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Tecmo's Deception Invitation to Darkness
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Item Description
Most RPGs ask you to storm the castle. Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness hands you the castle and asks you to defend it, by any means necessary. Framed for his father's murder and condemned to death, a young prince accepts a bargain with a dark power to survive, and in exchange becomes master of a cursed fortress that a steady stream of intruders keeps trying to invade.
Instead of swinging a sword, you outthink your visitors. Viewed from a first-person perspective, the castle becomes your weapon: you lure intruders into rooms, spring traps at exactly the right moment and use what you take from your victims to grow your stronghold and call up monsters to fight on your behalf. Timing and positioning matter far more than reflexes, and watching a carefully planned ambush come together is the game's great pleasure.
Its darkness is more than decoration. Many of the people at your door have reasons of their own for coming, and the game pointedly holds you responsible for who lives and who dies. Those decisions shape where the story leads, and the question of what you are really chasing, revenge, resurrection or redemption, lingers over every encounter.
The idea proved strong enough to launch a whole series, continuing with Kagero: Deception II, Deception III: Dark Delusion, Trapt and Deception IV, steadily refining the trap-building and leaning into elaborate trap combinations. This 1996 original is rawer and stranger than its successors, and for strategy fans who have always wanted to be the villain of the story, it is where the idea was born.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1996
- Publisher
- SUNSOFT
- Developer
- Tecmo
- Players
- Single player
About the game
Should you enter Tecmo's Deception you should be warned! You must decide who lives and who dies. As in life, Tecmo's Deception will hold you responsible for your actions. Everything you do, everywhere you go, everyone you meet has a reason. Are you seeking revenge, resurrection, or redemption? It's your decision.
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplayTecmo's Deception Invitation to Darkness on PlayStation
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