Alternatively known as Allods: Sealed Mystery. You choose between a warrior or a mage for his or her starting character. On your journey you will meet a few more companions. There will be hirelings available for a fee should you find any mission too challenging. Each mission takes place in a game map generally full of enemies, and mission types range from rescue to escort to exterminate villains to treasure hunting.
So famous in Russia, its home country, this game was a phenomena due to its good sales of the license product, while all other foreign games were sold as pirate ones. Its fantastic gameplay was highly rated by Russian gamers, introducing them the alloy of genres called Role-Playing Strategy.
The concept of a small party of heroes, each comparable in power to a single taken mob was very unique for that time and made the player use his brain to devise complicated strategies to pass through this and that problems in every mission. The fairy-tale atmosphere with giant squirrels and other fauna definitely left a sign in our hearts.
So unluckily, the game was highly underrated on the other side of the border. Called Rage of Mages in foreign localisation, this game remained in underground for the rest of its life, being known only to a bunch of inspired individuals.