Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon

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Description

The Archmage Khelben summons the Heroes of Waterdeep, slayers of the Beholder Xanathar, for another mission. Strange things are happening in the forests near Waterdeep, centered around the Temple Darkmoon. People have been disappearing and shallow graves containing human remains have been found. Khelben teleports the party to the forests near Darkmoon so they may find out what kind of evil is working in the towers of the temple.

Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon is, like its predecessor, a first-person dungeon-crawling role-playing game based on the second edition of AD&D rules. It uses the same point-and-click gameplay mechanics and controls as the first game, with only minor changes. The game is set entirely in pseudo-3D maze-like areas; no automapping is available. Combat flows in real time, and characters can move as a single unit to lure enemies or avoid blows.

A starting party consists of four characters, which can be transferred from the earlier game or created from scratch. Six classes (Fighter, Ranger, Paladin, Cleric, Mage, and Thief) are available. Characters can reach higher levels and learn new spells, must face new and tough monsters, and solve multiple puzzles. Compared to the first game, many more illustrated NPC encounters and cutscenes were added.

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Alternate Titles

• "Eye of The Beholder II: Legende von Darkmoon" -- German title
• "EOB2" -- Abbreviated, often-referred-to title.

Part of the Following Groups

• Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Setting: Forgotten Realms
• Dungeons & Dragons (D&D / AD&D) licensees
• Eye of the Beholder series
• Fantasy Creatures: Dragons
• Fantasy Creatures: Dwarves
• Fantasy Creatures: Elves
• Gameplay feature: Character development - Automatic leveling
• Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst
• Gameplay feature: Importable characters
• Genre: Dungeon Crawler

User Reviews

Look me in the eye while I turn you into stone	DOS	Unicorn Lynx (181614)
Extremely challenging, and extremely good.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4643)
One of the best old-time RPGs, perfect at all places	DOS	Optimus (83)
A milestone in rpg's	DOS	JemyM (4)

Critic Reviews

Pelit	DOS	Jan, 1992	95 out of 100	95
Retro Archives	DOS	Jun 14, 2018	19 out of 20	95
CU Amiga	Amiga	May, 1992	92 out of 100	92
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	DOS	Jan, 1992	893 out of 1000	89
PC Joker	DOS	Feb, 1992	86 out of 100	86
Retro Archives	Amiga	Jun 14, 2018	17 out of 20	85
Power Play	Amiga	Jun, 1992	82 out of 100	82
Play Time	Amiga	Jun, 1992	78 out of 100	78
JeuxVideoPC.com	DOS	Apr 21, 2006	11 out of 20	55
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Apr, 1992	Unscored	Unscored

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Third time's the charm?	5	vedder (49594) Jun 25, 2010

Trivia

Awards

• Amiga Joker
  • Issue 02/1993 – #2 Best RPG of 1992 (Readers' Vote)

Related Web Sites

• Eye of the Beholder 2 Walkthrough (on gamewinners.com)
• Legend of Darkmoon - FAQs & Guides (posted on GameFaqs.com)
• The All-Seeing Eye (An automapper for the DOS versions of the first two Eye of the Beholder)