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Gods of the Ethereal Reality

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Gods of the Ethereal Reality is a mod for Spear of Destiny, made by Demondude777. It was released on September 16, 2006.

Background[]

Demondude777 had been active in the Wolfenstein 3D community some years before under the moniker Games from the God, and also hosted a website with that name.

Description[]

According to Demondude777 the set had been lying around since circa 1998 and was not properly finished. Joshua Waight had assisted with some graphical tweaks. Textures have been used in an unorthodox fashion, and some sprites and guards have been slightly changed; for example, the dog runs on the ceiling. Additionally, all sounds have been backmasked, creating an eerie effect. The storyline is also likewise eerie and dreamlike:

"Now is the time for judgement."

"Let his trial be swift and fair."

"It is the period for everything to be remade. The earth shall tremble. The seas shall boil. The rains shall fall endlessly from Heaven."

"And he must pay for his sins."

The date: March 25th, 1947. Two years after the great B.J. had cleansed the world of Nazi rule. Now his worst nightmare has come to pass. As B.J. laid his head down to sleep, four demons materalized before him. The ground below his bed bagan to shake as the souls of those he had killed pushed up the wood panels, cursing every second about the pain B.J. had created for them. These four demons informed B.J. that it was time for judgement. Although the killing spree he taken part in 2 years prior to was considered heroic, it was also very sinful in the eyes of God. He had killed not out of loyality to his country, but for personal satisfaction. Now he must pay for his sins in the worst way possible. As they informed him of his unforgiven wrongs, B.J. found his eyes to be getting heavy. As he wandered off into dreamland, he could hear the demons informing him about his fate.

               "You must survive a world where the illogical becomes the

                logical. Where reality seems only unreal."

               "You must survive your worst nightmare."

               "You must survive your past."

               "And you must survive until the sun rises tommorow. Only then will you be forgiven."

As his eyes close deeper, his surroundings begin to come into shape. He was back; he was once again stuck in Nazi rule. He had to live the killing spree once again. This was his test. But knowing this was a dreamworld, he must be prepared for the unexpected. Everytime he grows closer to the deepest sleep period, things would change. The world would be different. As all people spend the night going through periods of  sleep -from light sleep to REM, then back up- the world B.J. inhabited would shift from what he knew to be reality to fantasy, and back again.

       This is his fate....as chosen by God.

Release[]

Initially listed on the DHW forums, the screenshots and the mod itself was not received well, with the dreamlike approach to storyline and graphics somehow being misconstrued as being simply buggy. Brian Lowe had not uploaded the mod upon receiving it as it appeared to be too disjointed to have been made intentionally in this fashion. Once Demondude777 had insisted that it definitely was designed in this fashion, Lowe uploaded the set.

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