Conclusion:

Calling this an action RPG is a joke. Calling it an RPG in the first place is even a bigger joke. Your character does not "grow" as you play, the story line is boring and at times confusing and the enemy AI is too stupid to even be mentioned. I wouldn`t recommend this game to anyone, not to Diablo fans, and certainly not to AD&D fans. While the idea behind the game is certainly excellent, it is a shame that it is not used to its fullest potential. I`m sorry to say that nothing in this game was even remotely attractive, starting from the bland dialogues, going through the abysmal character development phase and ending with the incredibly annoying combat system. This was certainly a disappointment, as I was expecting a lot more from the game, after watching the trailer and reading about it for some time and this is the first game I actually regretted playing, and this says a lot...

Gameplay: 33

Trying out a new combo move is fun. For the first 5 seconds. Then it`s back to the same block-combo-block routine. There are a lot of bugs that seriously hinder gameplay and while some of them aren`t that important, there are some that will make you replay the last 5 hours... Corrupted save games became a regular occurrence, but I could never get used to the "Artificial Intelligence". Yes, I`m including it in the bugs category, since I`m sure there is a serious bug somewhere along the line. I haven`t seen a game, in a long time, where enemies run in straight line towards you and get stuck in the first thing that gets in their way. Intelligence, yeah, right, what a good joke. Even if I ignore the bugs, the gameplay part of the game is seriously lacking (in fact, all of them are...). This is another case of good intentions gone out the window.

Graphics: 75

Graphically speaking, the game looks fine. There are times when all the vegetation gets on your nerves since you can`t see anything and you just end up attacked by all sorts of critters, but these are rare occurrences. Most of the models in the game end up repeating themselves, and it`s really funny when you`re walking down the street and two identical old men pass you slowly, dragging their cane. The water looks very good, for an RPG game, but there are some cases where the textures used are very low-res and look horrible. I must mention the main menu that I really liked, so you can install it if you want to see that

Sound: 59

The ambient sounds and music were really nice, soothing and calm. It really frustrated me that whenever combat started, the music changed, since the combat music wasn`t as nice. I spent some time just standing in one place, taking great care not to attract the huge number of wolves patrolling the forest, just to listen to the music. The voice acting part of the game is worse than anything I have ever seen (or in this case, heard). I dreaded the cut scenes just because I had to listen to my character think...

Multiplayer: n/a

Hardware: 45

The poor performance of the game is inexplicable. The options available in the menu won`t help you out, so I recommend playing it at max details, where at least it looks decent enough. Don`t try to use alt tab to check your messenger, as that screws up the game, and maybe your save as well. Always keep a back up of your saves if you want to finish the game.