An homage to the DOS-based Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Gold Box game Pool of Radiance, Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor returns again to the worlds of the Forgotten Realms.

Although the game begins in the city of Phlan, which was reclaimed in the previous game, the majority of the action takes place beneath Myth Drannor, once a beautiful city of peace, where men, elves, and dwarves could live in peace and harmony, which is now in ruins.

Despite its visual similarity to contemporary games that utilized real-time combat (such as Baldur's Gate), the game features a strictly turn-based system, similar to those implemented in Gold Box games. Orisons and Cantrips, straight from the then new Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules, have been added. The game features new character classes and races such as Barbarians, Monks, Paladins, and Half-Orcs. Clerics and Sorcerers can cast over 100 spells. The Dungeon Master communicates all important findings and events throughout the game.

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Alternate Titles

"光芒之池：迷斯卓諾遺跡" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
"光芒之池II之剑与魔法的传说" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Pool of Radiance: Ruiny Myth Drannor" -- Polish title
"Pool of Radiance: As Ruínas de Myth Drannor" -- Brazilian title
"Pool of Radiance 2" -- Informal title

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	Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor	Windows	$6.99
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User Reviews

Unplayable	Jacques Guy (55)
You can call it a "playable disappointment"	Marina Shoykhet (7)	unrated
Mediocre, boring Baldur's Gate clone	tomimt (255)
Second that opinion: AD&D in the Gutter. This game is Blasphemy!	Indra was here (14332)

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The Press Says

Gamezilla	Nov 01, 2001	82 out of 100	82
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov, 2001	78 out of 100	78
FiringSquad	Nov 21, 2001	70 out of 100	70
GameStar (Germany)	Nov, 2001	69 out of 100	69
RPGFan	Jul 31, 2002	68 out of 100	68
Just RPG	Aug 03, 2002	B-	67
PC Zone Benelux	Dec, 2001	64 out of 100	64
GamersWanted	Oct 31, 2001	6 out of 10	60
GamingIllustrated.com	Mar 22, 2003	2.86 out of 5	57
Gamers.at	Dec 28, 2001	20 out of 100	20

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Trivia

The editors of Computer Gaming World magazine (April 2002 issue) saw fit to name 'Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor', the Coaster of the Year for 2001. They site such flaws as sloppy interface, bad gameplay, lack of 'real role-playing' and its famous hard drive erasing bug as reasons for naming it the worst of the worst.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Jeanne

(73931) on Oct 01, 2001.