The Temple of Elemental Evil

TOEE isn't the first D&D PC game I've played but it might well be the best. Better than Planescape? Maybe. If I'm playing the PC alone I enjoy the story, but frankly no matter how good the story is, it pales compared to a real life gaming session. So I don't care as much about story in games and focus more on the combat, and that's where TOEE shines. Grab the CO8 mods and don't waste your time on the vanilla game. Lots more combat awaits.

Couple years ago I approched this game - having Baldurs Gate & Icewind Dale already finished I was hesitated bc of silly looking portraits. I was wondering is this game any good or is it just junk? But then I had give it a try and BAM! Suddenly I was realy into it. There is something in gameplay with remainds me those classics and after few hours playing I really liked it. Now I can fully recomend it and if you are a fan of D&D party crpgs and BG & IWD like me you gonna like it for sure,

Great game of my childhood and i highly recommended for RPG and D&D players.

Actually, for a reason :)! When I first saw the fighting system and even french stuff I was scared. I love Dungeons & Dragons 2 (Baldurs gate, Icewind dale) and loved Kotor witch is the never 3.0 version. But This gives me the creep whenever I see those circles.

TOEE was an attempt to implement an old D&D module, by the same name, bearing a fairly strict adherence to that module. Unfortunately, it doesn't translate. There is little or no plot structure because you can only find out certain sections of the plot if you are particular races or classes or go particular places, which you won't necessarily go. In fact, you can pretty much just go to the big bad boss, beat him surprisingly easily, and call it a day. This is a short, combat-oriented game. The combat system, while an interesting adherence to 3rd Edition D&D rules, does not stand alone without a story. There is also a crafting system, per D&D rules, which is rather painful as well (experience penalties for crafting objects; standardized objects to be craft "... of might +2 or +4" etc.