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A couple of new reviews of Dungeon Siege were put online today - and here's our quick roundup: Angry Babies is not too convinced, rating it just 3/5 rattles. Here's their summary:
Dungeon Siege is not a total failure. It is immersive, and it is beautiful. If you can be content to view the graphics and go through a little clicking routine, you may get some enjoyment from it. If however, like me, you like to actually make decisions, you will probably be bored. It appears that Gas Powered Games and Microsoft set out to design a Dungeon Hack that was accessible and appealing to as broad a market as possible; this is a game that the kiddies, just inspired to like fantasy by Harry Potter and Lord of The Rings could jump right into. As other such endeavors have already proven though, this intentional lowest-common-denominator catering rarely produces something regular ("real") gamers want to play. The reason it's easy to learn, is that there's very little to learn. After the first few hours, you'll begin to ask "Is this all?" and unfortunately, the answer is "yes." A more positive look at the game can be found at Gameplanet NZ. Their rating: 4.5/5 fists. Their summary reads much more positive as well:
From a purely visual aspect the engine is fantastic. The Kingdom of Ehb is brought to life in magnificent 3D and quite often this reviewer was stopping to admire the scenery instead of getting on with the business of saving the world. The environments are very detailed and intricate and really help to give the game a vast sense of scale. Along the way you'll see things like waterfalls pouring into vast canyons, massive underground halls and fairies lighting the way in a dark forest. The variety and level of detail on show are really quite something. Character and weapon/armour models are also impressively detailed and varied. Weapons that have special powers will often glow or sparkle and while this is nothing particularly new when its done in a brand spanking new 3D engine it does look rather nice. Spell effects are also suitably pyrotechnic and when you have a couple of casters in your party laying into some enemies with high level spells you'll be thanking yourself for upgrading that video card. We found one of the most enjoyable aspects of Dungeon Siege was simply watching it. Later in the game when you have a reasonably large and diverse party there is nothing more impressive than sending them into battle and watching limbs go flying, things exploding and spells being cast. To put it simply Dungeon Siege is the best looking RPG currently available. The third review can be found at Wewp! Entertainment. Their rating is 8/10, and their conclusion reads like this:
n the end, this game is worth the money if enjoyed Diablo/Diablo 2. The future may even bring us some more traditional RPG’s using the Siege Editor. Some of us do prefer a well written, non-linear RPG versus a hack-n-slash game, ya know! Either way, you definitely need to keep an eye on Dungeon Siege and see what the mod community comes up with when the Siege Editor is released in May! Many games are diving into the mod community (after the huge success of mods like Counter-Strike). Dungeon Siege, Morrowind and Neverwinter Nights to name a few. The future looks promising! | | Source: BluesNews |
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More Dungeon Siege Reviews (Gameplanet NZ, Wewp!, Angry Babies)
