Can't recommend it, bugs and lack of a story outweigh what fun the game does provide.

User Rating: 3.9 | The Temple of Elemental Evil PC
By mlfolkman | Review Date:
This game is probably the most bug-ridden piece of software I have ever purchased. There really isn't much of a story to it, you basically briefly go to a couple of towns, and then start running around in a big dungeon, killing stuff. In terms of dungeon crawls, its OK if that is all you are really looking for. The combat is turn-based, and actually is probably the one thing Troika/Atari did well. But thats about where it ends. This is the first game I have ever played, where it seems to lag no matter what is happening. Scrolling is a mess, and the way you select actions is a pure disaster. You basically right click on a PC, and a ring of 4 or 5 options, each with a submenu of selections, and, sometimes, those submenus have submenuse (for example, whe casting a spell). By the time you go to pick what you want to do, your mouse pointer is on the other side of the screen. The gameplay overall is pretty annoying, but the bugs are the worst part of it (especially the bugs that cause graphics glitches and blunders).

Unfortunately, you can tell this game had quite a bit of potential. it has a bit of an eerie feel to it once you get inside the temple, and you have a good deal of flexibility with how you create and develop your party. Unfortunately, the bugs are not only with scrolling and graphics, but a lot of the abilities and spells apparently don't work right, either.

Overall, the marginal amount of enjoyment you might get will be superceded by the constant annoying bugs you have to deal with. in short, it's just not worth fighting through the bugs to try to enjoy the game.

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