Posted on: December 25, 2022

ThermalLance89

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It is about the adventure!

Nostalgia bias incoming! Throne of Chaos is a gem. It looks great, it sounds great and the story has enough twists and turns to keep you engaged until the end. The atlas makes exploration mostly a breeze which is, by the way, rewarded. It's simplified RPG design does nothing to distract from that and comes with the advantage that anyone can enjoy it without being afraid of grinding for anything or having a steep learning curve to climb. It does have a few problems like a particular cave going a bit mental with the enemy spawns and another spot where soft-locking yourself is possible. (Just keep multiple saves in rotation and you'll be fine.) But, otherwise, it is an instant classic and shows that this type of game dosen't need to be turned into a spreadsheet to be enjoyable. Lands of Lore 2 is a mixed bag. It is good but flawed, very flawed. Which is a shame because it has the most interesting premise between the two. You play as Luther, the son of Scotia the antagonist of the first game. The feeling of being the underdog is real in this one. I removed a star because of this game in particular but don't take it as a warning not to play it. It is still worth it. Can't speak much about the issue because that might spoil a few surprises for you. Don't be afraid to buy. It is a good package and the first game, in particular, aged like fine wine.

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Posted on: July 28, 2024

Thesea7

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crash unfortunately

my vote doesn't go to the game itself. But this version I purchased. The game crash that doesn't allow me to play as soon as you get to the "cantina"...

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Posted on: October 1, 2024

mu0li4

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Oldschool crawling

This game review is about Land of Lore 1. For me, this game is more accessible than the older games like Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder. It has nice transition effects when moving around and turning. It has an auto-map, good looking pixel art, full voice-acting, fancy spell effects and nice UI animations. The only stats your characters have are health, mana, might, protection plus three skills. It makes RPG mechanics easy to understand, but it doesn’t allow to make versatile character builds. The skills have usage-based progression, but they level up very slowly and only reach about 6 or 7 level. The game is old-school in both good and bad ways. There is no hand-holding, so you need to figure things by yourself. However, the game is not so informative. Item properties are not displayed anyhow, so you cannot know what purpose does an item serve or how much might your weapon gives without equipping it. Ranged attacks have no damage feedback, enemy vulnerabilities are not told, you don't always know what is your next sub-objective and so on. The game has many frustrating aspects. The inventory is one big scrollable mess, and the same type of items don't stack. Some keyholes can be picked with lockpicks and some cannot. The combat system has dice rolls to hit apparently, but no idea what factors affect to it. Some game levels are wide and maze-like with just meandering corridors without meaningful content. The worst thing is the endlessly respawning enemies in many levels. The combat gets boring because of zero tactics with the simplistic combat system. And the game difficulty varies a lot. Some enemies are easy, but some can kill you with just a few hits regardless the difficulty setting. The reasons to play this game is just nostalgia or curiosity pretty much.

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Posted on: November 15, 2011

Chuckaluphagus

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Beautiful classics

I can only speak for the first Lands of Lore, but it was a graphically stunning game for its time, with clever animations and excellent sprite artwork. It succeeded "Eye of the Beholder", providing a much more varied assortment of settings, party arrangements and storyline. The closest thing we have in modern times is the Etrian Odyssey series on the Nintendo DS (which are also excellent).

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Posted on: November 24, 2019

drk84x

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The first is ok, the second ko

The first Lands of Lore is a charming real-time blobber, the second one is a mess.

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