Posted on: December 17, 2021
tanukisuit
Games: 263 Reviews: 2
Makes D&D more approachable, faster, fun
While I have yet to buy this specific version of the game, in the day I had this, finished it more than once on Gamecube, and I have the HD re-release on the Switch now. What's to say in brief about this? Do you like Diablo? This is Diablo meets D&D. Great spread of classic D&D tropes, enemies, and terrains. So much customizable weapons, magics, armor and more, that extra + something may be what saves you from the next encounter or mobbing. Lots of varied locations with some really solid detail that still even now fairly nicely holds up. The game isn't a push over, but also not as hard as the very very slow grind of the classic D&D style point and click on this site for some years now. Similar but not, played with a controller as it was designed as such, so it's faster, more precise control and attack, defense, and retreat. This is an understated game I loved on the old system in the day, even the crazy isometric lesser version GBA had too (yes it's a thing, an isometric thing.) Yes $30 seems a tad steep to start given the age, but that's what it goes for with the recent console re-releases too so I get it for parity sake. Maybe given its on PC it scaled well so the remade HD textures were less of a concern, or it's lazy? Either way the elements of this game are fantastic, and I hope the sequels appear as I was utterly disgusted and infuriated 20 years ago when the sequel hit everything BUT the cube which was so so wrong. Here's hoping this does well and the sequel arrives as I'll be on that out of the box.
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