This is a great looking game. The 2D isometric settings look great with the 3D characters on them. The characters look great and the monsters are well done. The game follows the Dungeons & Dragons rules very well. The combat is excellently done in a simple turn-based mode. This allows for more strategy than in more recent D&D games. Getting through some of the initial combats with the party alive can be quite an accomplishment. There is not much of a story, but this comes to me as a welcome relief from the trite & dull story lines in some more recent CRPGs. The only drawbacks are the mediocre quality of the voices, some minor bugs and some odd design decisions. Among the poor design decisions are skipping on providing readily available information for identified magic items and last minute cutting of loads of role-playing material to reduce the rating from M to T. Overall, this is a good game that will only get better once a patch is released. I would definitely recommended this for fans of fantasy CRPGs.
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