Summary
Pure Dungeons and Dragons for the old school players
The Good
First of all I happen to own the first three Eye of the Beholder PC games so I know where the roots of this game are. This is old school D&D turn based movement and combat. Updated with third edition game rules which include Feats and Skills. Quite a bit different from what todays gamers want so you will find this on the discount rack. It has the game style of RPG's from the early 90's And that is fine with me.
The Bad
Just like the original it takes a bit of time to set up your own 4 characters to start the game. They do offer preset characters though. The major annoyance is with the combat movement. The characters just do not respond. Seems like something is wrong with the interface when it is just taking it's good old time calculating attacks of opportunity. And some of the icons are just to small to see.
The Bottom Line
Eye of the Beholder is set in the Forgotten Realms world. You create a party of adventurers and off to the dungeons you go. There is a 3D perspective of the dungeon around you. And it switches to an isometric view when you engage in battle. Fans of any of the old SSI Dungeons and Dragons games will want this game. If you are not old school you might find this game excruciatingly slow and repetitive and lacking any type of real time action.
