Windows

Rage of Mages

Rage of Mages is, in resume, one of the most interesting games of the genre to hit the hard drives in quite a while, and, given adequate appreciation, can definitely become one of the better RPGs of these days. It doesn't overload the player with incredible amounts of statistics tracking, but yet manages to keep the interest in because of all the action and the unwrapping storyline. Definitely one to check out - haven't seen anything like this in a while (if ever?).

Zoek je een eenvoudig maar boeiend hack & slash spel dat binnen de 30 uur is voltooid, kies dan voor Rage of Mages. Wil je echter een veel grotere en complexere wereld betreden, waar je meer dan 100 uur zoet mee bent met het hakken en het slashen, kies dan voor Baldur's Gate. Zo simpel is het.

Ik vind de combinatie van RPG en real-time strategiegame redelijk geslaagd. Er zitten nog een paar kleine kinderziekten in het spel, maar dat mag de pret niet drukken. Rage of Mages heeft duidelijk een eigen smoelwerk gekregen.

Rage of Mages is a very good adventure role playing game. Not to many games of this genre are worth checking out, this game is the exception. I enjoyed playing it and found myself wanting to play more. If your enjoy role playing or dungeons and dragons, and always wanted to mix in real-time strategy, this would be a good choice.

Bref, nous avons là à faire à un très bon jeu de rôle, dans lequel la gestion des caractéristiques de votre personnage est très intéressante. Parfois, les quêtes sont un peu longues et on passe beaucoup de temps à explorer la carte, mais on finit toujours par arriver au but sans se lasser, c'est bien l'essentiel.

On the surface, Rage of Mages looks and even plays much like Blizzard's Warcraft II or any other real-time strategy game. But within lies an elaborate experience system, an involving plot, and a remarkable quantity of mundane and magical items waiting to be discovered. It's not a technologically impressive game, nor is it particularly original in any specific regard, but its solid combination of features collectively form a unique and enjoyable role-playing game.

Nicht zuletzt dank des gemäßigten Preises ist Rage of Mages ein bekömmlicher Pausenfüller, um die Wartezeit auf Diablo 2 zu vertreiben.

Rage of Mages kept me entertained for about four days. It can be frustratingly difficult at times, but I would have found it much more entertaining if I had really felt like I was role-playing. Its graphical interface is only moderately decent, but the gameplay is quite simple and the learning curve is negligible. If it had been longer, and if I had not been compelled to play through every inch of every map just to build up my characters, I would recommend it to just about anyone fond of fantasy or RTS games. Nevertheless, Rage of Mages is a fun and relatively inexpensive way to pass the time.

Kombinationen aus Strategie- und Rollenspiel sind selten und funktionieren meist nicht besonders: Entweder hapert’s mit der Stimmung (zuwenig Rollenspiel) oder die Spielmechanik ist zu durchschaubar (zuwenig Strategie). Rage of Mages mischt die beteiligten Genres so, daß es gleich an beiden Enden ein bißchen fehlt. Das Spielprinzip selbst hat seinen Reiz, allerdings sind mir die Aufträge zu simpel und die Handlung ist zu linear

RoM is an action oriented console-style RPG, so fans of traditional RPGs (like myself) will become quickly bored with this game. Even fans of console-style RPGs (which, if done correctly, work brilliantly . . . Final Fantasy VII for instance) probably won't like RoM because of its quirky interface, incompetent AI, and lack of any innovation. Avoid this one.