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Drakensang: The Dark Eye

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GF Rating
6.8

74 ratings

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GF Rating
7

Good

Hardcore RPG

posted by roboticsun Jan 28, 2012

1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

Despite the weak story, this is a good old school party based RPG, much like Baldurs Gate/Neverwinter Nights seires but of course in very good 3D graphics. Although nothing really stands out as different than those games in the same type, it's still fun to play. The game does have some flaws. First thing you will notice is the bad camera, though it's not clunky enough to ruin things but just feels very uncomfortable. The other thing that not very good is the linear gameplay and dialogue. There are nearly no story branching in this game and combat gets repetitive the more you play. At last the game's journal system is poorly written and it does not offer enough information for quests, so most time you have to run around to find the destination. On good side though, this game has a very unique character advancement system and very robust gameplay. Once you understand the game's mechanics, it's really a very fun game. Generally Drakensang is a game for die-hard RPG fans, but I do not recommend this to RPG newbies.

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GF Rating
5

Fair

So close to being good

posted by Equable (OAK CREEK, WI) Nov 15, 2011

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Member since Jul 2010

1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

The character development system is pretty good, nice and open. The couple things that made it too annoying to play were the camera and movement controls and the combat. The camera and movement involved holding a mouse button and moveing to adjust the view, then clicking the screen where you want to go, rotating again, clicking again and so on. That can get annoying in a twisty cave system. And the combat was just not fluid, especialy for magic.

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GF Rating
7

Good

A bit slow

posted by Lobrackia (RUSSELLVILLE, AR) Nov 12, 2011

Member since Oct 2010

1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

The action in the game is rather slow paced even in combat where you choose a skill to use then wait for your "turn". The combat system is some sort of hybrid between real time and turn based where everyone is attacking all at once but must wait between attacks and skill use. Like many other games with crafts the actual crafting portion seems rather pointless. Overall its not a terrible game just somewhat slow, worth playing while you wait for another game to arrive in the mail.

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