Dungeon Siege 2

A wonderful, beautiful, interesting and colorful toy that can spend a lot of time and immerse you in an atmosphere of excitement and adventure. The creators of the game tried to make candy out of the graphics of the 00s, filling the game with interesting mobs and a variety of landscapes. The most beautiful video effects of magic skills and good character animation. A variety of mobs, landscapes, dungeons and adventures, character dialogues and good videos. But on the condition that you are able to tolerate terribly limited angles and a short camera zoom with a slow turning speed (the effect of a slow tank turret) and mountains and trees constantly obscuring your view. Invisible gray-red fonts on a gray-red background. And primitive character control (clicking the mouse at random on an invisible pedestrian zone, free from invisible obstacles). More than half of the game's actions are focused on controlling the camera in order to find a viewpoint that is not obscured by trees. Moreover, the camera does not rotate very quickly, does not tilt more than 60 degrees from the vertical and does not move further than the conventional 12 meters, but in battle you need to act very quickly. In addition, it is impossible to aim at mobs on hills (and the game is full of hills and descents; the game is simply filled with picturesque alpine landscapes and descents into dungeons, which are not always visible due to trees and the limited angle and zoom of the camera). Well, you can run close to a mob on a hill (to see it) and, if you’re lucky, not die. And the mobs in the game are tough, you constantly have to run back with zero HP. And at the same time, the character is controlled only with the left mouse button and only along an invisible pedestrian zone. Plus a slow camera. Kiting as a mage or marksman is not at all easy. And when a character is finished off by an evil mob, you have to frantically click on the destination, trying to escape from the mob, and this is not always possible. If you don’t click on an invisible pedestrian zone in time, and even if you click on it, the game’s AI may decide that it’s too difficult to get to it and the character will remain standing, suffering a stupid death. (Yes, yes, the game is not for those with weak hands and not for weak mouse buttons) . And death in the game is punished harshly. A quarter of my hard-earned money. And in this game, virtual coins are not very easy to earn. The economic balance of the game is noticeably tightened. It is recommended to dress the characters in gear with the skill of dropping magic items, and also start the game as a person. Against the backdrop of management problems, all other minor shortcomings are simply not noticeable. (“Blind” font colors, interface windows obscuring each other, semi-clear windows with indistinguishable small translucent inscriptions. The same set of skills for different races). There is no point in describing the mechanics of the game, as well as the presence of several AI-controlled characters in the group (there are no complaints about this part of the game). In general, the creators of the game will definitely not fix the camera and add controls (they will release another game with higher system requirements and with even greater defects). In the first version of Dungeon Siege, the ENT was much worse, and the controls were much better.

Conclusion: a wonderful, interesting game with low system requirements (due to the age of the game). With poor controls, limited camera and blind fonts. Masochists will appreciate it. (7.5/10)