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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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The Press Says

Sega-16.com Apr 18, 2005 8 out of 10 80
GamePro Aug, 1994 4 out of 5 80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Sep, 1994 7.2 out of 10 72
Video Games & Computer Entertainment Oct, 1994 7 out of 10 70

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Trivia

Eye of the Beholder was praised for its stylish cinematic opening sequence, which dazzled players and set the stage of the game to follow.

However, since the final game's size weighed in at 5 3.5" disks, SSI decided to cut the ending cinematic, figuring very few players would see it anyway, and it was not worth the extra cost of the sixth disk.

When EotB became a smash hit, MANY players who slogged it out to the end of the game were not amused when they were "rewarded" with a simple text message and unceremoniously dropped to DOS.

SSI soon realized their mistake, but the damage could not be undone. Many players assumed the game simply never had an ending, never suspecting it existed but was not included!

The Amiga version was later released with the final endgame graphic.


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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