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NightCaster Series

NightCaster: Defeat the Darkness

Main Game
Adventure Action

NightCaster: Defeat the Darkness is a Adventure game released on January 22, 2002 for Xbox. NightCaster is a third-person, single-player, action-adventure game for the Xbox, developed by VR1 Entertainment and published by Microsoft. Players take the role of Arran, a novice wizard whose magic…

68
Critic Score
1 reviews
January 22, 2002
Released 8925 days ago
Xbox

About

NightCaster is a third-person, single-player, action-adventure game for the Xbox, developed by VR1 Entertainment and published by Microsoft. Players take the role of Arran, a novice wizard whose magical power grows as he ages throughout his quest to collect spells and rid the world of eternal night. NightCaster was released on December 26, 2001 and its ESRB rating is Teen.

In December 2002, the sequel, NightCaster II: Equinox, was released, with two-player compatibility.

The game received generally middling reviews with a Metacritic average of 61

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Release Dates by Platform

Xbox Worldwide
Jan 22, 2002
Xbox Worldwide
May 31, 2002

Game Info

Developer
VR1 Entertainment
Publisher
Microsoft Game Studios
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Action

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