Drakensang: The Dark Eye

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 15 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

6
Average:

6
Bad:

2

Pros:

Choices with consequences+ Fun turn-based combat+ Great role-playing opportunities+ Wonderful character development system+ Massive 80-hour epic story
Large, deep fantasy gameworld, Great deal of character depth with abilities and skills, Tremendous amount of gameplay for the $30 price, Sharp visuals packed with little details that bring the story to life.

Cons:

Could use better manual / online help- Movement too slow- Main quest is linear Originally reviewed for VGBlogger How you would like to subscribe to Gear Diary? We offer: Full Post Feed | Summary Feed | Comments Feed
Generic RPG story and setting, with recycled creatures, characters, and quests, Character skills and stats are overly complicated, Cringeinducing voice acting, Problematic camera.

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Last revision on October 28, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Choices with consequences+ Fun turn-based combat+ Great role-playing opportunities+ Wonderful character development system+ Massive 80-hour epic story
Large, deep fantasy gameworld, Great deal of character depth with abilities and skills, Tremendous amount of gameplay for the $30 price, Sharp visuals packed with little details that bring the story to life

Reviewers Didn't Like

Could use better manual / online help- Movement too slow- Main quest is linear Originally reviewed for VGBlogger How you would like to subscribe to Gear Diary? We offer: Full Post Feed | Summary Feed | Comments Feed
Generic RPG story and setting, with recycled creatures, characters, and quests, Character skills and stats are overly complicated, Cringeinducing voice acting, Problematic camera

Expert reviews and ratings

Greetings, player.I am writing to inform you of a matter of great urgency, and you are the only one who can help. I need you to pay full price for a game. Not just any game – a done-to-death, clichéd and downright boring format of orcs,...

By DarkZero on May 27, 2009

Drakensang is a translated game, a table-top game from Germany thats been transformed to a PC game. It has the usual fantasy elements, such as wizards, thieves, dwarves and elves. Unfortunately, it doesnt do anything really new. Its The Same...

By BrightHub on April 28, 2009

Indepth character progression system, Oldfashioned combat, Oldfashioned combat, Production value not quite...

By VideoGamer on April 10, 2009

Three days. Not three game days; three days. Okay, NOT 24-hour days. More like an hour in the morning before going to work, and five hours after getting home and before hitting the sack. That's _18_ hours of simply trying to get to the summit of...

By Hooked Gamers on April 09, 2009

This epic role-playing game has great depth, but is hampered by a number of significant design flaws....

By GameSpot on April 01, 2009

Last years hit from Germany, Drakensang: The Dark Eye, has arrived in North America with a budget price and a classic scope that evokes the likes of Baldurs Gate. Production values are wanting in spots, but even with voice acting that might make...

By cnet on April 01, 2009

The global recession has meant that many of us have to make cutbacks. For gamers, we have had to cut back on just how many games we buy in an average month, as we feel obliged to eek out every single possible scene in a game to ensure that we feel...

By Play TM on March 30, 2009

The sum of its parts does not always equal the end score. This is a good, quality title that has few bugs, an engaging story and maybe more than a few...

By GameZone on March 19, 2009

Drakensang: The Dark Eye doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Instead, what it does is give fans of all walks of RPG a highly evolved wheel that has something for everyone. It’s simple enough for newbies and people that don’t need stats, but...

By Diehard GameFAN on March 18, 2009

After playing so many D&D variants, it’s easy to forget what a beast its game systems really are. We just found ourselves typing something about what a complex, very, very German RPG Drakensang is, but, really, it’s not. What it reminded us...

By Games Radar on February 25, 2009

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