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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1239352" data-attributes="member: 1465">I tried the demo just yesterday night and I liked it.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> From my first 4-hours experience this is my opinion, but keep in mind that I only tried the demo (without any manual), so I haven't found out yet how to make it work 100%!- the D&D rules are implemented fairly well, although it looks like not all the game made it into the PC title: as an example, there are no Knowledge skills which eventually they didn't find a way to use them in the PC game- whether because of limited implementation, because of bugs, or because I haven't found out yet how to do it properly  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> sometimes it looks like you don't get your whole round worth of actions: specifically, in many occasions it switches to the next character when I am sure you still had the right for example for a 5foot step; another similar case is to use Spellcraft to identify scrolls, I haven't found out if it's possible and how- IMHO the interface is the best yet for this kind of games: it's a radial interface similar to NWN, but with names instead of symbols which make it much better; something is not obvious tho without the manual to help, and possibly when you get too many layers of choice you may have to scroll the screen- the look & feel is just fantastic, both the sprites and the background are well painted and the artist made a very nice job; some monsters just look like the ones in the MM (you can walk into a room and immediately know you are in front of an ogre, you cannot be wrong!); also spells effects are well done and quite diverse- at least the demo has minimal interaction with other characters; I have heard that anyway the story is very straightforward and RP is minimal, nothing even remotely comparable with the Baldur's Gate seriesAll in all, because of the above and the fact that there is NO multiplayer, I think the game is mostly great as a training ground for the real D&D... to try your combo characters to see if they work  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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