<s>
Sacred	O
is	O
a	O
2004	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
Ascaron	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Take	O
2	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Game	O
Publishing	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
port	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
spawned	O
the	O
Sacred	O
video	O
game	O
franchise	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
sequels	O
Sacred	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Fallen	I-Application
Angel	I-Application
,	O
Sacred	B-Application
Citadel	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Sacred	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
beginning	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
are	O
given	O
a	O
choice	O
to	O
start	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
six	O
different	O
character	O
types	O
:	O
Gladiator	B-Application
,	O
Dark	O
Elf	O
,	O
Wood	O
Elf	O
,	O
Vampiress	O
,	O
Battle-Mage	O
and	O
Seraphim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daemon	O
and	O
Dwarf	O
were	O
additional	O
characters	O
added	O
in	O
the	O
expansion	O
Sacred	B-Application
Underworld	I-Application
and	O
included	O
in	O
Sacred	B-Application
Gold	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
Gladiator	B-Application
starts	O
in	O
a	O
colosseum	O
,	O
enslaved	O
by	O
his	O
master	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Seraphim	O
starts	O
in	O
a	O
church	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
increase	O
these	O
skill	O
levels	O
,	O
characters	O
must	O
find	O
runes	B-Application
that	O
correspond	O
to	O
those	O
skills	O
,	O
a	O
rather	O
novel	O
system	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
mainstream	O
model	O
of	O
skill	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
character	O
classes	O
have	O
identical	O
skills	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
runes	B-Application
from	O
one	O
class	O
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
advance	O
skills	O
in	O
another	O
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Runes	B-Application
may	O
be	O
traded	O
and	O
used	O
for	O
crafting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
monsters	O
occasionally	O
drop	O
a	O
rune	B-Application
that	O
increases	O
a	O
certain	O
skill	O
for	O
a	O
certain	O
character	O
,	O
if	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
in	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
these	O
set	O
items	O
will	O
become	O
much	O
more	O
powerful	O
when	O
gathered	O
together	O
and	O
are	O
very	O
useful	O
and	O
sought-after	O
in	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
players	O
take	O
an	O
item	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
"	O
slots	O
,	O
"	O
indicated	O
by	O
small	O
boxes	O
in	O
the	O
inventory	O
screen	O
,	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
imbue	O
it	O
by	O
taking	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
blacksmith	O
and	O
then	O
using	O
either	O
jewellery	O
,	O
a	O
rune	B-Application
,	O
skeleton	O
skull	O
or	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
blacksmith	O
's	O
techniques	O
on	O
it	O
up	O
to	O
as	O
many	O
times	O
as	O
there	O
are	O
slots	O
in	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
imbued	O
players	O
can	O
remove	O
one	O
rune	B-Application
or	O
piece	O
of	O
jewelry	O
from	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
all	O
other	O
items	O
in	O
the	O
slots	O
are	O
lost	O
when	O
they	O
do	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
players	O
cannot	O
use	O
a	O
rune	B-Application
or	O
jewelry	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
of	O
their	O
class	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
socket	O
it	O
in	O
an	O
item	O
to	O
gain	O
the	O
benefit	O
of	O
its	O
magical	O
and	O
possible	O
stat-raising	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
way	O
to	O
obtain	O
them	O
is	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
rune	B-Application
of	O
that	O
particular	O
skill	O
and	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
available	O
to	O
use	O
for	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
increase	O
their	O
level	O
in	O
a	O
skill	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
find	O
another	O
rune	B-Application
for	O
that	O
skill	O
and	O
use	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combo	O
masters	O
can	O
also	O
trade	O
runes	B-Application
they	O
cannot	O
use	O
or	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
rune	B-Application
of	O
their	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
great	O
Sakkara	O
demon	O
was	O
conjured	O
into	O
existence	O
by	O
the	O
necromancer	B-Operating_System
Shaddar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
started	O
by	O
developer	O
Ikarion	O
as	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
role-playing	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Eye	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1up	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
Diablo	B-Application
for	O
masochists	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
IGN	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
A	O
diamond	O
in	O
the	O
rough	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foreign	O
competitors	O
included	O
,	O
it	O
placed	O
fourth	O
behind	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Need	B-Application
for	I-Application
Speed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Underground	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jason	O
Ocampo	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
gave	O
Underworld	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
7.0	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
saying	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
Diablo-like	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
taken	O
to	O
the	O
extreme.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ocampo	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
nice	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
predefined	O
world	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
randomly	O
generated	O
levels	O
of	O
Diablo.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Sacred	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Fallen	I-Application
Angel	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2008	B-Application
,	O
is	O
the	O
prequel	O
to	O
Sacred	O
.	O
</s>
