Wizards & Warriors

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Customer Reviews:

Run of the mill [Posted on 2002-09-05]
Ok, as most of the other reviews say, the graphics are average 3D environments and the characters have average voice acting, but there are a few additional points I'd like to make.

The good points are as follows:

1. I was amazed by the little details in the game such as the way objects could be crushed by moving doors or lifts etc.

2. Each dungeon has LOTS to do, with far more than just straight forward find object/kill monsters objectives.

3. Apart from shop keepers and guild members, every other character is voice acted.

4. There is a clear sense of adventure right from the start.

The bad points are as follows:

1. What do you want to see when you enter a city in an RPG? You want to see people walking about - doing their own things, so you can approach them and speak to them etc. NONE of that here. You get a static screen that you can scroll left or right so you can choose which building you wish to enter. You cannot explore the buildings.

2. To complete any dungeon you have to be: psychic and unusually patient. There is no explanation anywhere on how to do things within the dungeon. For example: to do the 2nd dungeon you have to find 5 snake figurines scattered throughout the dungeon (one which is carried by a monkey that you let out of a cage), a coin which you have to get from killing a disciple (which you then place in a snake head to get some incense), place the monkey figurines on some bookshelves (why I don't know), get the revealed wand, go to a pyre, throw on the incense cast the magic wand, say some lines from some book you found randomly and then kill the serpent that appears. Now believe me, to get these things you have to go through much torture.

If you wish to see how convoluted and sprawling these dungeons are just check out a walkthough on the internet!

3. There is no background to this game. There is no feeling of history. It's just a bunch of dungeons that you have to access through windy paths. Difficult dungeons.

Now I am not a negative person when it comes to games, in fact I was willing to put up with Daggerfall's hiccups to enjoy it. But that game was filled with interest, whereas this game isn't.

If you want an amazing RPG experience play Morrowind. By a new PC just to play on it. It is so much better than anything else of this ilk.

David [Posted on 2003-06-06]
This game was very addicting and fun. Some of the voices are done really well! The graphics are pretty good for an older game and you can go up to 1024 x 768 resolution with it. The monster animations are done rather well and there are lots of quests to do. You can join guilds and change your charater class whenever you want. The spell effects are good too. My favorite is the Firestorm and Tornado. The sound and music are done well too. It even has positional sound with a four or more speaker setup. I enjoyed the ending movie, becuase it was totaly unsuspected. For a three year old game, this game still holds its own!

David [Posted on 2003-06-06]
This game was very addicting and fun. Some of the voices are done really well! The graphics are pretty good for an older game and you can go up to 1024 x 768 resolution with it. The monster animations are done rather well and there are lots of quests to do. You can join guilds and change your charater class whenever you want. The spell effects are good too. My favorite is the Firestorm and Tornado. The sound and music are done well too. It even has positional sound with a four or more speaker setup. I enjoyed the ending movie, becuase it was totaly unsuspected. For a three year old game, this game still holds its own!

Return to the Golden Days of Gaming [Posted on 2007-05-07]
I've read a lot of mixed reviews on this product. For those of us that have
been gaming for more than 20 years, it's a real find. First up, it's NOT new. It's dated and reeks of those 90s games that we find in a bin at Best Buy for $2.

Once you crank it up, the fun starts. It's a very open ended game like Morrowind. You can follow your given quests or just explore vast areas and be your own boss.

Character creating is a hoot. If you're a guy, load up your band with female characters. Reverse that if you're a gal. You can even pick a character that looks like Ganesh. lol.

I've seen the complaints about the point-and-click method for entering buildings. That's not really relevant. The fun takes place when you LEAVE the town(s).

Like Dungeon Siege, make sure you have some members of your team with distance weapons and/or spells. Your warriors will go down fast without them.

Skip the online manual and directions and just dive in.

It's a hellova lot of entertainment for an older game.

Okay, I'm ready for all of the dissing now. : >

Pretty Good [Posted on 2007-06-28]
I was attracted to this game because it was by the same people that did the Wizardry series. I was not disappointed.

While not quite as much fun as say Wizardry 8, this was still a pretty good game and I played it all the way to the end. I liked the first person party based perspective and liked that it was open ended like all the best games. Highly recommended.

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