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Nice concept but too short and too many bugs

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the idea of a D&D RTS so I bought Dragonshard as soon as it came out. It was definitely not one of the better game purchases I have made.
First off there are way too many bugs in the game. From small things like items disappearing from saved games, to characters being invisible with some video cards, to my personal favorite: Occasionally the game crashes when you try to save the game at which time it corrupts all your save games. According to the Atari Dragonshard website these are all known bugs that will be addressed in the next patch. Unfortunately they can not even give an estimate of when this patch will be ready.
Even if the bugs don't bother you the length of the game definitely should. I was able to finish the campaign in 8 hrs. For around $50 I expected a game that would at least keep me entertained for a week or two, not just a single weekend. I know that there is multiplayer, but once again that is extremely buggy and if you check the Atari forum you will find dozens of posts from people concerning multiplayer issues. Once again Atari has responded by saying they are working on addressing the issues but they do not give a time table.
I would recommend Age of Empires 3 or any of the other great RTS games that are currently on the market over this game. Unless of course you like paying $50 for 8 hours of game play and for doing Atari's beta testing for them.

This Game [...]

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: December 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because of all the hype and because I am a big d@D/ eberron fan but i feel ript off by this game [...] The game has multiple flaws, Graphics continue to go out aloot in this game and as a straagy game it is the weakest yet, It does have good graphics when it doesn't glitch out on you and the some of the character concepts are cool but that doesn't compare to the hight price tag, wait for this to go down to a $1.00 or if some on just gives it to you,Point Blank THIS GAME IS LAME,LAME,LAME!

Not that fun.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: May 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Poor graphics, long load times... an Age of Empire's knock off with poor graphics. All your characters look the same.

Not very fun or impressive. Save yourself some frustration and get a NEWER game :)

Grade: F-

Absolute Crap

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Atari should be sued for putting the Dungeons and Dragons name on this product. If you want a roleplaying game look elsewhere. If you are tired of Warcraft 3 this is not the game to replace it.

FROZEN IN TIME

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Game is frozen most of the time. You get maybe 5 minutes of playtime per hour, the rest is spent waiting for game to unfreeze.

I can't play this game. It always reboot my WindowsXP by force.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: March 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is my worst game. This game disgusts me very much.
I try to execute the latest patch, but not improved.
I think it has the possibility to exert immeasurable damage to WindowsXP.
Of cource I know that others can play this game with no problem.
However, it is how much, it is strange to become such trouble.
This game is my first game that is reboot WindowsXP by force.

I want to return it possibly. Pay back my money.

We hardly knew you...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: February 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was really excited to play this game. Imagine a realtime experience in the D&D world. I couldnt wait to get it on my pc and start playing for months, right? Wrong! I had all the required specifications on my pc, the game loaded just fine but, it will not launch. Woe is me... No fun at all. Back to Neverwinter Nights for its endless expansions and flawless plotlines. Eberron just doesnt feel right after this!

Aweful game, a mix of the worst things from several genre.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 31
Date: September 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game takes some of the things we hate from most RTS games, all of the things we hate from DND hack and slash games, and piles them up into one product. Then if that wasn't enough, they throw in some of the most obnoxious micromanagement ever concieved.. Can you imagine having to control all of your resource farmers every second of a game? Imagine no more, you have to in this game!

This one is best totally avoided, it is a poor production overall, does nothing new and innovative, and rips off a ton of ideas from other games - usually bad ideas.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: October 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Just got this game, installed it, downloaded the patch, and began play. Here is my quick review:

Pros
1. It's fun when it works.
2. Graphics are kind of cool.
3. Using above ground for RTS and underground for RPG is a unique idea.

Cons
1. Three factions and two very short campaigns (which use only two factions. the third is usable only in skirmish or multiplayer)
2. Even after the update there are too many crashes. Lots of threads about it in the forums on the company website.
3. Not enough character races, creatures, upgrades, etc. The way the population limit works kind of sucks.
4. You get premade champions and you don't get to create your own (so much for the RPG aspect of the game).
5. Gold through dungeoneering and taxation is interesting, but you have to wait...and wait...and wait for gold from taxes once you've gotten all the gold from the dungeons.

If you really want this game, don't spend more than $20 on this game.

until it is heavily patched, not worth the cost

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: October 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I can see this sinking to budget price soon, so if you must play it just wait. I will say, I loved Liquid Entertainment's Battle Realms, it was one of the most underrated RTS games that had a great feel to it with some refreshing gameplay (renewable resources being the big one).

This game on the other hand lacks many things that would make it a great RTS (and even more too given it's RPG hybrid tag). Unit control and pathing are pretty poor. The online community is just not there, and since it is run through gamespy, stability is in question. Strange things that were in the demo like running in LCD standard res are not in the retail.

The game setting of Eberron is fairly weak. If I was 12 I might find it fantastical but now I find it derrivative. That being said, this game is D&D in name only. No system in the game is remotely taken in to the game... you cannot even level your heroes in the campaign mode except with items. Granted... the creatures and set dressing are D&D flavored.

The campaign single player mode is also very silly. It goes from slightly challenging and fun to just impossible as the computer AI has more units than you could possibly ever get, and roams around collecting all the resources.

Underneath all this mess is mostly an appealing RTS. It does not do anything particularly inventive but is not all that horrible. One major complaint is the micromanagment of collecting "shards". You have to keep assigning units to do it. Be nice if you could set one unit to just auto-collect in an area.

I hope a patch comes along to stablizes the multiplayer and perhaps improve the single player game, but I am sure they are long down the road if at all. Liquid's Battle Realms took 3 patches before the online play was tolerable, and they were about several months apart.

So perhaps with a strong patch this is worth getting, otherwise, wait for the bargin rack when you have nothing else to do.

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