“Reach absolute power.”
Thanatos arrives as a new proposal to gaming, different to any title you've seen up to date. A mixture of diverse genres with an attractive history which submerges the player into a parallel universe that seeks total supremacy.
A Group of nine warlords start a journey to four unknown islands in search of infinite power that is said to exist within 9 colossal structures. The origin of those islands is certainly unknown and only few ones have come back from that place but with terrible consequences laid upon them,telling terrible stories about the islands.
Aztec Entertainment is proud to have the initiative of making a project that will open the doors of independent videogame development in Mexico, a cooperative work of 4 people passionate with the design and video game programming, using the technology like valve’s Source Engine which brings life to the award winning game Half-Life 2.
Thanatos combines diverse genres with the influence of amazing games like The legend of Zelda, Ninja Gaiden,The Elder Scrolls:Oblivion, Doom and more to create a videogame full of action and a history that will make the player feel like they are inside an alternative universe with surreal elements beyond imagination.
5 comments by Q_Layer on Nov 7th, 2009 digg this super bookmark
Hello everyone! Well we broke another record in the last update! 662 in one day!!! We thank you all for checking the mod and see whats happening!
In the last update I've mentioned something about concept art and characters. Well its time to explain a little bit of the storyline. As you may have read in the summary, in thanatos exist 9 colossal structures... but whats going on inside them? Well actually a lot! and pretty sick stuff too... we this time around only 3 characters will be explained.
Probably you have read some of my comments about a temple of fire... well every structure has a theme... which is pretty unique in its own, bringing a whole different experience between them, and now since I've started talking about the temple of fire... lets start from there:
I introduce you to " Tyrannos " the first boss Character that rules the Fire temple.

This guy is a badass... a true warrior, his name comes from Tyrant in greek as you may assume, he is a leader, but imposes his will over anybody or anyone whos in his path...
But since he loves to command and give orders he needs some servants....
So here comes his "minions":


Since he is likes total control, he kidnaps people that visit the islands and that travel nerby, breaks their jaw, and places a mask like you see in the images on them. The mask is made of steel, its heavy so they cant walk properly it is also attched to the body... but why after doing this to them will they follow him? ... well its simple, they need to eat. As you can see they have a whole in the mask that goes directly to where their mouth used to be... well the only way to open that whole is trough a kind of key only Tyrannos posses, if they want to stay alive... they will obey him.
Here is the character model so far!

Its being worked by derek in zbrush and its coming along just fine! As mentioned... there will be 3 charactes explained in this update... so let me introduce you to this really mysterious character:

His name is " Fobos ", it means: "pesonification of horror" We will leave this guy as a cliffhanger for now... But i will tell you this: every of the 9 warlords that go to thanatos has their own way to see Fobos....
Please let us know what do you think of them! Also im glad to say we are doing pretty good in the programming part and I hope to show you some gameplay in a near future! So.. keep in touch! and give us your thoughts!!!
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done well so far, ill wait for this whit entusiasm!!!
The concept for Fobos is simply genious. Having each warlord see him differently gives reason to play as each of them!
Nice concept. Tracking fo' sho' ;)
If this stuff really does combine all of those game ideas, then I can't wait! Good luck, and don't rush (whatever you do).
Awesome idea all cool games combined :D
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The mapping is bad
Its decent, just needs to be filled up with more props and less blocky.
I agree.
first i thought it said Xanatos
That would mean they were making a mod off a machinima filmer... Well the story sounds cool guys! Good job so far!