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Fun, much underrated.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 24 / 37
Date: September 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I was at the E3 expo in the summer, this was one of the few Xbox titles on display that was actually fun and felt like a console game. Which was suprising given that it was hidden away in a corner of the Microsoft booth. My impressions of it then was that Nightcaster isn't a totally original concept (it's a 3rd person shooter with some RPG elements thrown in), but it was a lot of fun once you got used to the controls, and it had pretty graphics as well.

This game sounds good!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 17
Date: January 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have seen many different commercials for this, and this looks like a game I want to get when it comes out( at the end of January). A third person game, like Azurik: Rise of Perithia, that uses spells and other magic! This game looks like an Xbox keeper!!

gauntlet style arcade RPG

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: January 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Got an opportunity to extensively play this game. I have a mixed reaction to it. On one hand, while the graphics aren't state-of-the-art, the environments are rather extensive and detailed. Each level has a massive amount of terrain to explore. Took me 4 hours plus just to explore one level. There's a wide range of spells from four different element schools that are each useful in some way from fireballs to runes that cause damage when creatures passed. The spell effects are pretty impressive. On the other side, this game is a bit arcadish to me. Most of the monsters are generated through these miniature portals that will pop out creatures left and right. It's too easy to have 10+ creatures swarming in on you while you're running around in circles a good amount of the adventure. At points in the game, it's really frustrating to be constantly assaulted by an endless supply of creatures popping out from these portals. Adding to this frustration is the save game system that only allows you to save your game in designated spots. During parts of the game, the distance between save points is long. Often times, these portals will be guarded by a lot of creatures and portals. This leads to a lot of annoyance as it's very easy to be quickly overcome by a group of monsters. However, later on in the game things improve as you will be able to get a healing rune so you can sit back and chill while you're healed in a zone you've cleared of monsters. Still, I found myself frequently waiting 2-3 minutes each time to heal and I had to heal often. The game is rather linear and consists of moving up the map to advance. However, if you explore the area, you will find new spells and mana. Overall, a decent game. If you enjoy arcade-style fantasy game and fighting tons of monsters while running around in circles, you might find this game appealing. If you're like me and enjoy a more sophisticated adventure game with a detailed plot, puzzles and a less arcade-feel, you will probably be disappointed.

A must have for XBox owners

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: January 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun from begining to end. Addictive and not so hard. Graphics are good. Sounds are excellent. Definetedly a worthy game for your already growing game collection!

Nightcaster is Great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Just picked it up and I have to say, Nightcaster is a good one. I've been having tons of fun with it. It looks great. The gameplay is fun and addictive. It plays like a console game should. I say pick it up. You won't regret it!

It's Differnt

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well I bought this game on 1/25/02 and I have to say its pretty cool . The spells affects look great and there is plenty of enemies. The world that you are in is awsome looking with real looking tree's. This game is very hard though and the enemies come at you in packs. I like this game. Its differnt

This is a good buy, but tough to play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has very good graphics and a great story line. The environment is 3D and very nice. I do believe that it would have been better as a first person shooter game like Halo. However, the game is still worth buying. You may find, as I did that the controls seem extremely hard. I almost gave up on the game because of the difficulty of the controls. Hang in there and eventually you will get used to them. The save points are also a little far apart, so you may find yourself having to replay parts time and time again. Even so, this game is a lot of fun to play and worth the money.

Nightcaster

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This Game is so cool.The graphics are excellent and
so is the sound.You as play a wizard and you name is Arran.
I love it.There are 40 spectacular spells and its so
cool that you grow as the game go's on.I also like the
story.This game is (a must buy)Its worth all 50$ that
you spend on it.

Nightcaster

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: February 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

the grapics are bad the lips move when the people arent even talking

Might hold you over till better adventure titles arrive

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: February 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm writing this review after reaching the last board so I think I can
highlight the action of this inhouse made Microsoft game. The
visuals on the spells is the only thing keeping me from utter
boredom.

First thing to get used to is how small the characters are. To get an
idea of this look at your thumb, okay that's the size of your main
character as you navigate through outdoor wilderness fighting
creatures half your size.

A zoom feature only works when you are not in combat, and that's
when you realize that the humans in this world are nothing more
than escapes from some child's Fisher Price Play set. Rounded
comical cartoon bulbous little hobbit folk. Saying things like "mommy
I'm hungry" indicating to me that this game is meant for 13 and under.

The story and the plot are themes that have been done over
time and time again. It's LOTR meets Willow and a dash of Ged
of Earth Sea. The combat is a sort of Diablo-Robotron run around
then dodge while throwing spells wildly. No real strategy just an
infinite army of color coded repetitive creatures bum rushing you.

With the lack of adventure titles for the Xbox right now this one might
hold you over till something better comes along (New Legends). So
far only Halo and Obi Wan have been the real enjoyable ones, the
kind of games where a whole day of playing seems like only an
hour. Max Payne and Batman were a solid notch down, mostly
because they were straight ports from other systems and offered
nothing more except jazzed up graphics.

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