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Description

Something evil is lurking below the city of Waterdeep. The Lords of Waterdeep summon a group of heroes to investigate. But someone or something has been watching the proceedings. After the heroes enter the sewers, the ceiling collapses behind them. The only way out is the way down, into a dungeon filled with monsters, traps and puzzles.

Eye of the Beholder is a dungeon crawler RPG with a first-person perspective based on the 2nd Edition AD&D rules. Your starting party consists of four characters and up to two NPCs can join later. Combat and magic happen in real time. Fight over a dozen different monster varieties and cast over 40 spells. A point-and-click interface makes exploring, fighting, spellcasting and handling objects easy.

Alternate Titles

  • "EOB" -- Abbreviated Title

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Awesome for the time, still a great game today. Gothicgene (83) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
A decent AD&D dungeon crawl pogalogen (14) 2.4 Stars2.4 Stars2.4 Stars2.4 Stars2.4 Stars
A champion RPG for it's time. Andrew Morgan (2) unrated
Dungeon Hacking at it's best... Chris Martin Bronze Star Contributing Member (1121) 3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars
A great game, but I liked its sequel much better. Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4491) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Any game with Larry Elmore's art on its cover is a good game. OlSkool_Gamer (101) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Wow!!! lomikin (4) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars

The Press Says

Power Play May, 1991 79 out of 100 79
Quandary Jan, 1996 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
JeuxVideoPC.com Apr 21, 2006 10 out of 20 50

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Trivia

The final big boss, Xanathar is actually The Beholder, as he (is it he? or was it she? :-) says to you (when you get to the endgame for final confrontation) that all those traps you encountered, and minions you fought was just a play to watch, and that he was watching you all the way (that only gets him beholder title). Now, as you can notice, he looks like a big bowling eye, with many pipes that ends also with an eye (that gives him eye title). So, Eye of the Beholder would actually be himself.

As in this game he's the main bad guy, in "Eye of the Beholder II", there are actually many creatures that are from his race, and are no such threat.


This entry was contributed by psychofish (869), Stillman (7549), Chris Martin Bronze Star Contributing Member (1121) and MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (34669)
 

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