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If you play it for 15 minutes --- it's over.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you play this game for 15 minutes, (and a tryout version is probably sitting on your new computer right now), you will want to keep playing until you beat it and probably well beyond that. Ridiculously easy to get into but enough there to keep the interest of even an seasoned gamer. A casual guilty pleasure, I guess, in that it's not complex in the least.

Even so, most gamers will be sucked in by it's well thought out character building system. The player will make careful and satisfying investments in building up a character and in strengthening his/her equipment. This basic RPG element will become your obsession --- or your Fate, if you will.

Four different skill levels will make this accessible for almost everyone while the random levels will make the game a bit different each time out.

If you do decide to play make sure to download the free update pack to get even more options in weapons, armour, etc.

The Final Judgement: It's a good late-night-casual-laptop-while-you-watch-TV game.

Addictive

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is for gamers have a lot of time on their hands. It is very time consuming due to the amount of levels that you have to complete, and it's hard to leave. Only buy this if you've got the time to play it.

Fate

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am an avid fan of Sword & Sorcery games. This is one of the better ones that I have played receintly. It is enjoyable for young and old alike

Pc game Fate

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My son really enjoys this game. over all it is a good game

Fun Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game includes a pet. You can choose a cat or a dog. This pet performs errands for you and fights enemies for you. You can feed your pet fish which transforms it into a more powerful entity for a short period of time.

Fun premise....

Not bad for the bucks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Considering the price, this game is not bad. If you're a serious gamer it probably won't be a challenge except at the legendary level. Just accumulate strength points and critical strike skills and be sure to invest in good armor an a weapon with high hit points. I like it because you get to have a dog for a companion and there are times when you can go fishing. What more can you ask for under $20

this game is so addictive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This games is so much fun and I cannot stop playing this game and it is great for anyone who wants a great pc video game.

A Great Diablo clone

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great Diablo I clone, an isometric, top down, mouse driven, hack and slash dungeon crawl, very similar to Darkstone. There's no pretense here, no plot, no story line, so far no cut scenes, just your character and his(or her) pet drilling down deeper and deeper and deeper into the dungeon. I passed on this game dozens of times thinking it would be boring and repetitive. It's not. It's addictive, fun and relaxing, it doesn't take itself seriously, somewhere it's become an RPG paradigm that a good RPG has to be dark and grim and gloomy. This game is light and cheerful and friendly. There's very little blood and gore, there's no tough broad busting out of her skin tight skimpy outfit making wisecracks, and there are no long pretentious speeches by the NPCs. The graphics look great without needing to buy a new computer or losing your mind trying to patch and configure. Pop the disc in, install and start playing. Twelve or fourteen hours later you'll still be eagerly waiting to see what's around the next corner with a smile on your face. I can't explain why, this game simply works on a lot of levels, pure and simple hack and slash, dungeons and dragons, sword and sorcery fun. Try it, you'll like it.

CHOOSE YOUR FATE!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is the ultimate best! I mean, who wouldn't want this product? It is totally filled with adventure!You can even go fishing. There are only a few issues with this game.

#1:The beasts past level 9 in the dugeons are SUPER hard to defeat.

p.s.I faced a yeti once, I died about 3 times before killing it.Oh yeah, and I was using the summon rats spell and I transformed my pet to help me.And I still died a lot.

#2:Almost the whole game is go to the dungeons and do this and go to the dungeons and do that.

Those are the only issues with the game.Oh yeah, and one more thing."Never, ever, never, ever, EVER!!!!" get too addicted to this game. Trust me!By the way, don't be bothered by the controls. Or....Yeah, that's right this game has blood.The whole game is mostly killing stuff. Have fun playing Fate.

Great time-waster.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This review is written from the perspective of a non-gamer. I bought a new computer and a trial version of "Fate" was included. I enjoyed playing it moreso than any other game I've tried, so I bought my own copy. Great marketing.

