Dungeon Siege Owns

[alee25]

the only problem with the game is multiplayer, since you can import single characters into it, there is gonna be rampant cheating.

Blizzard did a better job controlling cheating, as all characters were stored on the server. In a week or two all characters in dungeon siege multiplayer will be level 99

i think dungeon seige is more like a cross between myth:the fallen lords and diablo

 

[iLoveDivX]

i just played some more of it. jeez this game is buff.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

If it looks like this I'm not all that impressed.

 

[cricky]

<< Are you kidding? Heck, I was playing Lemonade on the first Apple 2, loading it from a cassette deck.

I didn't want to date myself too much. My first game ever was Radar Rat Race on the Vic-20 (on cartridge, not tape, although I had the cassette too. And the 300 baud modem). I played Ultima II non-stop on the Commodore 64... Missed Ultima I because I never had an Apple... Yeah, I'm older than dirt too...

That's why I was impressed by this game. It's been the first game in a LONG time that made me sit up and take notice. YMMV, of course...

--Christopher

 

[d1abolic]

Damn you! I installed it a few days back, but had no time to play it. Was just about to go to bed (work tomorrow) when saw your post. Ended up playing for an hour. Surely would have played longer, but i do need sleep. You're right though, the game looks good so far.

 

[XZeroII]

Where is the siege editor? I want to mess with it but can't find it? Might come out after the game is released...

 

[giguana]

I just picked up a copy of JKII but haven't had time to play much of it.

As for Dungeon Siege, I think I'll wait until gogamer.com has it on their 48 hour madness sale. But it looks pretty cool.

 

[WhiteWonder]

<< If it looks like this I'm not all that impressed. >>



looks pretty good for an RPG......

 

[pcmodem]

Yo,
Have finally got $420 in my piggy bank, enough to buy a set of Klipsch 5.1 speakers! Been saving for months.

Just in time for Dungeon Siege.

-PCM

 

[Spike]

dungeon siege is totally awesome. My roomate won a copy and we have both been playing it a ton for the last few days. I have put in about 18 hours so far and am so far very impressed. The game plays well and has really good graphics. I am kinda curious why I only get an average of 30fps with my athlonXP 1800+ and Radeon 8500 (retail 64mb) My roomate gets about 5 fps less with a 1.33 athlon and a GeForce2 pro 64mb. That does not seem to make any sense to me... Either way though, the game is totally cool. I love running around with 4 archers, a knight, 2 mages, and my lovely pack-mule named flare. (Flare carries all my extra crap) Ok, back to the game for me, I got some goblins to kill!

-spike

 

[crypticlogin]

To anybody who has it: I'm looking at the video clips and it *seems* like the trees and other landscape objects get in the way... a lot! Yeah, the webpages say they're supposed to fade out when they get in the way but how annoying is it really? And an honest comparison, how "like" Diablo is it?

 

[alee25]

the trees are basically invisible, you walk right through them

how much like diablo is it?
well 1. its a hack and slash (with a bit more of tactics since you control a party)
2. you can jump right in
3. its pretty addicting
4. but if you like diablo2 multiplayer, dungeon siege multiplayer sucks

 

[BD2003]

It really isnt nearly the game thats D2 was.

1. No major character deviation. You can use ranged, melee or magic. No skills, just regular old attacks like D1.
2. The party system is entirely too cumbersome. Its impossible to control that many people.
3. There needs to be some sort of alert that youre near death, because while Im in a fight, the only way to survive is to stare at my health bar to make sure I dont die.
4. Multiplayer isnt even close to D2. It wont be long before the hackers come through.
5. And the sound and music is not quite up to snuff with D2.

But its got far, far better gfx.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

<< It really isnt nearly the game thats D2 was.

1. No major character deviation. You can use ranged, melee or magic. No skills, just regular old attacks like D1.
2. The party system is entirely too cumbersome. Its impossible to control that many people.
3. There needs to be some sort of alert that youre near death, because while Im in a fight, the only way to survive is to stare at my health bar to make sure I dont die.
4. Multiplayer isnt even close to D2. It wont be long before the hackers come through.
5. And the sound and music is not quite up to snuff with D2.

But its got far, far better gfx. >>



1. Agreed, you can specialize in anything using any character, but I don't think that's really a bad thing. You create your own player and then customize him in either melee, ranged, and nature or combar magic. The more you use either skill the better you get it, just like in real life. I think in this way, Dungeon Siege falls into a more realistic category than Diablo 2.

