The voice acting across the board is terrible. Everything from the typical fantasy-inspired environments to the bestiary just gives off this really cool atmosphere that’s hard to describe. As I was playing, I really felt like I was on an adventure, on a quest to defeat evil. However, Dungeon Siege does convey a great atmosphere, at least I think so. I have no idea if that’s true but it sure feels like it. I’ve read that the story in the base game was an afterthought and was basically written to accommodate the level design and set pieces. ![]() The stories here are quite terrible and really failed to hold my interest. Oh, and there’s also a clock that controls the seasons or something. Let’s just say the main antagonist of this story is called the Shadowjumper and that’s all I really know. You learn that a monster has stolen the Staff of Stars which apparently is very bad. Once again you play as a farmer and this time your character is called upon by the Mayor of the town of Arhok to clear out the supply caves of monsters. The story in Legends of Aranna is different, yet very similar. You soon learn the Krug are invading all over the land and this invasion is actually part of a larger invasion by the Seck, some kind of evil race. You play as a farmer and the story opens with your farming village being attacked by creatures known as the Krug. The story in Dungeon Siege takes place in the Kingdom of Ehb which is a region on the continent of Aranna. But it was popular enough to spawn two sequels and even three movies. ![]() I think Dungeon Siege was praised when it came out but in recent times it seems to receive mixed reception. This review will cover both the base game and the expansion. I’m pretty sure there’s a way to get the expansion working with the Steam version, based on a guide I saw in the game’s Steam community, but I just installed everything right from the discs because it was more convenient. I got my copy on eBay and it even came with this cool Dungeon Siege comic book. The original game is included with the boxed version of the expansion I purchased and as far as I know, that’s the only way to acquire the expansion as of this review. Legends of Aranna is an expansion pack developed by Mad Doc Software and was released in November, 2003. This is available on Steam but I actually acquired the retail version, specifically the Legends of Aranna version. Developed by Gas Powered Games and published by Microsoft, Dungeon Siege was released for PC in April, 2002. Regardless, I’ve also heard Dungeon Siege is more of an action RPG, similar to Diablo and that’s what why I always kept it on my radar. My experiences with the Dungeons & Dragons games like Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights have not been good and made me realize I would probably get a lot of people killed if I had to be a leader of some sort. I’ve heard of it before but always stayed away because I’m terrible at party-based RPG’s. It’s been out for years but recently, I really got the urge to play it and started looking up all kinds of information related to it. ![]() Have you ever gotten into a game before even playing it? I have and Dungeon Siege is one of those games.
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