I was a bit confused when I first saw it in the shops. It's real obvious that this is an 'expansion' and not a sequel. The gameplay is EXACTLY the same. While more of Dungeon Siege isn't a bad thing, THIS much more does get kind of repetitive, especially when you kill the 4 billionth skag/skitter/ skitterskag. It's fun to begin with but it soon becomes infuriating.
There's pretty much no reason to use anything but mêlée weapons during the whole game. Magic is totally useless and up until the last level, range weapons are pathetic too. And just after the halfway mark you can just forget about collecting gold. It's pointless. I finished the game with about 500, 000 in gold. But there's nothing to use it on. Why even have gold to collect if you can't use it? And the weapons and armour you can buy with it are just rubbish. They don't give you much of an upgrade or boost. They just look different from each other. There's nothing of any great use.
The controls desperately need rethought. You click in one direction and sometimes the characters will run away in the other. What's the deal with that? And it's far too, way too easy to get lost. You spend hours wandering around the labyrinthine levels without a clue where you should go. There's a megamap button on the screen but when you click on it you are presented with a black rectangle. Wow! That's useful.
There's not much of a pay-off when you finish the game either. Once you kill the bad guy you just switch the game off as there is nothing left to do. Boy, am I glad I stuck it out to the end.
The good parts are just the re-used elements of the first game. The music is great (why is there no score CD?). The plot developments are interesting (tho they go nowhere) and there is a great atmosphere to many of the exotic levels.
My best hint in regards to playing the game is to NOT allow Nardulo to join your team. He's weak, dies easily and will use up all your health potions.
Is this worth getting if you already have the first game? Definitely not! But the original Dungeon Siege is included in the 3-disc pack (no switching the CDs is necessary, the whole game is loaded all at once-quite impressive!!!) so if you really love bashing in goblins and love it just as much after bashing the 50 zillionth, gillionth, thrillionth, trillionth, billionth, millionth goblin then go right ahead and play both games in a row. I can't imagine it would be healthy tho.
There's pretty much no reason to use anything but mêlée weapons during the whole game. Magic is totally useless and up until the last level, range weapons are pathetic too. And just after the halfway mark you can just forget about collecting gold. It's pointless. I finished the game with about 500, 000 in gold. But there's nothing to use it on. Why even have gold to collect if you can't use it? And the weapons and armour you can buy with it are just rubbish. They don't give you much of an upgrade or boost. They just look different from each other. There's nothing of any great use.
The controls desperately need rethought. You click in one direction and sometimes the characters will run away in the other. What's the deal with that? And it's far too, way too easy to get lost. You spend hours wandering around the labyrinthine levels without a clue where you should go. There's a megamap button on the screen but when you click on it you are presented with a black rectangle. Wow! That's useful.
There's not much of a pay-off when you finish the game either. Once you kill the bad guy you just switch the game off as there is nothing left to do. Boy, am I glad I stuck it out to the end.
The good parts are just the re-used elements of the first game. The music is great (why is there no score CD?). The plot developments are interesting (tho they go nowhere) and there is a great atmosphere to many of the exotic levels.
My best hint in regards to playing the game is to NOT allow Nardulo to join your team. He's weak, dies easily and will use up all your health potions.
Is this worth getting if you already have the first game? Definitely not! But the original Dungeon Siege is included in the 3-disc pack (no switching the CDs is necessary, the whole game is loaded all at once-quite impressive!!!) so if you really love bashing in goblins and love it just as much after bashing the 50 zillionth, gillionth, thrillionth, trillionth, billionth, millionth goblin then go right ahead and play both games in a row. I can't imagine it would be healthy tho.
