THE GOOD:Competes on the same lines of BG DA. New enemies, better NPC characters, and graphics. Nice options to mod weapons, armor, and spells.
THE BAD:
still a hack-&-slash, very linear (little freedom), and weird cam angles
SUMMARY:
3/5, why? because its been done to death; BA DA, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, and Heroes Might and Magic have all the same traits, and faults. What sets this apart is the fact that you can Mod. your weapons, armor, and change your spells to what you wish (with a cost.. of course!) The new NPC's are fun, and look great! the graphics are a step above the previous version, and allow for some very detailed maps. The voice acting is nice, and gives you a break from reading all the text from similar titles. The export feature is nice, allowing you to export a character to make use of him/her in another game (gave me a better chance of survival) when importing a character, you can start from the beginning and carry the imported character stats with you! Very nice! still this game does not deserve a four, or five due to the fact that they still didn't fix the fighting yet. To fight, is to be still! Unlike Gauntlet Dark Legacy, you must stay put whilst you fight. Another thing that bothered the heck out of me was the lack of Online capabilities. Xbox is dominating the online world with live, and companies should be taking advantage of this. Games have a higher replay the minute d/l content is added, or Online multiplayer modes. Look at Mech Assault for example; Beat it, and its worthless! Add Online, or multiplayer, and its still gold.
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