[Xbox] Dungeons & Dragons Heroes review

Welverin

First Post

• Sep 17, 2003

• #1

Gamespot's review is up, it got a 6.6.

I'll come back with comments when I read it.

 

Last edited: Sep 17, 2003

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WizarDru

Adventurer

• Sep 17, 2003

• #2

Ouch. Sounds like this'll chalk up to a 'if you want to play Gauntlet, go play Gauntlet' sort of situation. I'll wait for some more reviews, though. Sometimes Gamespot and I don't always agree...but this review looked fairly well thought out.

 

Hand of Evil

Hero

Epic

• Sep 17, 2003

• #3

Readers (9) give it 7.7 - about what I would expect for a game with a limited number of characters and being from what I have seen of it a hacking game.

 

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Dreeble

First Post

• Sep 19, 2003

• #4

Heya:

I think I'll just wait until BGDA2, then.

Take care,
Dreeble

 

Brother Shatterstone

Dark Moderator of PbP

• Sep 20, 2003

• #5

Here's a site for all the Internet reviews, and a scoring from the print media. (with out the full reviews)

www.gamerankings.com

BTW IGN gave it an 8.3

 

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Beretta

First Post

• Sep 22, 2003

• #6

The slow-down and in-game stutter is definitely a mark against it. The reception appears lukewarm from the reviews I have read. It's a damn shame as I was looking forward to a 4-way co-op game. I'll wait for BGA2, and amuse myself with ToEE in the meantime.

 

Last edited: Sep 22, 2003

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Zogg

First Post

• Sep 22, 2003

• #7

Why is it so hard to make a good RPG these days? Between this and the mediocre ToEE review, you have to wonder what is going on these days. I imagine it's primarily due to a short dev cycle, but it seems like innovation is the first thing thrown out the window.

I don't have an Xbox anyway, but the review makes the game sound so BAD. Doubt we'll be seeing a DnD Heroes 2.

 

Keia

I aim to misbehave

• Sep 22, 2003

• #8

Ignoring the relatively low reviews, I decided to buy this game (having seen it demo'ed at Gencon). I was happily impressed. Granted I'm not a 24 hor a day console gamer, so I don't have a wealth of information to back up the comparisons. Personnally, I thought it was as good as BGA on the xbox (graphics were actually a little worse than BGA), but the four player game was very fun.

Spent all of Sunday playing with four players from 3:00pm to 11:00pm in place of our regular PnP game. Worth the money as long as you understand what you're buying.

Keia

 

Keia

I aim to misbehave

• Sep 22, 2003

• #9

Also, reviewers tend to trend to the mainstream and definitely have favorite genres of games they like to play. The complaints I read about (no on-line feature, etc.) were very overrated. If you want a fun four player Hack and slah game (along the lines of BGA for the console) thats what you've got here.

Very addicting, like the original arcade Gauntlet games.

Keia

ps. For RPG try SW:KOTOR - great great game.

 

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Ristamar

Adventurer

• Sep 22, 2003

• #10

Zogg said:

Why is it so hard to make a good RPG these days? Between this and the mediocre ToEE review, you have to wonder what is going on these days. I imagine it's primarily due to a short dev cycle, but it seems like innovation is the first thing thrown out the window.

Click to expand...

Clones of successful formulas generally make up most of the market. Nearly every RPG these days seems to try to be Baldur's Gate, Diablo, or something in between, but none have been able to beat them at their own game.

Knights of The Old Republic will hit the PC next month, and it looks to be good, though it also borrows heavily from its BioWare predecessors from what I understand.

Oddly enough, the RPG I'm probably anticipating the most right now (besides KoTOR) is Mario & Luigi on the GBA.

 

Last edited: Sep 22, 2003