Restricted Area

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $4.50

Features:

• Complex roleplaying system - Each character has access to unique and misc. skills -- 750 in all
• Incredible visual effects for dynamic lights and shadows, rain, fog, smoke, dust, fire, water, explosions and reflections
• Dynamic dialogues adapted to the situation and the player's actions
• Unlimited computer generated subquests and levels
• Cutting-edge combat system for fast-paced action with shooter elements and adaptive environments

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine	Zonealarm Internet Security Suite [Old Version]

Customer Reviews:

Action with an RPG Flair [Posted on 2005-06-03]
Restricted Area reminds me of Diablo meets Bladerunner.The gameplay is very fast and fun and there havent been many decent RPG's in a while. The dark futuristic theme reminds me of Blade Runner, with a mix of the Fallout series and the graphics and gameplay are much like Diablo 2 one of my favorite games of all time. It's got Guns and roleplay and stats and levels, and all kids of terrain to explore and items to play with.

I would highly recommend this title to anyone looking for a fast paced,action oreinted RPG !

very good game [Posted on 2005-09-01]
This game is a cross between diablo and an old sega game shadowrun (the sega version not super nintendo version which sucked) i have been looking forward to a game like this for a long time. The only thing i had a problem with was the aiming in diablo it was ok to get close and personal. Here your spending most of your time running back take a shot, run take a shot, but after you level up a couple of times and get some upgrades your a one shot one kill maniac

Very Boring and repetative - like most "rpgs" today that lack story [Posted on 2005-09-18]
Ever since the fall of Interplay and the need for companies to make more money by pushing MMOGs (Massive multiplayer online Games like EverCrack and WoW - which are basically hack and slash without much story development) Long gone are the days it seems of the great games like Baulder's Gate, The Fallout Series and the last great RPG with an intriging story line that you can actually controll... Arcanum. The developement of true in-depth addictive and immersive RPGs are pretty much fizzeled out. This game without a doubt is no exception to the rule. If you are a lack-luster individual that finds the repetion of hack-and-slash reminisent of the early days of maze-style games that forced a linear path of play which were fine for the time 16 years ago, then I suppose this would be ok. Obviously a complete copy of Diablo only in (near?) futuristic times - there is no way of completing task alternately, you face the same monsters only with stronger abilities each mind numbing level after level of the same ineviable end. I don't know what else to say - this isn't an RPG... and I havn't seen one for quite a while. It's like most games today that are looking for a quick buck without much developement spent on those that are looking for the true control over your destination game that don't limit the exploritive nature and who thrive on the anticipation of new things or story developement. Nope, this game you know you go down to the next predetermined maze with a bunch of creatures that look and do the same limited things and kill as much as possible only to do the same for the next predetermined maze. I got bored quickly, and around character level 17 I abandoned the game and actually took interest (which is hard for me and I never have done before) in my programing classes... maybe some day I'll be able help create a "true" RPG again.

Restricted Area [Posted on 2006-08-09]
Very good game. Takes awhile to get the right controls. Great Price and terrific graphics. Well worth purchasing.

A Bad Diablo Clone Set In A Blade Runner World [Posted on 2007-03-25]
Restricted Area is a Diablo clone set in a blade runner world which it doesn't pull off well. It's fluid as concrete, balanced as a drunk, and the story and characters are so cliche it makes Saturday Morning Cartoons look like Shakespeare.

The gameplay is standard Diablo fare but unlike Blizzard it isn't done well. Leveling isn't balanced, often times the PC is fighting things that are way tougher than the player. To finish this game I had to use cheats. The box says that are many ways to develop your character but basically it adds to the repetitive tiering nature of this game.

There are four PC characters that you can choose. Three of them are basically stereotypes. It makes me wonder what the game director was thinking. One of them is basically a big white guy with black glasses, all black clothing and a big gun, and another is an Asian male with a big sword and no shirt.

The story is bland and mostly told through CGI work. And it's basically the same no matter what character the player chooses.

Another deterrent to playing this game is that it requires Starforce to be installed on your computer. If I were the developer I wouldn't have bothered. It's that bad.

Pass on this one.

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