Customer Reviews

Dungeon Lords Collector's Edition

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2 star:		(2)
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Like you have probably read here and on other sites... the initial release of Dungeon Lords was a joke. It was released in what can only be described as an early beta version. Features, spell, locations, and just about anything else you can think of were left out in an effort to release the game as soon as possible.

Now they have released the "Collector's Edition". A better name for this edition of the game would be the "Complete Edition", as that's what it really is.

The most important thing to keep in mind when purchasing Dungeon Lords is that you absolutely must NOT purchase the regular version of the game. They have patched it up to version 1.4, but it is still very incomplete.

But I completely recommend purchasing this, the Collector's Edition. Basically everything that the developer promised for the original game is in here... and it's a blast.

The game has a great character development system, allowing you to create a character that suits your playing style. This is done as you level up and choose new skills, and classes. It's really well done.

The action is great, with lots of monsters, fun battles, and good quests. This is the kind of game that you can sit down and play for a half-hour and have fun, or sit and play for 8 hours and have fun.

So, once again... if you're going to purchase Dungeon Lords make sure you get this version and not the original.

Yes, Dungeon Lords as initally released needed a few patches. Most games that are released need a few patches. However, even without a a single patch I found Dungeon Lords to be a graphically pleasing and fun game to play. With the 1.4 patch the game has become all that it was intened to be. If you bought the game when it was first released, patch it to 1.4. If you didn't buy the first release of the game buy the collector's edition. The graphics are awesome and the game play is fast. If you need to laboriously plot every move you make, then Dungeon Lords is not for you. There are a ton of gameplay and graphics options that you can tweak. The gameplay screen has been enhanced to show a compass and a dynamic map of your location. Lots of monsters, quests, and treasure chests. Please, stop bashing the game because of a poor inital release and start enjoying the game as it was intended to be. The collecter's tin is VERY nice too. I wish more games would be released in something so nice.

I bought this game 2 years ago for a friend and myself to play on lan setup and we played it FOREVER! NEVER CRASHED or had the problems these other people speak of.I have a 1.6Ghz AMD Sempron, 768mb pc 2100 memory,and NVidea MX4000 AGP video card on both machines. If your hardware can keep up it works!

I know this game has been beaten up from the beginning and i feel dreamcatcher totally mishandled the release and response to the consumers. I decided to give the Ce a try and have had a good time playing this game. It still has some bugs but nothing to really take away from the game. This game had alot of potential and sadly was not given the time to be developed. I feel this game should be given another chance for anyone looking to by the CE edition only. I hope the expansion packand Dungeon Lords 2 will be handled differently and that Bradley will make sure these games are not released before they are perfected

So I made the mistake of buying this game without checking it out first. Big mistake. It does start out good with an interesting storyline, but after running around the bland repetitive country side and running into the 58th random encounter and listening to the bad acting and watching the painted on armor instead of it being modeled, well, it just gets really old. I didn't try the original one, so I can't compare it with this version, but from what I've read, it's even worse than this. If you want a really good RPG, try Gothic. That one is Awesome! This one is...well...boring.

Let the truth be told that no matter what game you purchase these days, it's common place to have it patched. Now,as far as I'm concerned games should be patched before they even hit the store shelves, but we all know that kind of reasoning is just wishfull thinking. I've never purchased the 1st release of this game, so i can't comment on that matter ,but i can sympathize with those who have and can understand thier anger towards this product. I have to admit, it really takes alot of nerve to rip off such a large group of consumers with an unfinshed release of a product, turn around and then re-release it, slap a new title on it and expect people to buy it. Think about it though, as much as some of us are denying it(insert your favorite franchise here), this is not the only company to do this and rest assured, they won't be the last, it's becoming the "NORM". With that said, I am enjoying this game, it's fun. There are some very noticeable bugs in the game, but overall it is still playable, I have definitely played worse.I think the thing that keeps my intrest is the fact that the game forces you to earn your rewards(skill pts.ect..ect..) which is a formula that is going the way of the dinosaur in most(not all) of today's modern games. I want a game to challenge me..I don't want my hand held and nose pointed in a certain direction in order to complete a quest. Worse then that, i don't want to be given the option of carrying a shield just for looks and be able to complete the entire game with the attack button. This is where this game differs somewhat. If you don't learn to block against the goups of enemies that are thrown at you(monsters usually attack in groups of 4 or more), you'll find the ('R'KEY-Respawn) as being the most used key during each encounter. I find the few bugs in the game absolutely laughable(i.e walking through crates) due to the fact that they really don't hinder gameplay. The story is a slight bit above average and the enemies can be fierce if you don't 'BLOCK &PARRY'.Get used to 'R' clicking, it WILL determine the difference between the gain and loss of advancement points. Not a great game, but definitely not as bad as most have made it out to be. But then again, i never took a loss on the 1st release. I'm still puzzled about the title of 'Collector's Edition' though, as I've always gathered, to be given that title, the 1st release of a companies product had to have had a huge impact and a loyal follwing, so huge that the company could re-release it with a few more additions such as for example a (Tee-Shirt, Collector Poster, figurines...blah,blah,blah).With the 1st release being a disater from what I've read(the number of complaints are staggering thoughout the net), the title is more laughable then it is gutsy. Man, the rules sure are changing.-holyknight7

Well the game is fun to play up until the point of trying to exit the first town. Note that I have done everything quest wise and upon exiting the west gate of fargrove the game crashes. I bought this version hoping it would not have any bugs like the first release. I am in Iraq right now and do not have internet access to download patches so I had my wife send me the collectors edition hoping it would solve my problem. It did not fix it. This game although fun to play has serious problems when it comes to crashes. I would have thought that this game being a collectors edition would have been near flawless in play. This game is truly a collectors edition for folks collecting unplayable games. It went right into my footlocker until I get home and can patch the game.

If this game is offered as freeware, don't waste time or space downloading it. Herky jerky movement, detatched interaction:i.e., combatant & foes don't actually make contact, low quality graphics and illogical control functions combine to make this the worst RPG I have ever played. Starting with Well of Souls & Dink Smallwood, through the series of Diablo, Dungeon Seige, Neverwinter Nights, Baldar's Gate, Arcanum, Sacred, Divine Divinity and most recently Fable, I have never experienced anything even remotely as disappointing as this. If there was a rating lower than 1 star this game would deserve it!

The original Dungeon Lords was released a year before it was ready. Now you get DL-Collector's Edition, and I (the dummy that I am) decided to try it again.

The game does NOT run on any laptop/notebook computers. It does not run on a third or more of desktop systems. Instead it will flash for two seconds and then go back to Windows without a word. The reason - they only support a very small subset of video cards, and no notebook cards at all. And you have to dig through the Dreamcatcher web site to figure this out, it's nowhere in the documentation or readme.

So maybe they've improved it, but now it doesn't work anyway. And once again it goes back - at least I only wasted a few minutes on it this time. DON'T BUY THIS GAME UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!

Sure it has some bugs but only if you play nonstop for four hours.
Tell you what. Save at the end of two hours and restart. Works nice, no lag. I play cooperatively with a friend from East Coast to West Coast. We played whole game twice now.

I bought the collector edition to get all of the fixes and also so that my son (he's 21) can play side-by-side with me on a co-op game this coming weekend. (Needed two copies to keep it legal)

It is one of the few truly good RPG games around that allows two players to do the same mission (Well Brothers-in-Arms does but thats a war title).

It is a lot of fun and more stable than, let's say, Simcity 4, Civ 4, Call of Duty 2, etc.

If you enjoy the content, and the idea behind the title, applaud it so that we get more titles like this rather than console based kick-boxing crap.