Basically, you create a character by choosing one of four levels of difficulty (I began with "Page", translation: "Beginner".) You then choose how your character looks, give yourself a name, choose a dog or cat for a companion complete with name, and then you begin your journey around the small town of Grove. The town includes merchants that sell you their wares such as healing potions, portals, armaments, etc.

At the edge of town is a large gate leading to the Dungeon, where you earn ever higher levels of skill, experience points (allowing you to increase your skills and to direct your style of play based upon four aspects of warfare: Strength, Dexterity, Vitality, Magic), and gold which once enough is earned, allows you to buy better equipment so that you can take on stronger monsters on lower levels of the Dungeon, etc., etc.

The concept is simple and consequently, the game is very easy to play. I began playing without reading the instructions and very quickly understood most of what goes on. The game offers tips (which you can turn off) which are helpful such as "Pressing CTRL allows you to run" and the like. Still, once I gained some experience with the game, I did read the instructions and found more specific information re. strategy.

The game's graphics are its strong suit and it's beautiful to look at. Everything is rendered beautifully down to the smallest detail such as the inner framing of a house, the grass, and the way the monsters react when various attack spells are lobbed against them. For example, I enjoy using the Defensive Blast spell when I'm being mobbed by 7 or 8 monsters and they react as if they indeed had been blasted by huge burst of air -- the hair on the rats is flattened, skeletons skid back on their heels, etc. It's very impressive.

Playing the game is as easy a point-and-click, with some pressing of other keys at certain important moments such as when you need to replenish your health (which is often). It's mostly intuitive, but I found some of the shortcuts absolutely necessary once I got below about Level 20 in the Dungeon -- you simply cannot drag and drop when you're being attacked from all sides and your pet is fleeing battle because it's health has been completely spent.

As enjoyable as it is, the game isn't perfect (and again, these criticisms are from a non-gamer). The game includes a narrator whose voice explains what's going on such as "Your pet is fleeing" and "You are overburdened" (when you're trying to add a weapon to your pack when it's already full). Unfortunately, you cannot turn off this feature and this becomes so annoying after just several sessions that I simply turned off the game's sound and listened to music. This is a shame because much of the audio of the game such as its music and sound effects are admirable and were produced by an obviously talented team.

Another irritating feature is the pet. At first, it's a cute to watch your dog run around and wag its tail, always eager to please. The pet is able to pick up items and run off to town, sell the items, and return with an empty pack and with gold -- all while you're continuing to do battle with the Dungeon's finest. However, constantly sending the pet to town became necessary because it also runs ahead of you and starts attacking the nearest monster. I appreciate the help of such a willing beast, but if you ever want to mount a surprise attack (which is very much to your advantage in this game -- the monsters hide around corners and wait 'til you're walking by, so I like to try to do the same), forget it; your pet will prevent you from ever doing anything of the kind unless you send it to town all the time. Although the pet's skills also improve over time, he/she is never up to mounting a serious attack on any except the most pedestrian monsters. Thus, you're constantly having to babysit your pet with far too frequent draughts of health and antidote potions. This is a real annoyance, but unfortunately, you cannot leave your pet at home.

The game has developed some strange behavior. At one point on Level 3, a wooden weapon rack is located in a rather tight tunnel and although I was able to pass by to the end of the dead-end, returning I could not pass and had to save/end the game then restart it. Soon after, my pet refused to pick up any items and I had to drag and drop them in from my pack. This problem fixed itself. I noticed that my character has developed a limp, walking in a jerky manner and when I noticed that some of the monsters were doing the same, I considered uninstalling/reinstalling, but then I would likely lose all my established data. I have learned to live with it, but it's very annoying.

The game is fun, but after a while, it's repetitive and soon grows tiresome. I know there are folks out there who have dived the Dungeon to levels in the thousands, but I doubt I will continue to play far beyond the 51 needed to win and retire my character. (I've retired one so far and am now playing with a descendant.) With an easy concept and great-looking graphics and action, it's sure to please many casual gamers. But the development of rendering errors that make the characters jerk around and the lack of options that allow players to mute the narration and leave the pet back in town make for annoyances that are significant.

Four stars is generous.

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