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YAWN

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: April 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I really should have listened to the diablo comparison. This game is beautiful, but DULL. You go through the motions with little input. It is not challenging and there is no point. If you enjoy fighting battles just to watch characters gain levels then you will love this game, but if you wanted story, background and interesting characters and subplots you had better keep looking. Beware the long poetic reviews on any board, they are almost all written by employees of the games mfg, part of their PR departments offical job.

Too easy, too short, D2x still rules

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: May 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are gorgeous, gameplay is extremely repetative, and it crashes every 5 minutes. There is no patch yet, and the promised Siege Editor still isn't available. I finished the entire game in 17 hours and there isn't much replay value as every encounter is identical every time you play. You can have my copy for free if you stop by and pick it up.

Beyond great...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 27
Date: March 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

All that's needed to be said has been, but I thought I should add that you don't chose classes, whatever you use most gets the skill points or levels or what-have-you. It's the main competitor to Neverwinter Nights (being released later me thinks.) Fantastic graphics and probably sure to attract as many experienced rpg'ers as 'n00bs' with the ability to have a party of people with an AI you choose... this includes having one full of archers or warriors or whatever you chose. Also, thanks to advanced AI and mapping it's possible to plan out attacks from a hill with arrows or use a narrow walkway to your advantage with ranged attacks. Truly a new-age blend between Baldur's Gate and Diablo, best for those who found Diablo too tiring or BG too slow.

Beyond great...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 27
Date: March 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

All that's needed to be said has been, but I thought I should add that you don't chose classes, whatever you use most gets the skill points or levels or what-have-you. It's the main competitor to Neverwinter Nights (being released later me thinks.) Fantastic graphics and probably sure to attract as many experienced rpg'ers as 'n00bs' with the ability to have a party of people with an AI you choose... this includes having one full of archers or warriors or whatever you chose. Also, thanks to advanced AI and mapping it's possible to plan out attacks from a hill with arrows or use a narrow walkway to your advantage with ranged attacks. Truly a new-age blend between Baldur's Gate and Diablo, best for those who found Diablo too tiring or BG too slow.

Horrible disappointment..

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 23
Date: April 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game seemed like it might be fun when you read the reviews, but let me assure you that overall this game is horribly boring.

Good things: excellent graphics, good sound, and simple control over characters.

Bad things: boring story, no real character development through roleplaying, the most base and uninteresting character creation process, and a terrible character advancement system.

Please, don't waste your money, do not buy this game, and stop anyone you know from buying it. They'll just waste their money and be stuck with an incredibly boring RPG, if you could call it that. I know I'm being harsh, but I've never been so sorely disappointed by an RPG as I was with this one.

One of the best action RPG's, better than Diablo II

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing. Not only does it have some of the most incredible graphics of any current generation PC game, but it also brings a lot of great gameplay innovations. For example, when your characters are injured or need mana and you press the hotkey for health or mana potions, the character(s) only drink as much of a potion as they need, rather than using the whole thing at once and wasting some of it, as in Diablo II. Also, to avoid the mouse-click frenzy that was Diablo II, in this game you simply click on an enemy and you will continue to attack them until they (or you) are dead. The RTS-style interface makes grouping and moving your characters (up to eight, plus a pack mule to carry extra stuff) very easy, and it also allows you to decide what formation they should move in (wedge, row, column, double row, etc.) The difficulty levels are well balanced: the easy difficulty shouldn't pose much trouble, and the higher difficulties provide a suitable challenge. Finally let me warn you ahead of time that this game is just as addictive, if not more so, than Diablo II. So make sure you have plenty of free time ahead of you before delving into Dungeon Siege's awesome single player campaign or one of its two multiplayer worlds, into which you can import one of your single player characters if you so desire. In short, Dungeon Siege is an action/RPG fan's dream come true, and anyone who is into this genre would be nuts to pass this one up.

An Outstanding RPG/Adventure Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Let me just start by saying BUY THIS GAME. Ok, now for the reasons:

Graphics:
These graphics are truly great. The characters actually look like real people, unlike most game characters. The scenery is great. Everything has an immense amount of detail, from the glimmering water to the snow-capped mountains. Also, the ability to click "view" and see your character close-up with the option of turning them around up to 360 degrees, is really cool. Also, this is not one of those games that basically just tells you, "you have an axe even if looks exactly the same as every other weapon," DS is more like "you have an axe. you can see it. it looks like an axe. now go kill something with it." ALso, the weapons and armor have a huge amount of detail and are very aptly named. For example, the "rusty bangle armor" has rust on it and the "damaged sword" looks like it is damaged.

