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Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity

While playing this game briefly, I was suprised at how the game looks. It looks great! Nice photorealistic characters in game, great building textures, all in all it looks impressive. Combat is about the same way as in most older rpg's. Click and slash so to speak. I noticed the game has no map outside the city you start in. Rather annoying for a game with such a sheer size as this one. Further I found out it's a pretty tough game. Enemies are strong and you are pretty pathetic for someone who saved the earth before. I'm pretty confident the balance will be better later in the game though. Anyway, if you are in the mood for a good looking old school rpg, be sure to check it out!

Thoughtful character development; sumptuous graphics; and a vast world to explore. The combat system stinks, and the automapping function is frustratingly limited. Hard-core FRPG fans will probably like it--novices will find it tedious, overwhelming, and frustrating.

Overall, Ishar III is a game you should definitely try and play. It is large and tough enough to give you at least 20 hours of gameplay if you use a walkthrough and maps. Without them, expect a good week or more of hardcore gaming before finishing it. Ishar III is also one of the games where you want to do that extra step before going to bed; too bad that those extra steps transform into several extra hours. However, don't expect anything groundbreaking; the game was well done, but without the spark of genius that produced the previous two games.

Spielerisch darf man solide Standardkost erwarten, nicht mehr und nicht weniger. Verglichen mit der teils hochkarätigen Rollenspiel-Konkurrenz sieht Ishar 3 im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes alt aus. Wer ein extrem ausgeprägtes Bedürfnis danach hat, stundenlang planlos in der Gegend herumzuirren, könnte diesem dritten Teil etwas Spaß abgewinnen. Nur ein Fall für Ishar-Fans!

Der Nachfolger zu Ishar 2 ist da! Statt wie andere Hersteller, die jede Episode dem aktuellen technischen Standard anpassen, hat Silmarils die Aufmachung von Ishar seit dem ersten Teil nicht besonders verändert.