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More boring point and click mindlessness

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was impressed for the first two minutes: rich soundtrack, pretty graphics, the promise of a good fantasy story about to unfold. It was only moments after when I realized that this game was merely another Diablo-style point-and-click kill kill kill slashfest, though even more tedious to play (at least Diablo II was fun for a week or two). Run around racking up kills in the thousands -- a virtual one-man army -- while picking up dropped gold, potions, and better weapons. How ridiculous is it when you are surrounded by 10 bad guys who are clubbing the guts out of you and you just sit there whacking back at them, clicking the mouse button, drinking the occasional red health potion. Man this drek has become so boring. When are developers going to come up with something new, something that doesn't rely on rehashing best-selling games like Diablo or pretty visuals and is actually fun to play? Why is it I'm having more fun playing Temple of Apshai on my 20-year-old Commodore 64 than I am with a game running on a machine with 10,000 times the power? It's a pretty sad telling of the tired, lukewarm crap that gluts the computer game market nowadays.

Absolutely Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: July 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Dungeon Siege is an astounding piece of work. Every aspect, from graphics to game flow to character development, is fluid. As noted before in other reviews, there are quite a few new ideas that were implemented and work beautifully. A fully continuous world where going from outside to inside back outside again is one smooth action. Inventory shuffling helps immensely, and even allows for inventory to be reshuffled at will.

I never experienced any lag or stuttering of camera angles (probably because my machine is amply equipped, unlike the other reviewers here). The fact that combat commands and tendencies can be planned and set BEFORE combat (the preferred method in REAL LIFE) allows for your party to react competently when you, the player, cannot. Statistics go up as they are used. Know what that means? If your Strength is improving, Strength is what goes up (not "well I'd rather my Dex went up".) Doesn't work that way, now does it? Want Dex to go up? Try developing it. The only thing I would have liked to have seen added is an option to "attack furthest target" to make better use of archery.

By the way, Diablo II is not an RPG...there is no role-playing aspect to it. It might as well be labeled as a fighter game.

Good idea...horrible execution

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: April 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Considering everyone else gave it four or five stars, I feel odd giving this game a poor rating...however, I have to be honest. I thought the game lacked in many areas:

1. You have to save your game (did the developers play Diablo II?). This is in single player.

2. If all of your party members die, you don't have the option to respawn in a town. Again in single player.

3. I felt the game play was slow.

4. The quest log in multiplayer gets erased everytime you log off.

5. the game view can get dizzying after a while

6. The mapping feature was basically useless

7. Multiplayer mode seemed like it lacked a lot

I would like to hear other people's opinion, but didn't it seem like this game ignored all of the great things that RPG's have been developing over the years?

I like the approach to a classless system. I also like the mule concept. The game can also be entertaining if you play with friends over the Internet. All in all though, this game will have zero play time after some of the other RPG's scheduled for release this year hit the shelf.

Another lure for the newbie RPG gamer....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 23 / 131
Date: March 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game, form what I have seen and read, has nothing special about it. You cannot choose what character you start off with, just your gender. The only classes you can choose from are fighter, archer, and mage. You can play online, but players can make their own maps thus opening the possibility of game makers buffing up their own character to no end and slaughtering everyone else... This game also promises to be very versatile when it comes to character classes... you can be a fighter and a mage and an archer at the same time... this sort of ruins the overall experience in my opinion. I cannot even believe the other post of this game rating it 5 stars and going by nothing more than the hype on the official site....

Another lure for the newbie RPG gamer....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 23 / 131
Date: March 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game, form what I have seen and read, has nothing special about it. You cannot choose what character you start off with, just your gender. The only classes you can choose from are fighter, archer, and mage. You can play online, but players can make their own maps thus opening the possibility of game makers buffing up their own character to no end and slaughtering everyone else... This game also promises to be very versatile when it comes to character classes... you can be a fighter and a mage and an archer at the same time... this sort of ruins the overall experience in my opinion. I cannot even believe the other post of this game rating it 5 stars and going by nothing more than the hype on the official site....

WOW!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I got this game about a week ago and It is the best game I have ever Played. You start out as a farm girl/boy at 15 and you can go along adding characters to your party. Max characters is 8 including a pack mule. A pack mule is a mule that can carry 3 times as many items as a regular character and if it is cornered you will get to see some hoof to face action to the baddies. There are tons of hotkeys and options such as party follow mode ( every one follows each other) and you can arrange your party in several different formations. You can equip your characters with melee and ranged weapons. Armor,shields,boots,gloves, rings and amulets all of which can be magical and ex would be a shield the gives you a plus 2 to melee skill. DS is also a skill based game there is Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence. Str for melee fighting. Dex for ranged and int for nature and combat magic. And the variety of monsters is pretty good too but somtimes yu will get sick of fighting krug a bad guy you see often. Well the bottom line is GET THIS GAME IT IS REALLY GOOD!
I promise you will like it
SEE YA

Pretty darn bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I completely agree with the fellow who called it "Gauntlet 2002." Dungeon Siege is slightly more advanced than the old arcade favorite, but nearly just as mindless. This game is nice to look at, nice to listen to, but playing it is about as exciting as watching paint dry. There is no role-playing here, just an endlessly boring series of battles where the extent of your tactical involvement is to say "attack this monster with a [insert weapon/spell type here]" - at which point you just sit back and watch the pretty pictures. If you like that sort of thing, then I guess Dungeon Siege is the game for you (hey, it takes all kinds).

graphic ok but very boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

when i first started the game,i was impressed by graphic.
However, after playing the game about 6-7hours it became really boring, I just did same thing, just follow the road, kill monster,and pick up items. This game is so linear, i don't think this is a good role playing game. Somebody compare this game with Diablo2. That's like insulting Diablo2 game.
I am going to play Hero of Might Magic4 which is really great game, until i get the warcraft3.
I can't wait to get the warcaft3...........

PS:i am not good at English so it may my grammar and spelling is incorrect

Why give three stars to a five star game?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 50
Date: March 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As mentioned, this game takes away all the disadvantages and takes all the advantages of a RPG, thus making this a great RPG.
...you don't pick your own class at the beginning, as the game progresses, the weapons you choose to use, determine the skills you will develop. There is enough flexibility here that you can turn one class into another during the game.
Without a loading screen, you can really be hooked into the game without interruptions, which always feels like a 'party poper' when you are really into the game.
Other RPGs restict camera movement, but not on this games, it lets player have total control over the camera (can't look up the sky though), zooming in and out.
I haven't played this game yet (game is not out yet!), these are just my first impressions of the game. If everything said in the game is done right, this game can really shine.

Why give three stars to a five star game?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 50
Date: March 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As mentioned, this game takes away all the disadvantages and takes all the advantages of a RPG, thus making this a great RPG.
...you don't pick your own class at the beginning, as the game progresses, the weapons you choose to use, determine the skills you will develop. There is enough flexibility here that you can turn one class into another during the game.
Without a loading screen, you can really be hooked into the game without interruptions, which always feels like a 'party poper' when you are really into the game.
Other RPGs restict camera movement, but not on this games, it lets player have total control over the camera (can't look up the sky though), zooming in and out.
I haven't played this game yet (game is not out yet!), these are just my first impressions of the game. If everything said in the game is done right, this game can really shine.

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