 2007.
- 5.Arcatera : The Dark Brotherhood. Eurogamer. 2000-09-08.
- 6.Review: Arcatera. 2002-10-22.
- 7.Featuring Arcatera: The Dark Brotherhood Review at ActionTrip. 2001-02-10.
- 8.Evolver Review - ARCATERA Die dunkle Bruderschaft. www.evolver.at.
- 9.GamesMarkt Games Arcatera - Die dunkle Bruderschaft-PC. www.mediabiz.de. June 2020.
- 10.Test Arcatera : La Confrerie Des Ombres sur PC. Jeuxvideo.com. 29 June 2000.
- 11.Arcatera: Mroczne Bractwo - Recenzja - Imperium gier - WP.PL. 2011-07-22.
- 12.Arcatera: The Dark Brotherhood Review, Page 2. 2015-09-10.
- 13.Arcatera Test / Review (Seite 1) GameCaptain.de. 2011-07-22.
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