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Re: Dungeon Siege, Morrowind, IWD2 First Impressions by curst 08/05/2003, 4:35pm PDT
Dungeon Siege = a barebones action-RPG-strategy game with all the action, strategy, and arguably all the GAME removed. Here's the FAQ I wrote for DS, in its entirety:


Dungeon Siege

Controls:

Press H to heal.
Press M to restore mana.
Click the left button every once in a while if, when you wake up from your inevitable slumber, you notice that your party members are just standing around surrounded by a mountain of corpses.
The moment you see that you have to cross a chasm by riding a mechanical platform, quit the game and uninstall it.
Congratulations! You've won! Or at least you may as well say you have since you've seen everything Dungeon Siege has to offer!


Ugh. I got bored with that game in record time. Hopefully Roberts is serious when he says that he has paid careful attention to the complaints about DS and believes that the sequel will actually feel like a game. For my action RPGs I turn to Baldur's Gate on the PS2 (and soon the new Fallout, assuming that GOD WILLING it doesn't suck) and nothing else.



Icewind Dale 2 was very cool, except that I somehow got sidetracked right after I found the golem and the board game in the ice castle. I need to finish it sometime.



Morrowind is insanely good despite the fact that the only character from the game that I can think of off the top of my head is Barenziah (who is nothing more than a character in one series of in-game novels). Who was the ruler of the land? Who was I fighting against? How many thousands of subquests was I embarking on at the moment I finished the first quest actually related to the plot (which I forget completely)? No idea. Something tells me that I should consider that sort of thing a negative.
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Dungeon Siege, Morrowind, IWD2 First Impressions by Bill Dungsroman 08/05/2003, 12:45pm PDT NEW
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    Re: Dungeon Siege, Morrowind, IWD2 First Impressions by curst 08/05/2003, 4:35pm PDT NEW
        Re: Dungeon Siege, Morrowind, IWD2 First Impressions by Bill Dungsroman 08/05/2003, 4:55pm PDT NEW
        Fuck Barenzia. Uncle Crassius rules! NT by Roop Dirump 08/05/2003, 6:53pm PDT NEW
    Re: Dungeon Siege, Morrowind, IWD2 First Impressions by Quake 3 Announcer 08/05/2003, 6:51pm PDT NEW
        I suck. NT by foogla 08/05/2003, 6:52pm PDT NEW
            Ha ha! NT by M to tha mothafuckin\' M 08/05/2003, 7:29pm PDT NEW
                You're DEAD! Everyone you ever knew! DEAD!!! NT by Hans Gruber 08/06/2003, 11:31pm PDT NEW
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