Drakensang: The Dark Eye Review
This epic role-playing game has great depth, but is hampered by a number of significant design flaws.
I played the German Version of Drakensang now for about 10 hours, and I love it. It really matches up to any given RPG of a similar genre, and does not have to hide behind games like NWN2 or the like. The game has stu... Read Full Review
23 of 25 users found the following review helpfulFor fans of old-school RPGs in the vein of AD&D, Drakensang offers an alternative in the form of The Dark Eye pen-and-paper RPG bought to PC. To put it as briefly as possible, it's something like NWN but given Dragon Age... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful----Review of start of the game---- (2/10) So for the past few days I had been trying out Darkensang: Dark Eye. I found it extremely repetitive. Most of the missions have you going into caves and killing the same mon... Read Full Review
3 of 7 users found the following review helpfulOk.. now i played this game from beginning to end and all i have to say is that it is about one thing; play it as you want. I found that this tittle is highly addictive that i almost played it for about 12 hours continuo... Read Full Review
3 of 5 users found the following review helpfulWestern RPGs were once a very small and disrespected sub genre within the much larger RPG world. In the 80s and early 90s, there was no such classification since all PC RPGs were built in much the same way...but after Fi... Read Full Review
19 of 21 users found the following review helpfulDrakensang: The Dark Eye can be referred to as a typical RPG 'cause it has all the ingredients of general role-playing game-- A world in danger? Check. A prophecy claiming the arrival of a hero? Check. Lot of 'life chang... Read Full Review
4 of 7 users found the following review helpfulI have to say, this game caught me completely off guard. Who'd have guessed that a European game developer could release a beautiful, compelling single player RPG, especially after the bitter disappointment of Gothic 3. ... Read Full Review
4 of 5 users found the following review helpfulYeah,so I bought this game when it came out. I am a HUGE RPG fan,so it meant nothing to me that I paid bout $40 for this game. I flew half way around the world to Asia,finally installed it onto my pc and got ready for a ... Read Full Review
8 of 18 users found the following review helpfulFirst of all, don't listen to anyone who hasn't played for more than 10 hours or so. The game doesn't get awesome until after Chapter 2. That brings down the score a little and maybe the crazy stat system and the need ... Read Full Review
5 of 6 users found the following review helpfulI had read some favorable reviews of this game prior to buying it, so I had a pretty good idea that I was going to like it. That said, I was still blown away by how good it was. I have been playing crpgs since the Comm... Read Full Review
12 of 13 users found the following review helpfulI've only just started playing the game, so I might not see the technical issues that the GS reviewer mentions, but terrible voice acting? Not at all. In fact, when the characters do talk (there's a lot of reading in thi... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
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