Voices:
The voices are decent, but nothing special. It doesn't really matter though, since nothing anyone says is even slightly important. Everything they say is something you can easily figure out for yourself. The NPCs must think you're like [dumb] or something. Oh well.

Battles:

The battles are really fun in DS. You control every aspect of it and can have your characters do whatever you want with one or two mouse clicks. You can have all eight of your party members attack eight different enemies if you want. ALso, you can see the action and if you zoom in a little, you can see that sometimes someone with a sword will be going all karate-style with it on the bad guys. They'll swing it back and forth and spin it around and stuff. Pretty cool, no?

Gameplay:

Great. That's all I have to say. Alright, I lied. I'm gonna say more. The gameplay is amazingly easy to learn and control. You can switch weapons, armor, have your characters trade items, etc. in only a few seconds. However, there is one problem. If a donkey (packmule) is highlited (you're moving him) and he sees a bad guy, he will run like hell ALL THE WAY back to where you don't want to be and you can't stop it from doing that. Then you have to go on a search-and-rescue mission for the stupid packmules. Damn donkeys. All in all, though, the controls are really really good.

Lastly, Replay Value:

Not much, but you can play the game again if you missed or didn't complete any of the "quests" the first time. Some of the quests are kind of stupid though. For example, one blacksmith conveniently "forgot his axe" in an area heavily guarded by enemies and he wants you to go get it. What a moron. I wish there was an option that could make you say to him: "you lost it.... i'm not gonna go die just to get your stupid axe. why don't you go cry to your mommy about it" or something like that.

In conclusion, besides a few minor areas of the game that could have been better, this game is really good and definitely worth the money you'll pay for it. Also, I haven't experienced or even heard of any glitches like freezing or anything like that, so you won't play for a long time without saving and then have it erase everything. Again, BUY THIS GAME if you want to have a lot of fun for a long time.

Chalk another up to the "Evil Empire"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm a choosey computer Gamer, but found Dungeon Siege to be a blast! It is visually stunning, the music is beautiful, and the character selection fun. It even runs without requiring a juiced up Video Card. (Mine only has 8 MB) <>

Plus, there are equal number of male and female avatars to play with, and infinite number of character combinations overall. (A big plus for female gamers who are often short-changed in this area).

Yea, I grant you it has a rather simple plotline, but you hardly notice it, as your party pours into each successive room filled with monsters.

Microsoft has another winner on its hands!

My main and only gripe, is the avatars can be rathersimilar looking as the game progresses, which makes it a challenge to determine who is who! (And, As usual, make sure to check the minimun system requirements before purchasing this game!)

Happy Dungeon Sieging. =-)

Very Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Since Microsoft had their name stamped on this game, I downloaded the demo version first to see if it was OK and it was.

First, the visuals for this game are very good. You view the action through a "camera" which you control. You can zoom in, out, around, up, down, etc. This is a nice feature and enables you to look around and get the best possible view of the numerous battles your party will fight! Trees and most obsticals fade as you change camera angles so your view is not obstructed. However, if you are next to a cliff or an outer wall of a dungeon/building, those don't fade. You are forced to zoom in at times as you move the camera around in those cases.

Battle can be as easy or as tough as you want it. You can give the computer total control so that you don't have to do anything but move your party from battle to battle or you can give yourself more control. It's up to you. Another nice feature is that characters advance based on what they do. If they use a bow, they begin to advance in bow skills, and their dexterity rises quicker. If they use melee weapons, their melee skills advance and their strength advances quicker. If they use either magic school (nature/combat), those advance and their intelligence advances quicker. Some people have complained about this but to me, this is more realistic.

The nicest feature of this game is the pack mule! His only purpose is to help you lug all of that loot around that you collect from various battles. And you can have as many as 7 mules. However, for every mule you have, you have one less person in your party since you can only have eight total people/mules in your party.

Battles are very frequent and often are very tough due to the large numbers of monsters which can swarm you. At first, I didn't like this but then I realized that the object of the game is less RPG and more strategy. It's mostly a hack-and-slash in the line of "Diablo" with party's like "Baldur's Gate". The game is very linear which might be a turn off to some but it didn't bother me.

All in all, this is a very fun game with good graphics and sound.

AN EXCELLENT ACTION-cRPG!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is an action cRPG that came out after DIABLO II and just before NEVERWINTER NIGHTS. 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. 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. 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. Not until TITAN QUEST got released could any cRPG hold a candle to DUNGEON SIEGE! Tress and grass move as you pass by, water ripples as you step into it and wakes as you walk through it. 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. This is the one to buy!

At this price, it is a great deal too - and you will enjoy it more than most latest games!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

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