Dungeon Siege Collection

What made dungeon siege good is playing it with a few friends in a LAN coop yet this release has multiplayer disabled. I'm honestly not sure the game can hold itself up without the banter of multiplayer. Dungeon Siege 1 without Legends of Aranna is half a game at best. Dungeon Siege 2 without Broken Worlds doesn't even have an ending. Dungeon Siege 3 ... Well, its why there isn't a Dungeon Siege 4 ... But hey the forced hard tethering in multiplayer that broke the camera angles won't be a thing as its not multiplayer anymore so I guess that's a fix? So to sum it up this is half of Dungeon Siege 1, three-quarters of Dungeon Siege 2, and a third game you won't want to play if you enjoyed the first two.

Unfortunately the missing DLC geatly limit the play experience. Square Enix has long been dismissive of, or outright hostile to, mods and 3rd party additions. Things that are arguably necessary to make such old games playable by modern standards. Just look at the prices of the old FF games on any device. They are certainly one of the most anti-consumer of the big publishers.

I see a lot of complaints about missing expansions for DS1&2, and the Ultima mods (U5Lazarus & U6P) being uplayable... ...but I got it all to work by following the instructions for the "Killah" fixes posted in some of the other reviews. Yes, ALL of it. Legends of Aranna, Broken Worlds, Multiplayer, U5Lazarus, and U6P. ...and I got it all working on a linux notebook, so I'd guess that getting it to work under native windows would be much easier, You've just got to read all the instructions and follow them. Would've given 5 stars, but docked one because, well, 2 things. [1]: The collection SHOULD'VE come with the expansions/multiplayer in the first place, I shouldn't've had to manually fudge about getting them to work, and [2]: It still does crash every once in awhile (DS1, at least). Save often and it's not a huge problem, but it can be annoying.

On the internet there are the files of the first two games’ expansions by someone named Killah and they work in GOG’s version of DS games. Tried them. So, I’ll write here a bit about every game. DS1: Very good game for someone new to action-RPGs. Simple story and action. You just walk and hit enemies. Mostly automated combat and lvl-up. No points to spend, the more you use a skill, the more it will be raised. No enemy respawn. You never turn back. You keep going forward. Side quests on your way with some minor deviations. Very small inventory space, you’ll be needing many pack-mules to have with you, until you reach the next merchant (if you collect everything). 51 h for me. Legends of Aranna: a bit more complex locations, teleporters at important spots, additional backpack for characters, long parallel unwritten side quest about lost parents. 37 h. Return to Arhok: continues after LoA. 4 h. DS2: Much more content, deeper quests, bigger locations, more secrets. Visiting previous places is required for side quests. Most enemies respawn if you exit and re-enter. Fortunately no lvl-scaling. Only one save slot and only your condition is saved, not your location. You start again from nearest town. Teleporters at important spots. Fully voiced lines. Don’t spread your earned points in many skills. Cliffhanger ending, which makes… Broken World: …necessary. Also, if installed, it makes DS2 harder than vanilla DS2, it reduces skill percentages and gold found. But it’s worth it and it concludes not only the main story, but some sides as well. DS3 & exp.: Not point&click, controls almost like a cRPG. Constant enemy respawn. In some cases you can stop it by doing sth. Difficult melee combat, easier ranged. Interesting plot with some twists and decisions with long term consequences. Checkpoint saving, but your location is saved too. Multiple save slots. No bugs, no crashes. 29 h. Negative: Short lvl-cap (35), if you tend to do everything. I’d certainly buy a fourth part.

Like everyone else says: No expansions means half of DS1 and DS2 are actually released here. So you ARE going to release the expansion for DS3, because that's the worst game out of all of them? Wonderful! Thanks Squ. Enix.