The Dark Eye: Drakensang [PC]

Ergopad · Post by **Ergopad** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:39 pm

The Dark Eye: Drakensang

The story centres around Ferdok, an important trading city on the Great River. The feared female lancers of Ferdok and Ferdok's famous beer have given the city a reputation throughout the continent and the humans here live in harmony with the dwarves. But despite the cheerful and peaceful atmosphere, the peace is now being shaken by a mysterious series of murders. Sinister figures are pursuing their dark schemes, while the fear among the population grows with every new murder. And while the adventurers are still pondering whether the crimes are connected to the proclamation made by the Church of Hesinde on the tenth anniversary of the Dragonquest, they themselves are dragged into the mysterious events by a very particular murder...

Features:
* Intense tactical combat based on 'The Dark Eye' ruleset
* A huge, established fantasy universe to explore
* Over 70 unique characters driving the story
* Over 1000 pages of background story written by four 'The Dark Eye' authors
* Party-based single-player RPG.
* Extensive terrain.
* Talent-based dialogue system.
* Strategic real-time combat.
* Faithful adaptation of an epic fantasy universe.
* Varied, flexible magic system.
* Nebula 3 Engine.
* Full Shader 2.0 and 3.0 support.
* Realistic physics.
* Living artificial intelligence.
* Hitzone-based combat system.
* Motion-captured animations.

Info, screenshots, videos and demo: [url="http://www.drakensang.com/"]Homepage[/url]

Manual in PDF format: [url="http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=4407592f0d23d04fd956df2962098fcb3278f2cd863bf90dc95965eaa7bc68bc"]Download[/url]

Good review scores, especially from users: [url="http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/drakensangthedarkeye?q=drakensang"]MetaCritic[/url]

Wallpapers (by me

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I highly recommend this game, if you like games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Placescape: Torment or Neverwinter Nights. Finally a traditional party-based RPG.

It's already available for download from Direct2Drive, GamersGate and Steam. The disc version will be launched in this month.

Try the demo.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:22 pm

Played the demo before and didn't like it. Not my cup of tea, if you ask me.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:24 pm

I'm with DesR85. The combat AI is a joke, and you can only control one character at a time.

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:07 pm

I have to say that although I had high hopes, I barely got started in the demo before I'd had enough

Ergopad · Post by **Ergopad** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:01 am

Yes You Can

There is 3 ways to select all characters!

#1. Double click on one of the avatars of your characters and it will select all the characters.

#2. Press the ","-key IIRC to select all characters.

#3. Or click dotted box on lower-right corner to select all characters.

So you didn't play that much obviously...

I recommend again the game, if you like party controlling BG/IWD-style CRPG. At first, the rules seems absurd, but once you understand them, they are great. Overall, the game gets better the more you play it... Especially when you leave the city at first time.

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