User Rating: 6.6 | Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader PC
I thought this game just about average. Not quite as good as Neverwinter Nights (awesome graphics) or Diablo II-Lord of Destruction. The quests are different and interesting - lots of choices to make and allows for evil OR good characters to play as you choose. However, it appears to be a little unbalanced as far as the difficulty level - I find my magic user character dies VERY frequently. All enemies seem to immediately see you and close the distance to pound you, surround you, thereby quickly putting an end to any dream you naively had of treasure and fame. Monsters are very tough and travel in large packs. I am about 1/3 into the game and getting worried I may not be able to finish with the character I created. Treasure is randomly generated and nicely detailed and described. There are lots of different types of body armor to buy or find while exploring. Note: You simply MUST have high Perception, Charisma attributes and Speech, Barter, Lockpicking AND Spot traps skills to advance in this game. No matter what type of character you play you must put precious skill points into lockpicking as there is NO other way to open treasure chests or doors. If your strength is HIGH enough you can force doors and chests but I do not know how high you strength would need to be. This is ridiculous for a magic user character as they normally would not have the strength OR thief type skills. There are three factions you can join (but you can only pick one) which will give you gold, experience and special perks. I might re-play this game as a paladin type character to explore the different faction quests.
