Eye of the Beholder

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

Part of the Following Groups

• D&D/AD&D licensees
• Eye of the Beholder series
• Forgotten Realms world
• Games named after songs

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User Reviews

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

The Press Says

Nintendo Magazine System UK	SNES	Jul, 1994	90 out of 100	90
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Sep, 1991	87 out of 100	87
GamePro	Sega CD	Aug, 1994	4 out of 5	80
Power Play	DOS	May, 1991	79 out of 100	79
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Sega CD	Oct, 1994	7 out of 10	70
Quandary	DOS	Jan, 1996		70
Game Players	SNES	Aug, 1994	63 out of 100	63
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SNES	Jun, 1994	6.2 out of 10	62
GamePro	SNES	Aug, 1994	3 out of 5	60
JeuxVideoPC.com	DOS	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.