Dungeon Siege II (PC)

Dungeon Siege II was released in late 2005, and from the outset it seems pretty appealing - it's like Diablo, but in lovely 3D, with epic seamless environments and a whole party to control. At its heart, Dungeon Siege II is an action RPG, and is split up into several 'Acts' of hacking, slashing and spell-casting through forests, swamps, caves, temples, and (of course) dungeons. The idea is to accrue gold and experience points to upgrade your various characters skills and defeat increasingly difficult foes - for the most part the usual suspects, giant spiders, skeletons and the like. The interface is quite similar to games like Diablo. The gameplay ...  Read the complete review

Dungeon Siege II follows on from the original Dungeon Siege game in both story and gameplay. The game is in concept a fairly typical third person RPG (Role Playing Game), although instead of controlling just one character, you control a group of up to 6 adventurers. In the single player game, you control one of these directly, and the others will follow and assist as instructed (you can, of course, switch which is your character at any point); in the multiplayer mode, friends on other computers will be controlling the second character. You have a choice of 4 races to play - Dryads, Elves, Half-giants and Humans, each with it's own advantages ...  Read the complete review