8.2 /10 1 Votes
5/5 Download Developer Anino Games Mode Single-player video game | 63% Metacritic Initial release date 20 November 2003 Publisher Anino Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date(s) EU / NA: November 20, 2003PHI: November 22, 2003 Genres Adventure game, Role-playing game Similar Bad Milk, Tread Marks, Wild Earth, Bang! Howdy, Age of Sail II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anito: Defend a Land Enraged is a role-playing game by Anino Entertainment, an independent video game company based in the Manila, Philippines. It was released on November 22, 2003 for Microsoft Windows.
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Anito: Defend a Land Enraged is the first ever video game that was produced and designed entirely by a team of Filipino game developers. The game also became a turning point that spawned the birth of game development industry in the Philippines.
Gameplay
Players begin with choosing between two characters: Maya and Agila.
Plot
Anito is set in the 16th century on the island Maroka in Asia. Maroka is besieged both by internal conflict and armored invaders from a faraway place who are slowly turning the land into their monarch's colony. Datu Maktan – leader of the Mangatiwala tribe and the land's most influential peacemaker – mysteriously disappears, and it is up to his children Agila and Maya to find him and restore delicate peace that their father has kept in balance before conflicting forces tear the land apart.
Development
Anito is the first Filipino-made PC game. After two years of waiting, Philippine indie game developer Anino Entertainment launch its pioneering project, Anito: Defend A Land Enraged. Production started in October 2001, with development wrapping up after two years of development. The game was launched in US on November 20, 2003 and in Europe November 20, 2003. In the Philippines it was made available in stores and for online purchase on November 22, 2003.
Reception and awards
Anito: Defend a Land Enraged has received average to negative reviews, with a score of 63 on Metacritic and 55.80% on GameRankings.
Anito has won in the category Innovation in Audio at The 12th Annual Independent Games Festival in 2004.
