While it has some great elements, it basically plays itself.

User Rating: 7.8 | Dungeon Siege PC
Dungeon Siege has some really good concepts in it. It is a great hack and slash with some innovative gameplay. The only major problem is that it can basically play itself for you. Gameplay: Dungeon Siege is a mixed bag. While the various weapons, armor, etc. to collect -as well as multiple sidequests and characters- give you some great options... battling enemies is a major bore. Once your character is attacked he immediately runs up and starts hacking away at the enemy... usually you can beat just about anything in this manner, there is almost no strategy involved at all. The battle system almost kills this game, as it does everything on its own- but what saves this game from mediocrisy is the fact that it has some very cool innovations. The main innovation is the skill system. Your character develops proficiency based on what you use with him/her. If all you do is melee your way through the game, your character will build up a huge melee skill and become a walking tank, while in the same way, if you only use nature magic, your character will become a healing madman/woman. It is truly a joy to be able to customize your character to your needs this way, and thie ambition is readily visible in this design. If only the battle system had been so ambitious with itself, this game could have achieved near perfection in gameplay. Graphics: some of the best graphics to be seen on the PC for the time, though now they are about average (however I judge games by the time period they came out)... by today's standards the graphics would be around a 7. Sound: The repetitive sound of whatever your character does to attack gets exceedingly annoying, and the lack of enough music really brings this score down. I hope Microsoft fixes this issue in the sequel. Value: This game is around 20 hours long, and has some moderate replay value. It is fun enough to want to play through at least two times, and that helps the value, but it also needs more meat in it to be a superb value. Tilt: Dungeon Siege is a great game that is deserving of the upcoming sequel- if the problems with the original can be fixed, I believe the sequel will achieve the superb status the original could not reach.