Agreed. It blows my mind how two positives make one of the ugliest negatives I've ever seen in PC gaming history.
Based on the Demo, it Completely SUCKED!!!! Chris Taylor should be kicked in the crotch for serving as an "advisor" to Obsidian on this game. At the same time, Obsidian should have any licenses, contracts, verbal promises, or handshakes pulled for the CRAP they are trying to peddle.
How can these two, given all they have accomplished separately for PC Gaming (Total Annihilation, Fallout Series, Neverwinter Nights, Supreme Commander, Dungeon Siege, Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment, and most of the best RPGs ever) even consider releasing this garbage. Talk about setting PC Gaming and RPGs back about 15 years!
I'm just about finished with DS3, and if there's one thing that has grated on me since the beginning, it's the damn commas. Obsidian is known for their writing, but this is a joke. Someone with comma Tourette's went through and splashed them everywhere. Example:
"Yes, that is a problem, that they are doing this. I think, we should go, now and shoot some goblins, at this time."
"There was a time, when people were good. They are not, good, now."
i gotta agree. i just completed it last night since i had a "free" couple of evenings in-between writing evaluations. Fortunately, i got it from Nvidia to evaluate 3D Vision with it (that IS its high point; it looks very good - the best top-down RPG-looking game in S3D, so far).I finished the game and to be honest was disappointed with DS3,dumbed down from previous DS games,the camera angles are terrible,no remapping of keys until the patch comes in,no health potions so you got to rely on spell heals or your NPC reviving you,balancing issues with some Bosses as well plus game is not that long.
Good points hmm well story is ok and game was stable,about it really.
Bargain basement game for sure to be honest.
"If the ring is there, i'll find it ..
.. just tell me where it is"
i got it for free and it held my interest. i would have been pretty upset if i paid full price for it.The game is on sale this week at Best Buy for 29.99. Anybody think it is worth that much??
After playing the demo, it tend to think I should wait until it is even cheaper. If you had someone to play co-op with it might be OK though. Does anyone know if you can play co-op on one PC or do you need 2 PCs and 2 copies of the game?
You can do the same thing with Duke Nukem ForeverDont associate it with Dungeon Siege or just think of it as a different name all together since it has no relation what so ever, Then it works better.
Have you played DS III?The first two Dungeon Seige games kicked royal ass in my opinion. I mean I loved them. Honestly though aside from Diablo the best action rpg in my opinion would be Titan Quest and it's expansion, followed by the Dungeon Seige games.
Do i need to read the manual or can i jump right in to DS II? And do i need to play the original one? There wasn't much of a story in DS III.
i have the 6-CD set plus the expansion of DS II.
Thanks. Long time; how is it going?apoppin: DS2 was better game by far,it has it flaws however you could have a proper party for exploring and combat and use heal potions etc..if you like Diablo type games where there is a lot of fighting mobs etc.. then you probably like it.
I would suggest use the widescreen resolution hack too so you can run it at 1080P etc....
DS3 is a fair game. When it is bargain bin rock bottom basement pricing, it would be a good diversion for a dozen or so hours.no need to read a manual for DS2, I just checked the keyboard key mapings and started playing when I originally purchased it.
As to DS1, from what I remember, you do not need to have played it to under stand #2.
Personally, I liked #2 far far better than #1, if only because of the crap camera system in #1 (focuses on the selected player, becomes a pain in the backside when the group gets separated).
Note: have not played DS3. The demo and you-tube footage/reviews put me well off it.
Cool, Mem! It's good to see you are still doing what you love to do.apoppin : not bad m8 been quite busy beta testing "The Old Republic" which I gave them a lot of feedback etc....
As to DS2 I used the hack over at widescreen gaming forum on my humble 60 Hz LCD .
Cool, Mem! It's good to see you are still doing what you love to do.
Me too! Although you will not see me in online games since i am still stuck on satellite Internet (although i found ways around their bandwidth cap).
i got DS II to work in 1080p or with 3D Vision - but not both. i'll set it aside for now as i have to actually *write* my 3D Vision Mega Evaluation (and i can add DS II and its expansion to my 80-game 3D Vision "tried" list as "poor").
If i use 120Hz required for 3D Vision (well, you can play at 100Hz), Dungeon Siege II reverts to a lower resolution - but it doesn't look good in 3D Vision; it has the same issues with NWN2 - the 2D menus confuse your eyes super-imposed on a 3D background and it gets tiring.
You don't really want to go back to old games. They look awful in S3D - like the old movies with 2D "cardboard cutouts" super-imposed over a semi-3D background. i'd say 2002 is about the cutoff for most games; which is still a pretty large library of about 100 games for me (over the past 10 years) and well worth revisiting in S3D.I guess that's the problem when you use old games that came out well before 3D vision etc...
Having played until the very end both DS3 and DA2 I was disappointed in the way RPGs had lowered/dropped standards,however Witcher 2 restored my faith in RPGs .
As to ISP bandwidth I'm still happy with my 12MB unlimited usage connection(can have 24MB if I want ) it sure beats my very old days of playing CS on 56K .