The most important thing to note about Legends of Aranna is that it's in many ways both a qualitative and quantitative advancement over the original. It's really, really rare that gamers are treated to such a phenomenon but let's just be thankful that such things still happen. The game's layered story offers you a chance to avenge the death of your parents as well as save the world, while the side-quests ensure that the gameplay is more open-ended than in the original. Naturally, with this more elaborate approach to game design come even more new enemies, spells, weapons, boss monsters and so on. One of the secrets to a good action RPG is being able to create a game world that's visually immersive, and combine it with some addictive leveling, item handling, and well-paced combat sequences. To that respect, Mad Doc has pretty much managed to do it all. They not only expanded the original Dungeon Siege universe, they managed to deepen the gameplay and make it even more addictive. The key word here is addictive. Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna is so addictive I had a really hard time of letting it go. On top of that, Aranna provides many hours of gameplay, more so than many of the full games that are currently on the market. Finally, those of you who are new to the Dungeon Siege franchise will be delighted to hear that the expansion comes bundled with the original game and that you can play the original now with the addition of all the new weapons and spells from the expansion.