Wrath Unleashed
Wrath Unleashed is a strategy game for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox created by The Collective and published by LucasArts in 2004. Gameplay. "Wrath Unleashed" is a chess-like game that combines strategy with combat, not unlike that of "The Unholy War", or "". The basic idea of the game is there is a war between the gods of the four elements, which shattered their homeworld into an asteroid belt, sustained by their powers. In the game, one god attempts to claim the territory of another god with their army of mythical creatures, which move over a "board  of hexagonal spaces (each space representing a type of terrain). When two opposing troops occupy the same hexagonal space, gameplay shifts to an arena, where the troops must battle to the death for the right to occupy the space. The point of the game is to position the one's troops over spaces which contain the enemy's temples. The characters in Wrath Unleashed" are divided into Light (good) and Darkness (evil), as well as Order (intelligence, thought) and Chaos (combat, battle). Each faction of characters has the power of a specific element. Plot. A nameless narrator (voiced by Mako  Iwamatsu introduces us to the conflict. ""In the beginning, there was only darkness. Then light shown in the void, and a new world was born. A realm forged from the elemental forces of earth, wind, water, and fire. The nexus of an eternal war waged between the forces of light and darkness, between chaos and order, which destroyed the world in a mighty cataclysm. Unto this broken realm came the overlords: Beautiful Aenna, Goddess of the Waters. Steadfast purity of crashing waves and thundering waterfalls. Fiery Epothos, Warrior of the Rising Sun. Volatile guardian of the sacred flame. Devious Durlock , Master of Metals, and Lord of Stone! Keeper of the secrets of the earth! And Wicked Helamis! Queen of Storms and Chaos, mother of hurricanes, leaving havoc and destruction in her wake. Now the mightiest of the overlords prepare for the ultimate confrontation, the time has come for the Wrath of the Gods to be UNLEASHED!"" The game features campaigns for each of the four characters, at varying difficulties, following their story of achieving domination of the realm. Development. LucasArts acquired the publishing rights to Wrath Unleashed (known then as Wrath) in 2002. Reception. "Wrath Unleashed" received "mixed or average  reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.