Description
For a thousand years a powerful secret has rested safely in the world of Eberron. It is the Heart of Siberys, a source of limitless power. Three factions now are to decide its faith: The Order of the Flame, The Umbragen and the Lizardfolk.
A Dungeon & Dragons logo on the box cover often means there's an advanced RPG inside. Not this time, however... The game type Real Time Strategy, mixed with a lot of role playing elements.
The RTS part is streamlined in a way that makes this game quite different to play from other such games. The city building part is a simplified; you don't have to build worker units or manage the layout of your cities. The resource gathering is taken care of by the units you produce or even your hero. The game has a surface level and an underground level. Above ground you command your units as in any other RTS, but below ground it's more like a hack n slash dungeon crawler. The D&D rules apply, and you will recognize many of the artifacts and spells if you are familiar with D&D.
In the single player campaign you get to choose from four heroes before each map, each one with different qualities, and you can equip them with various items before each mission. During the campaign you get quests and side quests in traditional RPG style. Once you solve them, you gain experience points that can be spent on upgrading your units.
The game also contains multiplayer support and a map editor.
Alternate Titles
- "龙晶" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "Dragonshard: Кристалл Всевластья" -- Russian title
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The Press Says
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Nov, 2005 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| GameSpot |
Sep 21, 2005 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| IGN |
Sep 22, 2005 |
8.4 out of 10 |
84 |
| Game Informer Magazine |
Nov, 2005 |
8.25 out of 10 |
82 |
| PC Powerplay |
Oct, 2005 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
| UOL Jogos |
Oct 12, 2005 |
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80 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Sep 26, 2005 |
77 out of 100 |
77 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Nov 07, 2005 |
15 out of 20 |
75 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Dec 03, 2005 |
14 out of 20 |
70 |
| GameSpy |
Oct 03, 2005 |
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70 |
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Trivia
Dragonshard was named #6 Game of the Year in the 2005 PC Game Awards issue of Computer Games Magazine (March 2006).
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Grov 
(637) on Sep 25, 2005.
