Vzerthos: The Heir of Thunder
Vzerthos is a 2D isometric old-school techno-fantasy styled Top-Down Shooter. Player's arsenal includes skills of the Thunder God's heir and three types of guns - use them to slice and dice, burn and blow up your enemies!
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January 19, 2017
9 years and 197 days ago
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Mostly Positive108 reviews73.1%
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10 itemsAbout the Game
Vzerthos is a 2D isometric old-school techno-fantasy styled Top-Down Shooter. Player's arsenal includes skills of the Thunder God's heir and three types of guns - use them to slice and dice, burn and blow up your enemies!
Hero under the player's control must rescue a kidnapped princess Se'Vera from the evil Baron Vakhzon.
Not only the guards of Baron attack Vzerthos, but his ally Messenger took his magical powers by order of the Thunder God.
Now the heir should return his power, to break into Vakhzon castle and rescue the princess!
(Princess is exactly in this castle!)
- Graphical style
According to the canons of the old school - isometric graphics pre-render low-poly models and hand drawn visuals construct a unique graphical style. - Comics-cutscenes
Game story is told through small and simple comics. - Ability to customize the interface for yourself!
You can define an individual and user-friendly interface for yourself using a special text file! You can change not only the position of the elements, but also the visual components! - Open localization
If you notice an error or don't like the translation, you can easily open a text file with localization and replace the text! This will make translation better, or even create a new language for the game!
