I played this back in the day when adventures were a thriving genre and there were quite a few serious competitors in the adventure market. This review is based on my memory. This is not like adventures from Lucasarts or Sierra. Legend adventures take themselves seriously and offer little humor. Death Gate, like Shannara, which was released after Death Gate, are both based on established book series and thus have a lot of lore. While Shannara is an accessible fantasy world, Death Gate is set in a strange world with many groups and events that aren't easy to understand when you start playing. If you're the type of person that likes to only skim the text and go straight for the puzzles or the action skip this title. If you however love to delve into a complex world and like to get to know its ins and outs, if you can stand being in a dialogue for a couple of minutes and don't need flashy graphics but just good puzzles and atmosphere, this is the title for you. The enjoyment you get here will stem from your own imagination, not the life-like animation (there is very little animation overall) or the otherwise impressive presentation. Keep in mind that Legend started with text-based adventures. Even their later titles like Death Gate are basically walls of text but with (mostly static) background images. And what else is there to say? The puzzles are fair, the graphics and sound weren't exactly jaw-dropping when it released to begin with, the UI serves its purpose and doesn't get in the way and the voice-acting and music are good, for their time. I loved it, but it's not for everyone.
