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Beta Tester that loves this Game!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was one of the lucky few that had the chance to Beta test the multiplayer the last couple of days, and this game is amazing, as I can't stop playing it. It is definately going to be a hit. The world is huge and rich with Japanese mythology, and the monsters come at you with realistic AI. Throne of Darkness is best game Sierra has put out since Half Life and I am buying it for sure.

Pretty good but true RPGs are better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Pretty good, but more plot and a more complex game would be better. There is no depth it is just kill people who attack. You can only control one person in your group at a time a major weak point.

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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 29
Date: September 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have NEVER played this game, but if you like your characters played by a computer and not have the ability to plan your battles, by all means get this game. I hated Dark Stone and Vampire because of this horrible feature and died repeatedly.

So so.....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

You move from one place to another (Zzzzzzz). The combat takes place too rapidly to interact with. I like the Japanese influence but gameplay is rather boring. You move your guys.. click on the enemy.. they kill them.. you move on. Whoopeee!
You're really better off saving your money unless you really like Japanese stuff. I'll give it three stars because the graphics don't suck.

Boring

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Just another Diablo clone with a twist, you get a whole bunch of characters. You can teleport them in and out of your dojo to the battlefield so they can heal or fight. I just couldn't get into it. Played it a few times, then put it away.

hmmm looks...interesting

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: July 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well i don't know what you like but this game would be great for me. Latly i have had a intrest in fuedal jappan (no realy!) and this game caut my eye. The gaming is much more plasible since 1)you use plays to comand team mattes instead of some odd phycic ability to to choose tier actions for them hence you use leadership skills 2)your weopons wear out like in real life 3)Is bassed on mit rather than some imployese's bad dream or something 4)millions of other tid bits So why 4 stars? well the game looks ether short or repedative and rather costly, plus i gtta bad feeling that the makers will incorparate some over-graphic violence making the game M and discuraging some people who would love this game(you know wo you are).

Bring a book!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Okay, perhaps I'm a tiny bit spoiled by having played all of the Baldur's Gate titles, expansions, etc., but I found this game to be really, REALLY slow. I often found myself reading while the daimyo healed my characters. The characters would be healed, then hacked to bits within 3 minutes, back to the daimyo to begin the cycle anew. Geez! I agree with a previous critique, the sorcerer is worthless. I do however, like the little dance he does when he dies! While creating new types of armor is slightly interesting, it really drags after a time.

I recently saw that Amazon now has this title is cheaper than what I paid for it.

I would rather play Diablo 2 expansion

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is not so great. You start off in a shrine room and have to work your way through the other three clans citadels. This game did not have a very good plot to it and they even showed you the trail at which you must travel on to get to the next area which i found too easy for my liking. Once you get to the last citadel you have to fight the last boss which proved to be very simple. I found that the only character that is good is the swordsman, the other characters die to fast and i am very unhappy with that. They made the swordsman so weak taht u can barely even play with him cause you dies so much. It can be fun making and customizing new items but it gets boring after a short amount of time actually. The graphics are pretty clear but cartoonish and the videos in this game are very entertaining to watch because they are so bad. I looked forward to playing this game and the first time i played it i found it to be a waste of time and money. Do not be fooled by the way this game sounds it is not great and doesn't even deserve 3 stars.I woudl reccomend Diablo 2 Expansion over this title any day.

sweet 10 dollar game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

not a lot of one-year old games that are 10 dollars are really any good. however Throne of Darkness is obviously an exception.

graphics: my computer is an AMD K6-2 350 MHz with 184 megs of RAM and an integrated graphics chipset that uses 8 mb of my system memory. if that makes you sick, believe it or not, ToD runs on it, so the system requirements are quite low, thus resulting in some "OK" graphics, but from that overhead view, no one really is paying attention that the Swordsman's arm. and the 800x600 resolution is only OK.

gameplay: gameplay is good after you find the priest and blacksmith. after you actually understand the system and all of the abbreviations of the item stats, then these guys are pretty cool. customizing armor and weapons with found items (usually from higher level enemies) is pretty cool and sacrificing old items for spell points lightens your load. you really gotta keep all of your characters (7 of them) on the same level. I have a level 25 ninja, and a level 2 wizard. and the spell system is a bit weird. my ninja has a level 15 spell that supposedly does i think like 175-200 earth damage but does nothing to some of the "bosses" of the mountain citadel (the last "level" i think) and also it gets really difficult in the last citadel, and because of my slow computer i keep crapping up in the place, but i can go to other places to level up.

Sound: music is pretty good and the japanese yells are a bit funny.

overall, buy it! its ten bucks, and if you don't like it, big deal. are you going to buy 10 candy bars instead? you will probably enjoy ToD much more!

Samurai says: Great Game...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Throne of Darkness is quite an addictive game. If you check the reviews it has received you might notice that there hasn't been too much buzz or hype about this game. This is unfortunate because Throne is really a great game. I have found myself tied to the monitor early mornings before work trying to move my seven (only four at any given time) samurai warriors towards Tsunaioshi the dark warlord.

The graphics are truly beautiful. Set if feudal Japan the gamer must choose a clan with which he/she will set out on a journey that utilizes a gameplay quite similar to that of Diablo. There is a slight learning curve to this game, as it can become quite troublesome controlling the different abilities of four warriors at a time, not to mention monitoring their equipment/armor status for repairs. All in all this does not detract from a challenging and involving gaming experience.

...... is currently offering this gem for a meager [amt] which is a blowout price that should not be looked over. This game is guaranteed to provide hours of fun and frustration.

Enjoy,

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