We need IRATUS 2 - the rise of the DARKLORD

[LordWallDeMart]

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[pierrealain66]

I agree. I am sure the other necromancers agrees too!!

ALL HAIL IRATUS THE DARK LORD OF THE DEAD!!

[MasterBLB]

Rather another expansion, which explain who was the mysterious necromancer(?) which has resurrected whole graveyard in act6. And show him who holds the title of Supreme Necromancer ;]

[jack_was]

It wasn't a necromancer but rather some keeper of the balance or even more powerful being. The outro makes me think this keeper will play some indirect role in confronting Iratus.

[MasterBLB]

Whoever he was, his story thread is still open, and have a potential for a next DLC - which I'd like to see in the future.

[iregame]

Hmmmm.... ;)

[Vambran]

How about a Demon Invasion and Iratus has no choice but to stop it.

[CrabNicholson]

I don't think the mysterious ending guy was a necromancer, he seemed like a prophet or perhaps even a god. And he implied that Iratus was a god as well, calling him the avatar of death and implying that he was part of some cycle of civilisations, existing to balance the world when mankind grew too corrupt. If you read the flavor text on the humanorium, the Cathedral (or whatever it's called) that rules over the land and trains all those priests and paladins, is actually a corrupt cult that brainwashes people. (Not that Iratus is any better).

Right now Iratus doesn't really have much in the way of story. If they were to flesh out the story in a sequel, I would assume that the natural direction would be to build on the idea of Iratus being a harsh but necessary part of the world, and accepting his place as a cleansing avatar of death, rather than a murderous tyrant. On the other hand, that would also undermine the whole "villain protagonist" angle of the game, so maybe he just wants to be an evil dictator in the end and all character complexity ends there.

[pierrealain66]

Originally posted by CrabNicholson:

Right now Iratus doesn't really have much in the way of story. If they were to flesh out the story in a sequel, I would assume that the natural direction would be to build on the idea of Iratus being a harsh but necessary part of the world, and accepting his place as a cleansing avatar of death, rather than a murderous tyrant. On the other hand, that would also undermine the whole "villain protagonist" angle of the game, so maybe he just wants to be an evil dictator in the end and all character complexity ends there.

One way to solve this ... he wants to be a tyrant for whatever reasons, he learned necromancy but he became so good that Death (the necessary part of world cleansing) accepted him as his avatar because he conquered death.

So here you have a villain protagonist that became the embodiment of death by coquering death and becoming one with the power of death. It is all his own self accomplishment.

A bit like how Skeletor became the embodiment of death in the He-Man cartoon (the one where Mordak turned the brother of the king into Skeletor). It was later revealed that he became an embodiment of death because of all the things he did as skeletor (if I recall properly).


Instead of being a chosen one or a God (which diminish the accomplishments of Iratus), he EARNED his way in his avatar status. He started as a nobody, a normal person to become this powerhouse of necromancy and death. Now that is appealing.

This makes Iratus a sigma or alpha male that started from the bottom to make it to the top against all odds.

[gunser]

Totally agree, backed to the game after 2 years, this is a so well crafted masterwork, if there will be an Iratus 2, hope those minions could have their own backstories in the game, I bet some of the minion designs and inspiration can be traced back to his college days xD

[Bumc]

Abomination is Iratus taking inspiration from playing WC3 back in the college...
Oops wrong setting.

[Stotch]

Aye

[HellSlayer]

who cares... devs refuse to give us option to remove screen shake. Game gets irritating over time because of constant screen shake.

[ELDEN LORD]

Originally posted by iregame:

Hmmmm.... ;)

why isnt here a option to turn off forced difficulty? some of us are limited on time and would like to skip forced easy mode