Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Engaging 1st person dungeon adventure with a host of interactive puzzles and encounters;
• Create a party of 6 adventurers and embark on a dangerous quest through the dungeons of Waterdeep;
• Choose from 6 Forgotten Realms Races including Human, Half-Elf and Moon Elf
• Choose from 4 D&D base classes: Wizard, Rogue, Cleric, and Fighter;
• A combination of over 150 spells and items will help you to pass safely through the horrors of the Waterdeep dungeons.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067DPE
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 31, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,511 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Cartridge Only Engaging 1st person dungeon adventure with a host of interactive puzzles and encounters; Create a party of 6 adventurers and embark on a dangerous quest through the dungeons of Waterdeep; Choose from 6 Forgotten Realms Races including Human, Half-Elf and Moon Elf; Choose from 4 D&D base classes: Wizard, Rogue, Cleric, and Fighter; Utilize 50 unique 3rd Edition feats and skills to overcome countless enemies and obstacles; A combination of over 150 spells and items will help you to pass safely through the horrors of the Waterdeep dungeons.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun blast from the past, December 4, 2002

By 

Rodney Lucas "narpet" (McMinnville, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder (Video Game)

First off I am new to the GBA and have been a PC gamer for 20 years. I played the original EOB on the PC so I can't help but compare it a bit.

The game plays very well and offers a good amount of 3rd edition D&D rules, but it assumes you already know and understand those rules so be ready.

The graphics are pretty much like the original, which is nice. I like the fact that they decided to go for the isometric view for battles, it works much better on a tactical level. The sounds are nice too.

There are only a few monsters that you fight but the battles are fun. The puzzles aren't so hard that you can't figure them out with some effort.

All in all I very much enjoyed this game. I only have two complaints. One is that is is too short. Now since I'm new to the GBA maybe this is par, but it only took me about 14 hours to finish the game. That doesn't bother me too much since I think it will be fun to play through again with a different party. My other complaint is a major bug that I experienced. At some point about half way through my two front characters all of the sudden had Armor Classes of over 100. This is not possible with the armor and magic items in the game yet no matter what I did I couldn't get the ACs to go back to what they should be. This made the game too easy because basically those two characters could never be hit by any monster. This is a pretty glaring bug that should have been found in development.

So.... my recommendation is that if you like D&D and you know the rules.... and you want a nice little dungeon romp.... this is a great game to get. If you're not too keen on D&D you may want to think hard about whether or not you're going to buy it.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too short for the money I paid, December 17, 2002

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"eestradajr2" (Baytown, Tx USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder (Video Game)

I originally played Eye of the Beholder for the SNES and never got too far in it. This gameboy advance version was almost identical to that game with the exception that when battles were engaged you were switched to an 3d overhead view. I went through this game over the weekend and was disappointed in how short it seemed. Total play time from start to finish was about 7 hours. Eye of the Beholder had a total of 10 or 11 levels. With a party of 6 adventurers I still had about two characters reach level 10 experience.
At some point one of my characters had an AC of 145 after he acheived the 6th level. Even though I was wearing lots of magical items the cumulative AC should only have been about a 29 or 30. What I disliked the most was that no experience or treasure was awarded after I beat the final level. The game quickly ends and the credits roll. I got jipped. This was the first game I bought for the GameBoy Advance and I only wish it could have been longer.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but way too short for the money!, November 20, 2002

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"xcom42" (Hamilton, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder (Video Game)

I just beat this game and it only took me about 6 or 7 hours to complete. I have played previous versions of Eye of the Beholder on PC , Super Nintendo and Sega CD platforms, and although the GBA version is a completely new game, most of the types of puzzles and traps are very similar, which probably allowed me to beat the game a little more quickly than people whom have never played any version of EotB. Even so, I can't imagine anyone taking more than 8-10 hours to complete it, and once you beat this game you will have pretty much seen all there is to see and probably have no desire to play through it again. Not to mention the graphics and sound are way below the Gameboy Advance capabilities, and are not much better than the original EotB game that came out for the PC over a dozen years ago. Plus a really poor ending is like a final slap in the face. So for it's price tag I cannot recommend buying this game as it is way too short, and has little replay value. I will admit I enjoyed the game, as it is moderatly challenging and fun, but it was over way too soon, and it's poor graphics and sound keep it from being a serious contender in todays RPG market. If you can rent this game, I recommend doing so, as it will be fun for at least a weekend.