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Fun, but you should still stay away

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: November 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As a long time RPG fan, I found this game great. It reminded me of many great games I had played in the past. The graphics are sub-par to the current standards, but the gameplay is fun. Unfortunately, I must recommend everyone away from this game simply due to the number of bugs. Yes, there are the crash-to-windows bugs, the plot-necessary items not showing up correctly, and so forth, but more than that are the game killers. I played for about an hour and a half building my character and exploring the game only to have all my saves (from about the last 30 minutes) become corrupt, twice. I checked for patches, but the US version is considered up to date and all patches are for earlier European versions. Actually, only the german version can apply the latest patch, which came out early in 2006. After tranlating and attempting to read work-arounds to the several known game killing bugs in the German forums, I gave it another shot. Yet even following all the listed advice, my saved game were corrupted. Hence, a long rant about a fun, but not really playable game.

Under-Rated...This is not 'Neverwinter Nights', nor is it 'Dungeon Siege'......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: October 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've read a few reviews on this game across the WEB before i purchased it and i have to say, in my OPINION (and it's my opinion only) that this game got some unfair ratings right out of the starting gate. First of all, if your'e looking for another 'Neverwinter Night's' or 'Dungeon Siege' clone...keep looking. This game has a completely different (yet OLD STYLE) turned-based combat system...sort of like playing a console RPG on the PC. If you enjoy console RPG's ( as i do), you'll enjoy this game and the latter won't bother you in the least bit. The graphics are nicely done and the story-although not top notch, but it's original, which is a breath of fresh air in these days. Let's face it PC RPG's with an original storyline is a rarity, especially with game companies each trying to out-do each other to see just how much Graphic power they can crunch out and making the story an after-thought. With the exception being games such as Morrowind-"Oblivion"...Oh course,but games like 'Oblivion' are too far and in between. Then why only 4STARS as an over-all rating? Well, just like the many other games that are created by companies such as this, it has it's MANY bugs. Over-seas game developers have always had there problems when trying to convert certain aspects of coding to run on U.S PC's,this goes all the way back to the OLD-'DOS' Days.But besides that and the fact that the controls are a wee bit slow in responding (this can get fustrating in the beginning), the game has some pretty playable and good qualities that will keep your intrest.I haven't downloaded the U.S patch for this game yet (I'M about half way thru it according to the faq i got from [...]), but i advise anyone who buys this game to go to [...] and link up to download the patch. I'm playing this one of my old PC's-a Dell Dimen.2400 w/ 1GB Ram-VisionTek Raedeon 9250 80gb HD and it plays fine. I dare not play certain games on my High-End PC due to bugs in certain games so i test them out first on the Dell. Any-Hoo,until ('NEVERWINTER NIGHTS 2','GOTHIC 3'&Might and Magic-'Dark Messiah'), try this one out. If anthing,it's original. F.Y.I-There is no official strategy guide for this game on any site that I've checked- so go to [...]. No strategy guide for a brand new game....WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?????-Darvius9

Good concept, but implementation falls flat

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: November 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game based solely on the description on the box. I expected a game that had a trailing camera with good graphics, interesting combat, and an engaging storyline. I came away disappointed.

The most disappointing aspect of the game is the combat engine. Instead of a realtime hand-to-hand combat system, combat is turn-based. This in itself is not a problem. However, when engaged in combat, the participants run forward, take a swing, and run back. They take turns doing this until someone drops. The whole scenario comes across almost like a game of turn-based bumper cars.

Another issue with combat is the unexpected encounters that occur. In the opening stages of the game, the character must wander about in the woods, and very frequently the travel is interrupted by a message to prepare for combat. Often, that there are enemies nearby is a surprise as they do not show until the battle is joined. This kind of encounter occurs throughout the game.

Combat is often imbalanced as well. It is too easy to die.

The dialog options are somewhat uninspired as well, and the main character frequently talks to herself when trying to interact with inanimate objects. This is disconcerting, if nothing else.

There are good and bad aspects to the graphics. The graphics engine itself is good, and the rendered graphical images are very pretty and inspiring. There is plenty of eye candy in this game for those that like pretty graphics and lots of detail. However, one aspect of the graphics that is frustrating is the changing camera perspective. It switches automatically from a side view to a top-down view depending on area transitions, and in the top-down view it is difficult to tell where the player is going and what is in the surrounding area.

The storyline itself is engaging, and the developer did a nice job with it. Some of the side quests leave much to be desired, though, so it is a mixed bag in terms of gameplay.

If I had to compare it to other games in the same general genre, I would describe it as a hybrid mix between Dungeon Siege and Arcanum. Unfortunately it borrows a little too heavily from Arcanum's pitfalls.

I came away disappointed with this title. It has some good ideas and concepts that have been incorporated into it, but the implementation of those ideas make it less than ideal. Some players may find this game to be a refreshing change from 1st-person style gaming, but I found it to be clunky and awkward. I would recommend this title only to those who want to explore the storyline and are not too concerned about the implementation.

