Is Dungeon Siege worth $9.99

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I just saw it at CompUSA for $9.99 and I'm curious if it is worth it. I
have been a big fan of all the infinity engine games, Wizardry 8, and I am
also a big fan of Diablo and Diablo 2.

Does the game have a thriving online community like D2 or is it mainly a
single player game.

All comments are appreciated

 

Wow! I just saw it in CompUSA for $29.99 still, and it came out quite a while ago. For that price, I say get it - no brainer. It's a blast to play. Both the single and multiplayer are great, though I've only played the multiplayer briefly. It's really the best of both worlds. Imagine playing Diablo in the Neverwinter Nights engine, with a party of up to 8 characters. Kicks ass.

The game is not much in the way of roleplaying; pretty much hack and slash. But if you like Diablo then you probably don't care. Character development is based on skills instead of classes (ie you use the bow a lot, your archery skill goes up; cast magic a lot, you become a battle mage, etc.). Very fun game, beautiful graphics. Not the best game I've ever played, but it certainly is up there.

 

Worth $9.99??! It isn't worth ****!

Truly the game is THAT bad.

 

Death Rabbit, try playing Diablo without the skill-point system or the items (or spells). Then you get Dungeon Siege. After you have tested DS for a few hours, you will know what it will be for the rest of the game.

 

I think it is pretty much a waste of time, next to Diablo2. Yeah yeah. its that cool 3D graphics. But well. That is it. The game is good for Simple clicking and getting stronger, if you want some kick back time for your brain in a rushed life.

If you do deside to give it a try, buy it through Sorcerers Place to help run the place. At least then it won't be a total loss.
http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/index.php

 

I've finished Diablo 2 like 15 times (x5 Acts)before it got boring.
I've finished Dungeon Siege only once and i don't think i will play it again.
It has superb graphics and gameplay (Diablo2 ripoff + up to 8 party members), but unlike aforementioned game, enemies don't respawn.
So if you finish the game, it's over; unless you export your party and continue online.

 

There are expansions for it, besides, mindless killing is cool.

 

Dungeon Siege is a good game, not very deep etc. but its a fun an entertaining game

 

It was entertaining for the first hour and the graphics were certainly eye-catching, but there was next to nothing in the way of gameplay here. See an enemy, kill it, see another enemy, kill it... That's about the size of it.

No depth, no storyline, no interaction with other characters beyond a default message. Probably more interesting to play than NWN but it can't hold the candle to the likes of BG.

 

I've actually managed to complete the game recently, and have to say I'm slightly more impressed than I was with Diablo II (I gave up on that a third of the way through).

But for any kingdom to have their roads pass through obscure dungeons they deserve every problem they get. The game only gives a reasonable (or vaguely resonable at any rate) expalination for one of the dungeon crawls to get to the next location.

If I'dspent £6or7 on this I'd have considered it a poor purchase, although at that price I'd have been buying on a could be good or bad and hope something turns out good. Thankfully I borrowed the game not bought it.

 

diablo 2 was fun for a while...then everyone started hacking.

anyways dungeon siege is a blast if you play it with a friend over lan. no lag like you get on the zone and you dont have to mess with the firewall settings if you have one.me and 3 friends had alot of fun playing it multiplayer for about a month and then the cd messed up.

 

Well, you can all EAT me! I stand by my recommendation.

 

It's a win/win situation, even if the game should suck. For THAT kinda money it's not a very big risk to take.

 

I've played through Dungeon Siege twice, and I've started for the third time. I'd got bored of Diablo 2 by the third act.

The reason to get Dungeon Siege is for the graphics. The battle in Dragon's Rathe and the final battle are beautifully displayed, and I think that it was worth the £30 I paid for it. Great game, class act, brilliant buy, etc.

 

Dungeon Siege is a HARDCORE kombat game. Like Diablo1 or 2 or Icewind Dale.

And then some.

There's a tiny little bit of story which really isn't terrible, it's just not anything that Disney or Salvatore hasn't already published. It's really like a refined Neverwinter Nights engine, more than an Infinity. It's three dimensional, and the camera does a very good job of keeping the monsters and your party in the visible area. The only problem is when you are *entering* a dungeon or residence, and at the crest, the camera hides everything; basically, don't try to sneak and peek through the dungeon entrance, and you'll be alright. In or out, pick one.

It is overtly kombat intensive; unless you're a hardcore kombatant, you'll get your fill about chapter 3, and start cheating from there. It's interface is excellent; fine tuned and user friendly. You can make anything to anything, and let the enemy sweat the details. There's sixteen times sixteen weapons and armour and spells, so if you're an inventory freak, you WILL find a small bit of heaven. You can have something like 8 followers, including a donkey (who's inventory is quite a bit larger than the normal NPC's).

The game engine is tweaked and fluid, and with a Ti4200 (overclocked to around 295/595), it is silky smooth at 1600x1200x32@75hz. The music is fairly decent, and the atmosphere isn't outstanding, but it's not bad at all. You will feel like you're in a dungeon, but don't expect any kind of heart pounding/sweating.




It's worth $9.99.

 

One thing I always found annoying about it is how easy it is to get lost. The game world is massive and the map displays such a tiny portion of it that it's difficult to know where you need to go. I think I spent more time trying to find my way than anything else.

 

http://www.sorcerers.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000418#000000

check out this alternate review thread.

 

Dungeon Siege is a terrible game. The fact that this game is being backed by Microsoft gets the game itself much publicity and even more good words from magazines and game sites.

There is no way to custom your avatar. It is like voting under a dictatorship, you can vote but you have no choice; you can make changes but there is little options.

i have no problem about the story. i celebrate Diablo as much as i celebrate Baldur's Gate. The essence of a game is its gameplay, the process of playing the game.

In either Diablo or Baldur's Gate, you are given a chance to craft your characters. Especially in Diablo2, make a search in gamefaqs.com and you will see a great portion of faqs are devoted to character building. Character building is a very fun and interesting process. It is in this process that test your intelligence. We all compete about the character we built. With the ability to control how our character grow, we can play a sorcerer with a melee start and a magic end.

In Dungeon Seige, this process is taken away. The gamer becomes a puppet of its game. Sure, we can decide how to play our character in order to build our character, but, to me, this is a very bad idea. At the start of the game, severely lacking spell scroll, a sorceress have to hack her way to the first village. The gives her a strong fighter start. Well, that is her start and that will be her end as well. Without a strong start, this sorceress simply cannot use her magic to fight her way beyond first village.

Playing Diablo, controlling the character, switching between skills and spells, running this character around give you all the excitement for playing the game. Playing Baldur's Gate, laying out your formation, deciding your spell sequence, playing your battle strategy give you all the acomplishment for playing the game. What does the combat in Dungeon Seige gives you? Nothing. You control nothing, you do nothing, you get nothing.

Dungeon Seige is an insult to a gamer's intelligence. 9.99? Why should they put this game in shelves anyway?

 

Buy it, then sell it to a buddy (or better yet, someone you hate) for 20 bucks.