Product Description

Amazon.com Preview Chris Taylor, the man behind the smash-hit, 3-D, real-time strategy game Total Annihilation, designed Dungeon Siege to be as gamer-friendly as possible. Taylor's philosophy focuses on fun, and he aims to eliminate the annoyances found in most role-playing games. For example, when you pick up an object in Dungeon Siege, your inventory rearranges itself to fit the item efficiently--you don't have to move your stuff around manually. If you are wounded and drink a healing potion, you only drink as much as it takes to get you back to full health--not the entire potion. If you buy an item from a shopkeeper only to discover that you can't use it, the shopkeeper will take it back and give you a full refund--not merely half. Other player-friendly features include a skill-based character system that lets you develop however you want (as opposed to locking you into a single character class), a pack mule to haul gear, and useful non-playing-character party members. Even the gorgeous graphics are player-friendly: the game transitions smoothly from huge outdoor environments to claustrophobic indoor dungeons in real time. There are no loading screens, no pauses in the action. Take away inventory wrangling, lame shopkeepers, limited storage space, hunting for dropped loot, and loading screens, and what's left? Pure RPG goodness. Relieved of the baggage found in most RPGs, the player can focus on exploring, fighting, working with party members, character advancement, and experiencing the classic tale of a farm kid's quest for glory. --Mike Fehlauer Product Description Plunges players into a gigantic, continuous 3D fantasy world where they adventure to discover what evil has befallen the land. Start with a single character, then travel through the world, gathering a party of up to 10 different characters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #198299 in Consumer Electronics

Features

• As you travel to see the world, your Character will learn new skills and start on the path of the warrior
• Travel with a fully-customizable party with up to 8 characters -- it's up to you to lead them into battle against monsters and marauders
• Simple but engaging gameplay that lets you choose your own path - Fight for the sake of action, or just collect treasure until you're wealthy
• Gigantic, continuous 3D world immerses you into fantastic gameplay, through enormous castles and secret underground lairs
• Support for 8-person multiplayer through a LAN or Internet connection

Customer Reviews

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Well, This game is not only an awesome RPG, but it has veeeery good graphics. Its also very organized and you can use cheats.

AN EXCELLENT ACTION-cRPG!
This is an action cRPG that came out after DIABLO II and just before NEVERWINTER NIGHTS. And it blew both of them out of the water!

Not as deep as NWN, yet the story engaged you enough to make it more than a hack'n'slash. Not as dark as DIABLO II, yet blood fever will take hold of you once in battle. A number of innovative ideas made DUNGEON SIEGE a unique experience: the cinematic perspective, the original characters (who thought up...machine-gun shooting medieval robots!), the fighting-back pack-mule...
At the same time, both the enemies' and your company members' AI is well above par.

Graphically, this is a 4 year game yet it plays much smoother and it has further horizons than most cRPGs today. Even if, to any true cRPG fun, graphics is not everything (otherwise DAWN OF MAGIC would have been considered a great game), DUNGEON SIEGE is found wanting in nothing when it comes to graphics. Not until TITAN QUEST got released could any cRPG hold a candle to DUNGEON SIEGE! Tress and grass move as you pass by, water ripples as you step into it and wakes as you walk through it. Everything worn or wielded appears on the character; whereas, magic spells are not shabby at all.

The game also sports a GREAT CAMERA PLACEMENT (zoom capable and totally customizable) and has one of the BEST SOUNDTRACKS - the theme music will stay with you as the appropriate theme for any epic battles in the future.

Those of you who were (rightfully) disappointed with the truly bad and much shorter DUNGEON SIEGE 2 (I still cannot fathom how they managed to botch that one!), keep in mind that it has only skin-deep similarities to its predecessor. This is the one to buy!

At this price, it is a great deal too - and you will enjoy it more than most latest games!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!