Funny how pre-hyped games turn out to be solid, but not outstanding games. I remember people smashing Lionheart after its release and praising ToEE, telling people to wait for that. Now, the latter gets lukewarm reviews all over the place as well. One of the more positive ones, without being too enthusiastic, is now up at Worthplaying, summing up at 7.8/10 points and this conclusion:If it wasn’t for the bugs, this game would be a shoe-in for an Editors Choice award. Unfortunately, the bugs show a lack of polish and that the game was rushed out the door. What the game really needed was another 2-3 months of tweaking, and if it had had that time this would have been a much better game. I have certainly played bug-free games I’ve enjoyed less. The bugs aside, Elemental Evil is a welcome, faithful, adaptation of the D&D rules. No other game as yet has come as close to really feeling like traditional D&D as Elemental Evil does. I did enjoy playing it and once you get over the learning curve and the bugs, you’ll find an exciting adventure ahead of you! So, the game has potential, but is not polished, something very common these days :( |