Not what you'd expect

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game as a "waste a little time" game while traveling.
I immediately got a bad vibe when the install disc told me to insert disc 2 and then, quickly said I had the wrong disc in and I needed disc 1.
Once it installs, you are asked if you want to remap your keys (since a mouse is useless). I remapped the keys and it gave me an error screen, disregarded my personal settings, and defaulted back to it's original settings.
YOU CAN NOT REMAP KEYS ONCE YOU PLAY THE GAME. If you remap the keys on your next load, then start the game, your saves are lost.
YES, This is a BUGGY game. The European to AMerican English translation is a bit off as well. Voice acting is somewhat annoying too.
3-4 years ago, this would have been a great game.
Here is an example of the poor balance in gameplay.
You will see a monk on the map and approach him. He has 24 HP and you kill him pretty easily. You walk a few minutes and encounter another monk. This one is level 11 and has 150 HP and kills you with 2 hits before you can escape (run away from) the encounter.

I am a writer and was planning on submitting a story to Dreamcatcher but I have been frequently let down by the quality of their games. They are usually good-great stories with bad game graphics or controls.
SAVE FREQUENTLY!!!
I only reccommend this for people with older computers that have lots of patience.

I am partway thru this and may give up soon. This is only because I need to finish Oblivion and start Dark Messiah.

Crashes almost as much as it plays

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is good and I have patched it already but it still crashes back to windows so if you do play it save often, like after every battle. The graphics are ok but not great and the storyline is very good. I really doubt you will ever finish the game though as the crashes get boring after a while. But the price was right for this game and when it plays, it plays well.

Pretty Okay.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I went through this entire game, it was quite good. It starts off slow, and hits a few low points, but it picks it self back up, and gets the ball rolling towars the middle. Some of the first half is very confusing, and most of it is by your self, however, this will get you very good, very fast. The music gets a 5/5, because its ambient and has a nice effect through-out the game, the voice acting is terrible except for the main character and a few characters here and there. Graphics get a 3/5; they are probably about as good as some recent ps2 3d games, but nothing spectacular. Gameplay gets a 3/5 because its so slow at first. And your gernerally confused through the beggining. However it gets better with its Time Based System, and quickly becomes a stray and play game for any hard core to moderate player.

Never Ending Bugs

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is a bad mix of Hero's Quest and Final Fantisy and its riddles with bugs.

Nice little fun game hurt by bugs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

What you get in the box: Game CDs, CD sleeves, game map and a game book.

The kind of game: RPG with Adventure elements.

Graphics: The graphics are not up to speed with lots of other new games, but the graphics are nice to look at. Expect dated graphics, but nothing I can't personally handle. Good news is you can play this game on an older computer without problems.

Sound/Music: While I enjoy the sound and music in this game, it's quality varies during the game, from pretty good at times to just downright bad. The voices in the game sound nice to me, some accents are kind of funny to hear, but the main characters voice is nice on the ears. Every dialog in the game is spoken too. I really like the music in this game. Don't expect great tunes you'll be humming around, but the music is nice enough.

Control: This game can play a lot like an adventure game. Think King's Quest and other similar ones. You control a fairy with broken wings(that's just awesome). You move your main character around like in other adventure games. The view of your character can change from one place to the next. You have objects you can pick up and use on other things to solve a puzzle. You also have your main character who you level up with experience points from solving quests and killing bad guys. It's your typical type of RPG element, with a few "different" things.

Linear/Non-linear: The game is pretty linear, however you can choose to do things differently from the next person. For example, you can either make someone a friend, or kill them. When you talk to someone, you get several responses you can choose from. Some responses might be nice, others might be mean. The games story pretty much appears to be linear though.

Combat: The combat is pretty much like Final Fantasy. Combat is purely turn based, but you have a timer that counts down. How it works, is that you pick a combat move, or a spell, and wait for the timer to countdown before your character attacks the bad guys with it. Each move is different, and you can be faster depending on how "fast" your character is. You can "recruit" NPC's to join you, so you have more than one character in your party fighting. I find combat pretty fun. I was always a fan of turn based combat. No complaints in the combat part.

Storyline: Can't say much so not to spoil anything. But the story is something interesting enough, and I find it has it's charm that appeals to me. You are a young female fairy with broken wings, who just happens to be a pirate. Since this happens in the beginning, it won't spoil anything. You basically are a pirate with a crew. During the night, some other pirates take the gold, and your necklace. So your journey starts from there to find it.

My opinion: This is a wonderful game with a wonderful story. I am an old school PC gamer, who has been playing games since Zork. This game somehow takes me back to the older games, it really has a charm to it. The main thing about the game, is that I find it fun. It's a game that I am going to keep, and play at a later time. Hopefully a patch will be released for the game.

The only thing bad about this game in my eyes, is that it has game breaking bugs in it. They can be avoided easily enough though. For example, there is a bug where if you visit the tavern in Mildrew while the tobacco guy is in there BEFORE you get to the swamp, then an unfixable game breaking bug will occur. But if you wait to visit the tavern till after you get to the swamp, then you are okay. Yes, it is very bad, as I ended up getting this game crashing bug. What happens if this occurs, is every time you talk to this guy at the swamp, the game will crash every time.

That is the only bug I have encountered myself. Other than that bug and a few random crashes I experienced, the game ran well.

If you can get past the one big bug I experienced and maybe some other bugs I don't know about, and probably some crashes, I'd recommend this game if it sounds interesting to you. If you are wary, but still want the game, waiting for a patch would be a good thing to do. Good news is that the bug(s) are avoidable. Just don't get that one I got.

Great fun game hurt by some nasty bugs.

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