The ’90s saw an incredible number of adventure games come out, some of which have gone on to become classics in the decades since. For every Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, or King’s Quest 6 that’s still celebrated today, though, there are other, just as compelling entries to the genre that have fallen into obscurity. One of them is Azrael’s Tear, which combines the conspiratorial backdrop of Deus Ex or Gabriel Knight 3 with the first-person perspective of Myst and Riven to create something distinct. Now, nearly three decades since it first arrived, it’s easier than ever to play Azrael’s Tear, thanks to a relaunch on GOG.
Azrael’s Tear is an adventure game set at the beginning of the third millennium, where the player, as a bizarre form of far-future archaeologist dubbed a ‘Raptor,’ attempts to find the Holy Grail to restore a devastated world with its power. This novel premise is explored through a story that sees the Raptor venturing into an underground temple called the Knight’s Templar, searching for the Grail in a sprawling environment filled with mutant creatures.
As might be expected of a game from its era, Azrael’s Tear involves solving a lot of puzzles, here presented as parts of the game world and navigated from a first-person perspective in true Myst fashion. Unlike Myst, however, the game also features a cast of characters who range from ghosts and knights to, per its GOG page description, “mutant dinosaurs.”
If any of that sounds intriguing, you can check it out for yourself now. Azrael’s Tear has just launched on GOG, with a 10% discount that brings its price down to $8.60 USD / £7.69. Grab a copy right here.
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