Mace: The Dark Age

"For centuries an impenetrable darkness has shrouded Europe, Arabia and Asia, with countless victims succumbing to the ravenous hunger of unchecked pestilence and war. Comprise the Covenant of Seven - lords who have allied with Asmodeus, a practitioner of the dark arts who wields the fabled Mace of Tanis. Each of the Seven, addicted to the corrupting power of the Mace, dispatch their best warriors to kill Asmodeus and steal his power. and the Mortal Kombat series. Mace: The Dark Age was originally released on the arcade machines using the 3Dfx Voodoo graphics card, the same technology powering San Francisco Rush. It falls squarely between Dark Rift and War Gods in the realm of 3D fighting on the N64." A more positive review by Matt Casamassina of IGN gave it a score of 7.1/10 credit as the best N64 fighting game at the time of its release, though openly acknowledging that the pool of good fighting games available for the N64 at the time was quite shallow. In 2011, Complex included it on the list of ten "most blatant Mortal Kombat ripoffs, adding, "If anything, it was like a more brutal version of Soul Edge.".