Customer Reviews

Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

... The game is exciting, I got addicted to it and spent all my evenings playing it for nearly a month, and than I played it another time again. It has it flaws allright, for it gets stunned now and again on anything less the PIII 800, but there is a solution even for weaker PC's It got allright on my PII 400, when I added extra cooler on the proccessor, and left the case open for better ventilation. And about the game itself - well, you got errands all right, but that is the only way to discover your hidden past, for thus step by step you gather information about the wizard who's the only one there able to recover your lost memory. And hero's innuendos seemed funny and entertainingnot boring to me. There is choice too - if you want to be able to kill stronger foes, walk alone, for comrades (up to 3 overall, available to hire or join in with your case in the village) just take a part of the score you get with an experience obtained by the way you accoplish current quests and kill enemies, so there is less left for the main character to develop, + stick on developing fighting skills, and leave magic alone. Want to run for a longer time? Spend points of your expirience on agility. And there are foes from which Zak can run away, some slow trolls and ogres. Most wonderful there is achoce which is given to the player - you can fight, or sneak past you enemy, and there is difference where you do it - it's easier by night. And up to a point you can control the fight even as in action games - you gotta use Num numbers, the best way being aiming at your foe's head. Thus I was able to kill even middle aged trolls in Kania. Or, else, you can develop wizardry on the expense of strengh, thus being weak fighter, yet great mague able to cast invisibility spell upon himself and so pass inhidden past strongest enemies. Game gives ooportunitis for both, and it adds in flavour of real life to it, for you can't both be warrior and wizard, or, rather, you can be both, but mediocre one, if you choose to develop magical abilities as well as fighting ones. The game is hard to play, yes, but it makes it even more exciting, for what the fun is finishing all in one evening? With the evil islands you'll be playing it for days. Besides, one can play it online with live opponents, which makes it even more interesting. And no one said a word about music, which is excellent. The most fascinating for me was "Kania" theme. I even got the music of this game separetely on the hard drive, and listen to it now and again, even when tackling some boring job. And what a multitude of characters are there to fight or to ally with! The only thing I disliked, was that there was no more to play, and the game ended.

The best since Daggerfall. You really have to BUILD your character and boy is it ever tough and involving. I had a friend that I gave this to, and he did not like it at first, but after he figured out what it took to develop his character, he was addicted-- he wound up playing the game all the way through about 4 times, each time improving on his abilities until he was godlike by the 4th time.

Amazing game that deserved way better press than it got. And to think that Dungeon Seige gets a lot of WOWs...

I was at the store and decided to buy this game on impulse. It looked pretty good and the store has a good return policy just in case. Right now I am not sure if I will be taking it back or not.

Now this really is a good game...I like it alot so far but there are a few complaints I have. The first complaint being the camera angles. The camera is easy to move around and you can do so by either keyboard or your right mouse button. But what I don't like is the deceiving screenshots on the box and the website. They show a ground level 3rd person view where you can see the horizon and sky in the background yet theres no way in game to achieve this view. It's pretty much always a top-down or top-down angled view. You can zoom in and out but it doesnt help too much.

My next complaint is the inventory system. The only way to access your inventory is when you are in town or when you exit the area you are in (can access inventory on a world map). So if you want to make a weapon or allocate experience points into your stats you have to pretty much be in town.

A very minor but extremely annoying issue is the main characters look and especially voice. He has probably the most feminine voice EVER for any male hero. Not only that, he occasionally SAYS feminine things like "I love magic" like a 6 year old girl when you cast a spell. It might not sound too bad to you but it's BAD....REAL BAD.

And my last complaint is the extraordinarily large number of critical hits that are rolled, both given and taken from you. A battle could be going well and too many times you end up dying to a critical hit which happens way too often. This in turn forces you to constantly be saving your game before and after every battle.

You will get ALOT of quests in this game, I think 80+ if I'm not mistaken. Though linear, I like the quests I have done so far. You have a quest screen that you can call up at any time that tells you your exact objectives, where to do them and how.

You also wont be decked out in full plate mail an hour into the game. Money is hard to come by but I welcome the challenge. You can buy pre-made armor and weapons at the store but you can also buy/find blueprints to make new weapons/armor/spells with raw materials you find throughout the game, a very nice touch. Also all the weapons/armor you make can have permanent spells infused in the by use of runes you find when creating new items.