2. I dunno, I'm running with a full party right now, and have no problems keeping up as long as I know when to pause to organize my people. The combat system in DS differs significantly from Diablo's, it's more like the Baldur's Gate series when it comes to strategy and party organization. It's not inferior to Diablo 2 because it's not like Diablo 2.

3. Your character starts blinking yellow when you're low on health. It has caught me off guard a few times and I've died, but 9 times out of 10 I glance up and if I'm low, I just hit my heal juice hotkey and I'm good to go. An audio alert would IMO take away from the immersive feeling of the game. In the real world, if you're getting the crap pounded out of you and you're about to die, you don't hear a "ding ding ding" notifying you of that fact.

4. I agree with this totally. The multiplayer element of Dungeon Siege is seriously lacking, especially when you go into a multiplayer server only to find 80 and 90 level characters en masse only a few days after than game is out. Hopefully they'll release a patch that stops people from transferring their single player character into the mulitplayer game.

5. I disagree with this. If you turn on the EAX, this game's sound is stunning, and the music works well for the areas you are walking into.

Oh well, everyone is entitled to an opinion, but I think Dungeon Siege is one of the better games of the last few years.

 

[BD2003]

<< 1. Agreed, you can specialize in anything using any character, but I don't think that's really a bad thing. You create your own player and then customize him in either melee, ranged, and nature or combar magic. The more you use either skill the better you get it, just like in real life. I think in this way, Dungeon Siege falls into a more realistic category than Diablo 2. >>



Well my primary complaint is thats everything in DS is bash bash bash, or shoot shoot shoot or cast cast cast. In D2, even the melee characters had elaborate skills.



<< 2. I dunno, I'm running with a full party right now, and have no problems keeping up as long as I know when to pause to organize my people. The combat system in DS differs significantly from Diablo's, it's more like the Baldur's Gate series when it comes to strategy and party organization. It's not inferior to Diablo 2 because it's not like Diablo 2. >>



Well, pausing to organize the people is the problem. It feels like after every room I have to stop and make sure the right one out of my 5 guys has the right armor etc... Its a different type of game, but I guess its not really my cup of tea.



<< 3. Your character starts blinking yellow when you're low on health. It has caught me off guard a few times and I've died, but 9 times out of 10 I glance up and if I'm low, I just hit my heal juice hotkey and I'm good to go. An audio alert would IMO take away from the immersive feeling of the game. In the real world, if you're getting the crap pounded out of you and you're about to die, you don't hear a "ding ding ding" notifying you of that fact. >>



In the real world its quite obvious to you when youre about to die, even if a bell doesnt ring. In DS, you wouldnt have a clue youre about to die unless you look at a teeny weeny bar in the corner. D2 didnt need a sound because it had an in your face globe. At the very least the bar should have been on your character like an RTS so you dont have to keep looking up, drawing your attention away from battle.




<< 4. I agree with this totally. The multiplayer element of Dungeon Siege is seriously lacking, especially when you go into a multiplayer server only to find 80 and 90 level characters en masse only a few days after than game is out. Hopefully they'll release a patch that stops people from transferring their single player character into the mulitplayer game. >>



Yeah right now, its pretty ridiculous, and almost senseless to play online.



<< 5. I disagree with this. If you turn on the EAX, this game's sound is stunning, and the music works well for the areas you are walking into. >>



The music is ok, but nothing that gets stuck in your head, at least for me. And I find the EAX to be WAY overdone. Go into a cave and it feels like youre in a bathroom. D2 had much better EAX in the caves.



<< Oh well, everyone is entitled to an opinion, but I think Dungeon Siege is one of the better games of the last few years. >>



Its a good game, but I wouldnt put it up there against the best games of the past few years. Nice GFX though.

 

I bought it yesterday. So far it's a lot of fun. I just hope it's not like D2 where after 50 hours of clicking the mouse you wonder why they hell you are bothering.

 

[pcmodem]

Yo,
Roommate's been playing Dungeon Siege off and on since Saturday night, loves it. He didn't play much Sunday, had to spend time with his wife and kid. Family comes first.

My copy should arrive by Tuesday afternoon's mail from GameStop. I can forsee that my girlfriend's going to start complaining about not spending enough time with her. Especially now that I've hooked up the new Klipsch Promedia 5.1 speakers.

-PCM

 

[iLoveDivX]

anyone finish it yet? the beginning (first 5 hours) is going good for me...don't know how the rest will turn out.