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Black Queen Chronicles Mod Short Review
Rinuel, 2002-04-25
Tenaka last mod analyzed
Beware who you trust
Joining three of the most interesting mods released, Prison Ship
Escape, Morgiah's Destiny and Savant Armor Quest, the Black Queen
Chronicles mod offers a main quest, interesting side quests and
some additional content.
First of all, be very aware to download the latest 2.1 version,
since lots of bugs were fixed in many updates until this final
version, and also be warned that there are some light sexual topics
here.
Graphically, the games gives some nice updates, mostly buildings,
clothes and creatures, nothing too outstanding but all models are
well done, with a rather professional feel to it. Otherwise, the
Morrowind engine still looks as good as always one year after its
release.
However most of the content that comes with the mod is provided
in the main quest, and both ups and downs are coming with that. The writing
is excellent, the storyline is absolutely top notch, and most
welcome is how it's integrated with the Elder Scrolls lore.
Tthe biggest problem the mod has is at the beginning, where you
are to pay a visit to a prison and a shrine; both of them are fairly
empty and don't seem to have sense with the environment they are
trying to portrait, where you can find many sacks with powerful
loot spread in empty rooms full of monsters.
However, once you meet the Queen Morgiah, the mod raises the quality
exponentially, where you will get to play some scripted events worth
of notice. The Castle of the Queen is very well designed, although
it suffers from framerate problems, and from there all the places
you will visit are very interesting and much better developed. There
are enough side quests to get you satisfied, while the enemies are
hard enough to be a challenge for high level players.
Overall, this mod is very enjoyable, the storyline has an epic feel
to it, since you will be along with the nobility of Tamriel and
will find powerful allies, and has some interesting twists along
the way. It also adds some events like you have never before experienced -
even in the original game. But as I said, the beginning of the mod really
hurts the overall quality, and so I would rate the mod with a
87%
The Verdict
Graphics (15%) |
90% |
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Sound (15%) |
85% |
Control (25%) |
84% |
Fun (45%) |
89% |
Overall
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87%
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The ups and downs:
Great plot with interesting tw | Beginning could be better | Many sidequests | Framerate problems | Great design | |
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Reviewer's System
Version: |
2.5 |
CPU: |
AMD XP 1900 |
RAM: |
640 |
Graphics |
Radeon 9700 |
Sound |
SB Audigy |
OS: |
Windows XP |
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