The problems aside I give this game 3 and 1/2 stars, if they could patch some minor problems up it would definitely earn 4.

I just don't understand the bad reviews this game has gotten. So the voice clips are awful, I can ignore irritating voices-- I'm married for cryin' out loud.

This game is addictive. I get sick of the hack-and-slash and constantly reorganize your items in your inventory mundanity that IS Diablow (mis-spelling intentional). I don't like the impossible to manage interface from all the "Baldur's Gate" spin-offs either.

This game was thoroughly enjoyable once I figured out its mechanics. I have given copies to 3 of my friends as gifts, and they love it too. It's well worth the (now reduced) price.

Buy it.

I had a lot of fun with this game. I am currently playing for the 4th time and this is despite the fact that I recently bought a PS2 and a Gamecube. It is also despite the fact that I almost never play an RPG or adventure game more than once.

If you like good graphics, character-building, and IMO, strategy involved in attacking enemies, this game is for you.

The game has a couple of flaws or problems, depending upon your viewpoint.
1. many enemies can kill you and kill you quickly. That actually was a "plus" for me since I liked the fact that I had to develop effective strategies for dealing with many powerful enemies. Also I liked the realism of it. Wolves, tigers, undead skeletons and others are actually likely to be tough to kill...am I right?
2. the game crashes a lot (on my 1.1Ghz, Me OS). This has frustrated a few gamers, and me as well, but considering that you can save your progress anywhere, you can merely restart and pick up where you left off. Good advice related to #1 as well.

Basically, these two issues were not able to really even dampen my enthusiasm for the game.

I have played the game through twice now.
I am only going to cover one part of the game as there are already about 20 other reviews for this great game.
The best part of the game is the ability to customize your weapons, armor and even spells. This is probably the funnest part of the game. You can buy cheap stuff and upgrade it as you get more money or find better materials. If you want to make a fireball spell that hits more targets there is a rune for that, want it to do more damage, than there is a rune for that, want it to cost less magic points, yep, there is a rune for that. Also, you can add spells to your weapons and armor. So you can shoot that bow and arrow and have a fireball spell cast at the same time. Fun, fun and more fun. I only wish more games used this kind of strategy.

Evil Islands was developed by a russian developer, and the game did pretty well overseas, but it never really broke through in the U.S. due to a small time publisher, which is really a shame because the game is excellent.

For an RPG to be outstanding, there needs to be a strong sense of character development and an intriguing story line to go with it. Evil Islands has both, and the graphics are fanstasic to boot. Literally, not until the very end do you figure out exactly what the story involves, and the surprise is like revelation - you'll feel you should have known the whole time. It takes somewhere around 80 hours of solo play to finish, so you've got plenty of missions and investigating before it's all over, and the seperate islands are like worlds themselves, so there's a variety of landscape.

Overall, this game was a solid product that received no accolades in the american market, and will virtually go on to be forgotten, but if you come across a copy (I got mine on clearance for $5), buy it!

Awesome 3-D battles and quests. This game combines all the elements of a great adventure. Begin in a small village and equip yourself with armor and tools for your adventures. Meet the villagers and recieve quests to perform for assorted rewards. Travel across the islands slaughtering monsters of all sorts. Use your spells or maybe just brute strength to overcome them. In short, this game rocks out loud.

If you like games like Baldur's Gate, this one is right up your alley. It has awesome graphics, and its multiplayer support is wonderful. The storyline is good and the people you meet are very dynamic. Everything you do affects what people think of you and where the game goes next. My only complaint is the annoying phrases your characters say when you tell them to do something. They are very repetative and are annoying by the second time they are said.

This game surprised many people including myself. The reason I did not give this game 5 stars was because the game technically isn't very revolutionary or inventive. That actually is a good and bad thing. First off it's good because it used all the well know characteristics of RPG's today and kind of jazzed them around to add some more flavor to the gameplay. For example EI:CotLS combines RPG elements and RTS elements in an elegant way, by making the main character(ZAK) able to sneak and crouch by enemies. Whats bad about this game is that there are no real major improvents to it's genre, which isn't really so bad, but it is something we could have hoped this game contained. Overall Evil Islands is an awesome game that supplies hours and hours of fun for any RPG lover.