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simply the best!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: January 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this games is simply the best despite it's problems with crashes if you don't have a decent system or UPGRADES!!!
i wish more games would be turn based like this one, they could be so much better, you know what each player can do and have them do it, unlike balders gate, or icewinfdale 1 or 2 where they all are going at once and can't keep track of them.
i hope more come out like pool of radiance, i hope they do a part 2 and do it the same way.. if you like to take your time and play you will love this game..

Great D&D Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 17
Date: October 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love this game - it's much better (in my opinion) than the Baldur's Gate seriers and is much more like playing real D&D.
Don't believe the bad reviews - it's a ton of fun & also challenging - you have to develop your characters & experience is gradual, just like in real D&D.

I can't stop playing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: January 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't know what these people who are being so negative are playing. I loved the original one (in EGA graphics), and I've been a fan of RPGs since Ultima I on the Apple IIe. I'm not easy to please in RPGs, but I give the game 5 stars because:

1. It's a lot of fun to play
2. There is so much to explore and conquer.
3. The graphics are awesome, the sound is too

I could write more and address some of the negative comments, but for ... the game speaks for itself! I bought it at the mall for ... You have to buy the guide, though, to keep yourself sane.

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor Rocks!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: October 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wow! how do you compete with all the other reviews..I REALLY don't think that the game is that bad.. While I admit that it has some technical bugs to it..can only install on the C:\drive.. etc..(which is fixed) I think that they did a FANTASTIC job on making this considering that they had to switch right in the middle of making it from 2E to 3E.. I undestand that they came may be missing some of the classes, feats, and other things, but remember to switch and code the game for release in midstream would be damn near impossible, but they did it.. on to the excellent stuff.....

POR has got to be one of the most visually stunning games yet. I have played BG1/II, Icewind, Diablo, etc.. while all of those game are good graphics wise. I would have to say that they did 10x better with POR. the graphics are so 3D, where in the others it felt very linear..

I read that one person commented about walking everywhere. number 1- you are an adventurer, you don't get a car..
number 2- push the F1 key while your playing.... it will bring up the menu of options.. SO YOU CAN RUN! just read the book.. seriously the interface is fresh, not the same cookie cutter approach that all the other games use.

I would say that this is an EXCELLENT game and they have made an excellent start to making a really good series. If they keep at it and fix the little things that all the people are saying are wrong.. they can bring all these people back...

As for me, Lvl 3 party.. and still going strong

Regardless of Bugs --- This game ROCKS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 12
Date: October 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I purchase POR: Ruins of Myth Drannor the day it came out and I've played it for several days. As with a lot of games, when they first come out, there are some bugs with it. I've experienced, from time to time, not being able to attack in combat after loading a saved game. Ubi Soft is currently working on 'patches' for this bug as well as others that have been reported. It can be frustrating when encountering these situations, but this game is GREAT. Buy it!!! I'm ignoring a lot of the negative comments spreading around about this game. If you want to read what some dedicated gamers have to say about it join in on the 'forum' section and read some of the posts out there.

Don't Fear Change

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: October 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Don't buy this game if all you are looking for is another Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale. It isn't supposed to be like those games. It is similar to the original PoR. The action is slow, but you need to carefully think about the battles and strategize.

The graphics are awesome...HUGE improvement over the original. The interfaces take some getting used to, but they're pretty nice . They don't cover up the graphics. I'm not done yet, but I haven't seen any bugs, glitches, etc. and I'm not on any sort of ubercomputer.

Overall, it's a very fun game, just don't buy it with any expectations of what it was supposed to be. Very few things ever live up to their hype.

Ignore the bad reviews!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 24
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I dont know what everyone is complaining about. i love this game. graphics rock, sound is cool, new 3E DND rocks, i love the gameplay. only two downsides ive found. both minor. one- tehre is no gnome, whats with this? 2- sometimes tehre is this invisible bar through the screen that makes my guys invisible in that line, but this is bein fixed by the patch i think. i say, GO GET THIS GAME NOW. if you like dnd, this game is for you. tehre is even a DM. if you are looking for a diablo esque clone, this is not for you. if you liked BG, well then i dunno, i loved Bg and i love this too. so id say find a demo or soemthing. but I LOVED IT!!!

Awesome- long time coming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 15
Date: October 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Xylina, in the reviews section here has said it, if you were any kind of pen and paper D&D fan, this game is a must, expecially since you can tweak out the game play with what limited game options you have. I am running a home brewed system:
abit kt7-raid, tbird 800@950, 30gb WDCaviar/60GB wd caviar, 12x10x40 creative CDRW/pioneer 16x10x40 DVD, 256 MB pc133, 64MB geforce pro/GTS and the game runs beautifully when I disable FSAA in the control panel. These other mucks out there who are whining need to learn how to use a computer before they think they can game

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Get past the issues and have fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: November 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have had no problems with the game on the V1.2 patch. I am running it on Window XP without any issues. The game has some quirks that you need to get used to but it is fun. I was hooked after playing 1/2 an hour.

Gameplay lacking but entertaining

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 29
Date: October 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I must have been lucky so far...I haven't suffered the crashes and installation horror stories I've been reading about.

Like most people, I have been looking forward to the first 3E D&D rules-based game... While I'm not crestfallen after having played the game for a day, I'm not blown away or very impressed. Character generation is a bore...while I almost agree with a point-based stat generator (keeps you from sitting there for an hour trying to get 3 or 4 '18s'), the lack of customizing in terms of feats and skills takes away the great versatility of the new rules. Why would my Monk need the Iron Will feat of all the other good ones available? The set skills are okay, considering that in most of these types of games you're only going to use certain ones anyway...at least you can multiclass...

Combat is tedious and the game lacks a decent hotkey system despite being able to map character actions to the F2-F12 keys and selecting options in combat is a frustrating affair... I'm really surprised that after all the complaints about movement in Baldur's Gate, ANOTHER D&D game would come out where you can't move directly and quickly from one explored area to another...there is absolutely no reason that you should have to walk ALL THE WAY BACK after exploring an area. This just wastes your time and makes exploring the huge dungeons more of a pain.

The writing is okay and the story is just like all other "role-playing" games out there...GO GET THE THING. GO GET THE OTHER THING. BRING THE THING BACK TO ME. KILL THE THING...and so on, ad nauseum.

I give the game 4 stars, reluctantly, because it is the first 3E game and from what I understand, they switched engines mid-development. But I'm appalled at the installation horrors that I've heard about, companies should be ashamed to do that to people.

With all its problems, I'm still enjoying the game, despite the poor interface and geologic level-advancement (nothing is worse than fighting for your life and gaining negligible experience). Perhaps with some patches the gameplay will improve and give this game some more credibility.

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