Dungeon Siege (Windows)

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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

User Reviews

A great game overall.	kbmb (435)	unrated
Hack and slash RPG brilliance but at a cost.	Sycada (191)	unrated
Streamlined RPG-lite desperately needs more death at higher levels	Kasey Chang (4608)	unrated
3D Diablo with multiple characters	Jason Becker (5)
Diablo meets Hexplore. Stunning looks, simple and fun - just don't take it too seriously.	Steve Hall (352)
How not to make an RPG	Mattias Kreku (439)
One of the NICEST, most Revolutionary NEW RPGs ever created! FUN as Heck!	XplOrOrOr (16)
It could've been better....	Lord Dayin (11)
Diablo hack and slash fun - for a while	Doug Walker (35)	unrated
Doesn't quite live up to potential.	gilgamex (131)

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.)