Dungeon Siege is a well-made game that looks beautiful, has great playability, and grand music accom (Dungeon Siege (PC))

Member Name: retro_guy

Product:	Dungeon Siege (PC)
Date:	21/04/02 (172 review reads)
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Advantages: 3D graphics, Fun game, Online play available

Disadvantages: Too linear, Bit too easy (normal level)

Dungeon Siege is a well-made game that looks beautiful, has great playability, and grand music accompaniment.

Over the past few years I have played many similar games. At times I felt like I was back in Diablo or NOX - as I headed down into the crypts. But the game extra characters and the 3D graphics including weather effects - rain, snow and mist, make the game stand out. You also get a sense of depth ? there are mountains to climb and wonderfully deep caverns to explore. There are no flat levels that you simply leave when you?ve cleared them out, there is one continuous world.

I recommend running the game in the highest mode your PC can handle ? 1024x768 is a good start, as the character tabs take up too much of the screen in lower modes.

The game is fully 3D and has a function (which was a nice touch) to zoom in and out, although I did play fully "zoomed out" most of the time. The controls are similar to Diablo, using mouse click for move and attack. You also need to use the arrow keys to rotate the camera angle while playing - it becomes second nature after a few minutes of play.

I played on Normal difficulty and felt the game was a little easy ? but I did save a lot and came across several ?very difficult? rooms. On occasion I have had my entire party wiped out too!

The game however is very linear ? you begin on your farm and follow one route to the end of the game. There occasionally small side quests, but on the whole there is just one main route to follow. This is unlike games like Might and Magic 8 where the land is huge and you can walk anywhere.

There is the usual array of weapons, armour and objects to gather from the bodies of slain monsters or from chests. I recommend buying a pack mule (or 2) as early as you can, as there are a lot of items to pickup and the mule has the capacity of 4 people of more.

It takes a lot to impress me these days with a game, but Dungeon Siege has got
my vote ? and 30 hours so far of my play. While the linear nature of the game does limit it, if I take a break for a week or 2, I will be able to pickup where I left off. Often in other games after a few weeks I?ve forgotten where I?ve been and it?s difficult and disheartening to get back in it.

I hope this has helped!

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