Dungeon Siege (0)

Story

Dungeon Siege is set in the world of Aranna, with the events of the plot taking place in the . The player starts off as a normal and, when his/her community is attacked by a vicious band of goblin-like creatures called the , the player sets out to fight off the attack and seek help. The player travels to the nearby town of and gains the assistance of the garrison there, but soon finds out that his or her journey does not end at the town.

The player must then embark upon an epic quest in the Kingdom of Ehb to save it from the forces of evil. In Ehb there is a rich variety of areas such as , , , icy , and , each rife with a huge variety of enemies to fight. The player will meet many different characters who will join his or her party to help out. Ehb is mainly populated by and , though in later games it is learned that Ehb is also home to , and a wide variety of other races.

Gameplay

Dungeon Siege has an and the player clicks on spots in the environment to move their character and attack different enemies, similar to other action role-playing games such as . Unlike Diablo, however, Dungeon Siege utilizes a large amount of character automation to decrease the workload on the player. The player can form a party of up to eight characters which can include pack mules to carry loot, and control each party member either manually or automatically, setting parameters for automated behavior. Characters level up their skills based upon how they play, as opposed to simply gaining generic XP from defeating enemies. For instance, characters that use heavy weapons will level up strength, while characters that use spells will level up their intelligence. The game was developed with a display engine that makes traveling the Kingdom of Ehb seamless, with no loading screens between levels.

The game supports via LAN connections and the Internet. In multi-player mode you enter a different world than in single player mode.

Mods

released a toolkit to be used to create or "Siegelets." Modding Dungeon Siege became very popular with the game's community, who produced a large variety of mods and Siegelets over the course of Dungeon Siege's popularity.

Ratings

Dungeon Siege was originally rated Mature due to high levels of violence, though Microsoft toned down the violence in later releases in order to achieve a rating of Teen. The violence was also removed from older copies in a patch. The game includes an option to not display gore, or to change the blood's color to green.

Miscellaneous

The 2008 movie "In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" was based loosely on the plot of Dungeon Siege. The Uwe Boll directed movie was universally panned, and with a 4% freshness rating on it ranks among the lowest rated movies in cinematic history.

Compatibility / Widescreen support

This game runs on Windows 7 32/64bits. After installing, you need to run the DSVideoConfig.exe file in the installation map and set the values to the correct ones.

After this, you need to check both DungeonSiege.ini files to check if the correct values were set. In these files you can also change the resolution of the game. Widescreen is fully supported.

Requirements

PC

• Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me/XP/2000
• Processor: PC with 333 MHz equivalent or higher
• RAM Memory: 128 MB
• HDD Space: 1.5 GB
• Video Card: 8 MB video card required
• Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
• 56.6 Kbps or better modem for 1-4 player online play; broadband or LAN for 5 players

Mac

• Operating System: Mac OS X 10.1 or above
• Processor: 450 MHz PowerPC G3
• RAM Memory: 256MB
• Video Card: 16MB