Dragonshard Review at 2404

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At 2404, there's a new review of Dragonshard, Liquid's hybrid of the two ever so mutually attractive genres, RPG and RTS (real time strategy). The review goes to great lengths in giving a detailed and accurate description of various aspects of gameplay, as well as a critical analysis of graphics and sound, not hesitating to point out the weaknesses apart from singing high praise. It should be quite informative and helpful in deciding whether the game interests you or not. Here's a snip:

As somebody who has followed the Dungeons and Dragons brand through nearly every available medium, I certainly found the idea of a D&D Real Time Strategy (RTS) game to be very enticing. Certainly when Warcraft was first released I remember thinking of it in terms of D&D, from the different races, to the incorporated stories. In reality, Warcraft likely owes the folks at D&D some thanks as I question whether we would have had a Warcraft if we didn't first have our d20 (That's RPG nerd talk for a 20 sided dice).
Now outside of my questionable D&D playing youth there are some very serious and telling questions remaining. What type of RPG experience would this game offer? Would it follow in the resource gathering Blizzard style? Perhaps the game would instead take the Battle Realms or Battle for Middle Earth style of a more tactical, less involved city-making process. Would the game even be any good? When the game was first announced, I knew next to nothing about the new Eberron setting. As a more traditional type of guy, I would have much preferred a Forgotten Realms based RTS, something I was more familiar with.

Read the whole thing at 2404.