Atari Forgotten Realms Demon Stone PC

For those of you, who like third - person fighting genre in fantasy should get this spectacular game, though its not a mainstream RPG game. I actually found myself as if I was in one of R.A.Salvatores novel; especially if you are fond of Salvatores novels, it is a must for you to get this game, because the story was written by him.

But the biggest surprise was probably the moments that I had the chance to play with Drizzt DoUrden! Thats right fellows, in one of the episodes - Im not going to tell which one its - you actually play as DRIZZT DOURDEN. He joins the three heroes, who are the protagonists of the adventure. He had outstanding fighting skills, just like in Salvatores Dark Elf Trilogy and Ice Wind Dale.

The main three characters are somehow destined to meet with each other, and throughout the adventure you are getting to know their stories. A mighty fighter, a gifted sorcerer and a fierce and agile half - drow will stir up your adventure desires. The more you fight skillfully, the more the experience for each fighter increase for each chapter. At the end of a chapter, you use your experiences and golds to upgrade each heros unique skills and to learn brand new abilities for further chapters. You are able to switch your heroes during the game in any time, and once their hero points reach the peak, you can practice a special attack individually or you may wait till each heros point is fully charged, then practice a team attack that will definitely hit harder against a demon army as well as stunning your eyes. I strongly recommend Forgotten Realms readers and players to discover this game.

The graphics are alright for a DVD quality and there are cinematic visualizations for every chapter. Though I find the game a bit shorter, its intensive game play environment makes one chapter a hell of an experience. You may discover that even the easy level is quite challenging in this game, now imagine the hard level. Still, I just reflect my own point of view and experience and you do not necessarily find the game interesting; I just share it with you, so dont make any judgments before experiencing this game. Take it as another unknown adventure, and enjoy the moments or not.

Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating:

Date Reviewed: 16May2008

This games promises so much but delivers so little. After reading the back of the box I was initially impressed. A party of three characters, Fighter, Rogue and a sorcerer that you can switch seemlessy between, a story by R. A. Salvatore set in the Forgotten Realms world sounds ideal. Unfortuanately what I expected was a RPG like Neverwinter Nights or something similar. What this game actually is is a very poor hack and slash like the lord of the rings games. You are dumped at the start in the middle of a battle with little clue what is going on. All you then do is click the left mouse button alot and moving the direction keys. How a company like Atari could release a game of such poor quality is beyond me. If the graphics were exceptionally good I might find some enjoyment but to give a comparison, if anyone owns Empire Earth the graphics are like when you zoom right in. All in all a very poor game avoid at all costs.

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Date Reviewed: 03Mar2005

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