Left Behind:Eternal Forces is probably the closest we'll ever get to a real-life version of that game Rod and Todd Flanders had. We poke some fun at the game in our piece in the current issue of Wired magazine, but it must be said that the game is surprisingly polished and sophisticated; light-years beyond other Christian games. It’ll probably be of interest to fans of real-time strategy games even if they have no interest in the incredibly popular series of religious thriller novels.
"We're not trying to convert or indoctrinate anyone -- this isn't some videogame Crusade," Left Behind Games' CEO Troy Lyndon told our writer Darren Gladstone. And in the multiplayer version of this RTS, players can actually choose to be a minion of the Lord OR the Antichrist. But Lyndon's line is a bit disingenuous, as the game occasionally pauses to discuss intelligent design and the evils of rock music. And the profiles attached to individual characters in the game are also revealing.
After the jump, you can see a few screenshots that we didn't have room for in our piece.
Beware the evil rocker Anton Moriarty--where's Stryper when you need them?
This dude isn't just a pawn of the Dark One--he's also an ad man and a member of the--blech!-- media.
Here's what spiritual warfare looks like in the game.
I can't wait to play the final version of this religious strategy game. But I must say that I'm even more excited about this other religious game Auriole, which I read about on Geoffrey Chaucer's hilarious blog:
