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Here, anything that would block your view of what you should be able to see is made almost invisible. I also can't fathom the loss of the translucent obstacle feature. I can't understand why all the great features of this game fell by the wayside rather than becoming the standard for games to follow. You can tell it is still there, but it doesn't obstruct your vision. The high speed is there for those who like to play twitch games, but is not forced on those of us with less than lightspeed reaction times. The only problem I had with this purchase was that the image shown was not what I received.
The packaging doesn't tell you any of this information, and I originally felt that the image used on Amazon was misleading in that regard, but since you can see on the image shown that the original game is also included, I now feel that it better represents what you will get.Aside from that little detail, I found the game to be superior to many games that have been published since that time. I just never understood why objects behind a character should limit what they, and by extension the player, can see ahead of them. However, the image gives more accurate information than the actual product's packaging, which is just a DVD holder (you know: the ones that are only slightly larger than a jewel case). Yes, I freely admit that I am not 133t. First time that happened was a big wow moment for me. The disc actually does contain the original Dungeon Siege game in addition to the LoA expansion, and it will install icons for both on the desktop.
The speed control alone is much more user friendly than the ADD-reminiscent speed of other games that I have seen.
There is a thriving online community of fans who have made the game even more enjoyable. By changing the way you structure your characters you can get hours more game time from it. If you haven't tried any of the Dungeon Siege games, you're missing out. The graphics may be outdated, but the storyline and action are timeless. This is truly a classic RPG with loads of game play.
Good hack and slash rpg. Fun game,Inventory managment is a little much though. No problems installing and ran pretty smooth.
There's no way to describe or define this, it just is. Some were as good as the original and can still be found.About half of computer games I dislike right from the start and give up on after half an hour. Me, I push keys and scramble my brain all day at work. The last thing I want is to come home after a hard days work and face.more work. The other half I like for a while until their flaws finally get to me and I wind up hating them. If you are a hardcore gamer who isn't happy unless you're pushed to the limits of your key-punching abilities, you'll hate this game. If you think something is likely to work.chances are it will. That is absolutely correct.
First things first.the LoA expansion includes the original DS game, so even if you don't like the expansion (and I agree it's not as good as the original) so what. You can play this with one hand on the mouse while sipping a daiquiri out of a coconut with the other. It's a game that doesn't revolve around mastering the interface. It has simple charm out the wazoo. I want a non-challenging escape, and DS I is the best game I've ever found for delivering just that.Here's why I love DS I:It's beautiful. Proof that you don't need to fill the screen with eye-numbing detail to make a visually arresting game. With LoA you get the original game, improved by the various interface and game play improvements that come with LoA. All that having been said, my review below focuses on original DS, as anyone who buys LoA at this late date is probably going to get it mainly for the original game.DS/LoA is five years old, an eternity in the world of computer games, but I would rather load up my old DS disk and play an hour or two of this than any other game that I've played since.
Used to be there was a good score or two of complete user-generated campaigns you could download. Really.It's slick. No need to repeat keystroke combinations ad infinitum until they are ingrained in muscle memory. I'm no programmer, and my meager attempts at modding the game were very superficial, but it gave the feeling at least of having well-planned architecture and clean code. All of the many environments in the game are well done, each has a feel, the music is great, it draws you in.It's intuitive.
LoA has less than DS but lots more than DS II).Sadly, after five years and the dismal failure of DS II, which sucked and alienated most of the DS community, a lot of the user-generated content that used to be available online has disappeared. Dungeonsiege is the ONLY game that I like now in retrospect, years after playing it, as much as I like it the first day I fired it up.I have a dream.that some day the D&D franchise will be ripped from the cold dead hands of Atari and its genetic material mixed with that of Dungeonsiege I, resulting in the ultimate action-RPG. (DS II, by the way, lacks charm to the same extent that DS I exudes it. One of the most common criticisms of this game is that it is too easy. Never had a hitch with this game.
If you want a game that you don't need a manual for.this is it. If you want your brain scrambled by mind-numbing puzzles, you'll hate this game. (Wish they had understood this when they made the miserable DS II).It's atmospheric.
This is the one to buy.Combined with its expansion, this comes out.more expensive than buying them separately in jewel-cases - so, I would recommend shopping around first. Everything worn or wielded appears on the character; whereas, magic spells are not shabby at all.The game also sports a GREAT CAMERA PLACEMENT (zoom capable and totally customizable) and has one of the BEST SOUNDTRACKS - the theme music will stay with you as the appropriate theme for any epic battles in the future.Those of you who were (rightfully) disappointed with the truly bad and much shorter DUNGEON SIEGE 2 (I still cannot fathom how they managed to botch that one)., keep in mind that it has only skin-deep similarities to its predecessor. Tress and grass move as you pass by, water ripples as you step into it and wakes as you walk through it.
And it blew both of them out of the water.Not as deep as NWN, yet the story engaged you enough to make it more than a hack'n'slash. Even if, to any true cRPG fun, graphics is not everything (otherwise DAWN OF MAGIC would have been considered a great game), DUNGEON SIEGE is found wanting in nothing when it comes to graphics. This is an action cRPG that came out after DIABLO II and just before NEVERWINTER NIGHTS.
Not until TITAN QUEST got released could any cRPG hold a candle to DUNGEON SIEGE. Nevertheless, you will enjoy it more than most latest games.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Not as dark as DIABLO II, yet blood fever will take hold of you once in battle.
A number of innovative ideas made DUNGEON SIEGE a unique experience: the cinematic perspective, the original characters (who thought up.machine-gun shooting medieval robots)., the fighting-back pack-mule.At the same time, both the enemies' and your company members' AI is well above par.Graphically, this is a 4 year game yet it plays much smoother and it has further horizons than most cRPGs today.
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