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Review Dungeon Siege 2 pleases GamePro

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by Saint_Proverbius, Aug 9, 2005.

  1. Saint_Proverbius Arcane Patron

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    <a href="http://www.gamepro.com/">GamePro</a> has a <A href="http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/47528.shtml">review</a> of <A href="http://www.gaspowered.com/ds2">Dungeon Siege 2</a> up. The score is a <b>4.5/5</b>, but the review seems to talk more about another certainly famous action CRPG quite a bit. Anyway, here's part of the thing:
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    <blockquote>But it's now clear that Dungeon Siege II is now undeniably one of the action RPG stars. It makes many, many welcome tweaks and improvements--far to many to list here--and is sure to thrill any action RPG fan.</blockquote>
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    Isn't that what a review is supposed to do? Perhaps cutting out the parts about the features of <A href="http://www.blizzard.com/diablo2/">Diablo 2</a> would have given you enough room to talk about those things.
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    Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.bluesnews.com">Blue's News</A>
     
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  2. Naked_Lunch Erudite

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    GamePro is by far the worst gaming anything in history. And sadly, this is probably one of their longer reviews. :?
     
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  3. corvax Augur

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    So vile...Vile I say.

    I refused to read after this part.
     
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  4. Surlent Liturgist

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    Soo was this review about Diablo 2 or Dungeon Lords 2 ...ehh Siege 2 ?
    That's just so wrong, the reviewer can't be anything but a moron.
     
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  5. Naked_Lunch Erudite

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    How could any fucking person who can manage to breathe think that Arcanum was a diablo clone?

    OMG ULTIMA 7 IS A MIGHT AND MAGIC CLONE OLOL
     
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  6. corvax Augur

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    Simple. An idiot who has never really played Arcanum and only saw or heard about the real time combat part. It's isometirc, you have to click on an enemy, hmm...it's a Diablo clone! What a sham!
     
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  7. LlamaGod Cipher

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    I AHTE PLOTS THEY TAKE UP SO MUCH OF MY TIME GRRRRRRR I AM OBEDIAH ALSO
     
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  8. Saint_Proverbius Arcane Patron

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    I missed the part about Arcanum. That's pretty sad right there.

    I generally ignore really short reviews when it comes to posting. If they're only willing to write four or five paragraphs, I don't really think I need to write half that just to link to their site. In fact, I rarely even bother to read reviews that short. However, if GamePro writes really silly crap like Arcanum being a Diablo 2 clone, I might actually start reading their reviews.
     
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  9. Naked_Lunch Erudite

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    Or that Sacred was released before Divine Divinity. :roll:
     
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  10. Whipporowill Erudite

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    He's thinking of Beyond Divinity, I'd say - still it's a bit of a fuckup. :lol:
     
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  11. Naked_Lunch Erudite

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    Considering Beyond Divnity was only a Diablo clone in the sense that you run around and kill stuff. It was much more of a half-baked and completely shitty Baldur's Gate clone.

    If the asses at GamePro can jobs in the game industry, I don't see why I can't! :)
     
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