
Release
Thursday, March 11, 1999
Player score
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Editorial overview
What it is
Athena: Awakening from the Ordinary Life is a 3D RPG game developed by Yumekobo and published by SNK released in March 1999 for the PlayStation. It was released again as a PSOne Classic on PSN for the PlayStation 3 and PSP on August 28, 2007. The game's image song, "wannabe /Misty Eyes", was performed by RUMI . The game's story is notorious for being much darker than other Athena related titles.
The premise
The year is 2018 and science has progressed at an alarming rate under the Tantauls system. Dinosaurs, clones, and mecha are no longer figments of fantasy and can be constructed into reality. They regulate society to the finest detail, creating automated and technologically advanced cities on land and in sea. Yet through this government agency lies a dark conspiracy, one which mysteriously surrounds the brain waves of the school girl, Athena Asamiya. Although she believes herself to be a normal girl, her life changes dramatically once her Psycho Powers awaken. Now, it is up to her to find the truth behind her powers as well as the secrets behind Tantauls.
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Play styles
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Science fiction · Horror · Survival
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