It would be cool to find someone who is just now playing this game and hear their reactions. This is perhaps bias, but I feel like the game holds up very, very well today. Now you've got me curious to find someone who has only just recently tried this game out.

And as far as this game being an expression of how marvelous and original developers can be . . . I completely agree. You used the word "masterpiece" and I can't think of a better word for this game.

1999 when it was reviewed on the magazine I used to buy. I was immediately impressed by its stunning graphic, so I bought it as soon as I could. I think it was October 2000.

I asked because I hoped this review was written by someone who played it in 2015 for the first time... but no luck.
This game is rare gem, as a gamer I feel truly, deeply, hurt when I think about how unrecognised Sacrifice is. For once that every single magazine applauded this masterpiece, without bias, the masses overlooked and ignored what is a fabulous expression of how marvellous and original developers can be.

As Zyzyx says «I knew it... I knew it all along!»

Um . . . 2001, I think. My grandfather had a habit of buying just about every PC game he could find that looked like they would be first person or third person shooters. If those games didn't meet his expectations, he would just give the games away to me.

As Sacrifice certainly isn't your typical FPS-style game, Grandad didn't like it, and I received it from him soon thereafter. I'm pretty sure the game was still relatively new when I got it, which, the more I'm remembering all this, the more certain I am that it was in early 2001.

How about you? When did you first play it or hear about it?

Out of curiosity: when did you play it for the first time?