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Description
Located in the corner of the Aranna continent, the Kingdom of Ehb has recently gained independence following a prolonged war. One day, a small farming community is attacked by a band of wild creatures known as Krug. One of the farmers has to venture to the neighboring town of Stonebridge to seek help. During his travels he finds out that an even greater peril is threatening the land, and must find a way to stop it.Dungeon Siege is a role-playing game sharing many similarities with Diablo. It is heavily combat-oriented and emphasizes item-gathering and gradual building up of the protagonist for purely battle-related purposes. The game's linear progression is determined by quests that send the protagonist to newer areas. Combat is handled in a point-and-click fashion; when the player character fights alone, it resembles the action-based fights of Diablo. However, other characters may join the party as well, at which point combat flows in real time, somewhat similarly to the semi-automated party battles of Ultima VII. It is possible to build formations and assign basic tactics to the party as well. When a character's health drops to zero, it becomes unconscious, and if left alone it will regenerate back to life. Other party members can speed up the healing process with spells. On the other hand if the enemies keep attacking the character will eventually die, and only resurrection spells can bring it back from the dead.
Unlike other role-playing games, there are no classes, but characters can improve up to four skills: melee, ranged, nature magic and combat magic. Advancing in a skill is done by simply using it. The characters become better at melee attacks if they fight with melee weapons, they can master nature magic if they cast nature spells, and so on. Using a skill will automatically improve one of three attributes: strength (necessary for melee), dexterity (ranged) or intelligence (magic).
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Alternate Titles
- "末日危城" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
- "地牢围攻" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
- "Di Lao Wei Gong" -- Simplified Chinese title
Part of the Following Groups
- Diablo variants
- Dungeon Siege series
- Fantasy Creatures: Dwarves
- Gameplay feature: Armor / weapon sets
- Games made into comics
- Games made into movies
- Software Pyramide releases
- Sound engine: AIL/Miles Sound System
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Critic Reviews
FiringSquad | Apr 23, 2002 | 96 out of 100 | 96 |
Play.tm | Apr 25, 2002 | 91 out of 100 | 91 |
RPGFan | Oct 02, 2002 | 91 out of 100 | 91 |
Svenska PC Gamer | May, 2002 | 88 out of 100 | 88 |
Fragland.net | Sep 13, 2002 | 87 out of 100 | 87 |
4Players.de | Apr 29, 2002 | 85 out of 100 | 85 |
Jeuxvideo.com | May 06, 2002 | 17 out of 20 | 85 |
GameStar (Germany) | May, 2002 | 84 out of 100 | 84 |
Netjak | Apr 02, 2002 | 8.2 out of 10 | 82 |
Entertainmentopia | May 31, 2002 | B | 75 |
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Trivia
1001 Video Games
Dungeon Siege appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Awards
- GameSpy
- 2002 – Tech W'd Like To See More Of Award (for its missing loading times)
Related Web Sites
- Building a Better RPG (An Apple Games article about the Mac version of Dungeon Siege, with commentary provided by Writer Neal Hallford (March, 2003).)
- Dungeon Siege Planet (English fansite.)
- Hints for Dungeon Siege (Designed to give you just as much information as you need, these hints will help you solve the game without spoiling it.)
- Official website (Official website)
- Planet Dungeon Siege (All things Dungeon Siege.)
phlux (4333) added Dungeon Siege (Windows) on Mar 30, 2002
Other platforms contributed by Corn Popper (68960)
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