What: “Dungeon Siege”
Publisher: Microsoft Corp.
Developer: Gas Powered Games (GPG) Corp.
Format: CD-ROM for Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP,
and Windows 2000 operating systems
Availability: April 2002
Overview: “Dungeon Siege” combines the immersive elements of
a role-playing game with over-the-top intensity and non-stop action. “Dungeon
Siege” plunges you into a continuous 3-D fantasy world where you face off
against an army of evil that has been unleashed. You begin as a humble farmer,
and as you travel through the world and gain new skills, you can gather a party
of up to eight characters to aid you.
Key Features:
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Intense
combat, “Dungeon Siege” style – “Dungeon Siege” pushes the
envelope of role-playing games with fully animated 3-D characters, over-the-top
battles, intense special effects and awe-inspiring vertical landscapes. With
true 3-D environments, an advanced particle system for spells and dungeons that
can extend in three dimensions, “Dungeon Siege” keeps the player focused on the
action by providing tools that simplify party combat and management with a
broad array of familiar game controls such as drag select, way points and
formations.
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Adventure
on a new scale - Players can customize their party to include up to eight
characters. There are no rules or
restrictions, and the player can have any combination of fighters, archers and
magic users. Characters join your party
as they journey throughout the world - some are hired, others are rescued, and
some are brought back from beyond the grave. Lead your party into epic battles
against a range of enemies – from marauding hordes to monsters of a scale never
before seen in a fantasy role-playing game.
·
Breaking
the rules in the name of “action” - “Dungeon Siege” is
engaging yet easy to understand, action-packed yet easy to control, deep and
involving yet quick to learn. The
skill-based character system plunges you almost immediately into the action,
where your skills develop real-time. If treasure is more your focus, grab a
pack mule or two. Never again worry about passing on that armor you found
because you didn’t have enough space.
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Full
multiplayer support
- “Dungeon Siege” will support up to eight players via a local area network
(LAN) or through the built-in matchmaking server available inside the game.
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Immersive,
continuous, fully 3-D environment - The setting of “Dungeon
Siege” is one gigantic, continuous world where you can seamlessly journey from
the highest mountain to the deepest dungeon without ever having to see a
loading screen. Discovering fantastic locations to explore - strange and
mysterious dungeons, enormous castles and secret underground lairs - you become
immersed in the fantasy of the surrounding world.
·
More
than just a game - also a gaming platform - The proprietary Siege Editor
in “Dungeon Siege” gives you the freedom to rework nearly every aspect of the
game, making “Dungeon Siege” not only a game, but also a role-playing platform
for those who want to create their own characters, spells, dungeons — even
entire worlds. You can post these user-created files to the Web, making them
available for anyone to download and explore, or play as a multiplayer game.
Information: Gas Powered Games was founded in May 1998
by Chris Taylor, creator of the award-winning “Total Annihilation.” Located in
Kirkland, Wash., GPG is staffed by top talent and is devoted to creating
immersive, cutting-edge games that push the boundaries of technology and
gameplay. GPG is located on the
Internet at http://www.gaspoweredgames.com/
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