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Dragonshard Review at IGN

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Sep 24, 2005.

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    The third and still not last Dragonshard review today, this time at IGN. This one goes into more detail but the rating is pretty much the same as GameSpot's: 8.4 mean and slightly more for gameplay and graphics. Here's an excerpt:

    That said, Dragonshard reflects the content of the D&D world rather than the core rules. As such, it would be better marketed just as an Eberron game than a D&D game. Unfortunately, the new Eberron setting just doesn't have the draw that Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk have, so it makes more sense just to put D&D on the box and leave it at that. I don't mean to dwell on this point too much but, as a fan and player of the pen and paper game, the distinction between an RTS based on the D&D mechanics and one simply based in the new campaign setting is worth noting.

    Rather than adapting the full range of 3.5E rules, Dragonshard merely merges the basic concepts of classes, experience levels and dungeon crawling to a more traditional RTS format. On the upper world players will have to create massive armies and lead them against enemy strongholds. Gateways to the lower world will allow players to lead parties of adventurers into battle against a wide variety of monsters proctecting gold and magic items.

    Read the whole thing at IGN and you can also follow the links below the review to take a look at screenshots and videos.
     
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