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- Rating:8.5
This game rocks!
When I found this game, I was roaming the net looking for some good old rpg. What really convinced me about the old school style of this software was all the details I found on the official site forum and the good answer... Read Full Review
10 of 11 users found the following review helpful
What Gamespot Users have to say about Eschalon: Book I
- Rating:9.5
This indie RPG is a minor masterpiece.
Don't let the old-school vibe of Eschalon fool you: if you enjoy a solid RPG experience, you simply must play this game. Eschalon's depth goes beyond the throwback graphics and interface; this game offers a challenging, ... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.5
Eschalon: Book I defines and explains to us what an Indie-RPG should be: not too formulaic, and not too old-school!
Eschalon: Book I is one of those games that you love from the beginning, at least that was my experience upon playing this wonderful RPG. However, it does not follow the same exact rules as any game in this genre, (it is... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful - Rating:6
Try it first - looks and sound like a real cool old school game - but it has got some flaws.
Just like in all old-school RPG - graphics and sound are terrible. Quests are a bit more interesting and require more that just killing things around. Piloting your character on the map goes in a funny turn-like system, ... Read Full Review
6 of 11 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7
Fun but full of imperfections.
Just finished Eschalon Book 1. The description "old style" is appropriate. The game was enjoyable and brought back memories of older Dungeon and Dragons titles and some of the old Origin games. I do have some criticism... Read Full Review
8 of 9 users found the following review helpful - Rating:5.5
After reading reviews, I was quite excited to try it... However, disappointment struck in 15 minutes
I have to tell you I was bored to death after playing for 2 hrs. People, c'mon, it's year 2008, and although I find flashy graphics to be encumbering from time to time, the extreme lack of graphic detail in this game is ... Read Full Review
4 of 25 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.5
Further proof that a game does not have to have flashy 3D graphics to still be an amazing Role Playing Game.
From the start, this game reminded me soo much of the Ultima series for some reason (particularly Ultima 8 Pagan) to the point it got me thinking it was another Ultima Game lol. The game starts with your typical charact... Read Full Review
6 of 7 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8
A lovely and immersive old school game.
I liked this game very much. Its a very immersive game becouse of its structure and most becouse of the history, a very well writen history. I don´t care if it was already done in other games, fact is that the history wa... Read Full Review
4 of 5 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.5
Oh my GOD!!! Old school RPG is back!!!
First and foremost if you are expecting unbelievable graphics or uncanny bloody combo fights stay away from this game cause this is no RPG like hack n slash games like Fable and such... This is THE old school RPG game th... Read Full Review
10 of 13 users found the following review helpful
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