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GameBanshee has whiped up a preview of Pool of Radiance - Ruins of Myth Drannor. It has some nice screenshots with it, and these are the first impressions they had in a nutshell:
Having played through a near-finished version of the game, I can attest to the fact that it will easily provide the 100 hours of gameplay that Stormfront and Ubi-Soft are promising. And it's not just the time investment that makes the game so compelling to me. The thing I probably enjoy most is the fact that your characters begin at first level, restoring an appreciation for character advancement and magical equipment that seems to have been lost in many recent CRPGs. Find yourself a weapon of +2 enchantment in Baldur’s Gate II, for instance, and you’ll most likely be dropping it on the ground to save room. In PoR, however, you’ll be hastily saving your game and deciding which lucky character gets to wield it. It’s also nice to be able to utilize as low as 1st level spells again and get maximum effectiveness out of them. Cast a Sleep spell on a group of orcs, for example, and chances are that several of them will be taking a good snooze. Granted, some of the more aggressive players may not enjoy going back to this down-to-earth setting again, but for me it's a welcome return. |
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Pool of Radiance 2 Preview
