Eye of the Beholder

by Nintendo

Product Features

• eye of the beholder
• rpg

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000035Y06
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,749 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

rpg game for super nintendo. eye of the beholder

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic ported to the SNES, September 10, 2009

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Shinobi "Sam" (Bend, OR, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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

Upon seeing this game in the SNES section of a local store, I knew I had to have it right away. Ported from the Computer-RPG version, it's pretty much the same as the original. This, for me, is a good thing, because I love RPG's in this style, but as another reviewer said, it still has the computer interface to it, which can make things a little clunky at times. For example: I would be walking down a dungeon corridor and I wanted to turn left, but instead of turning and moving forward, I might hit another direction and run into a wall. This is due to the 2x3 movement pad, seen in a lot of other CRPG's, like Dungeon Master or the some of the games in the Ultima series. On the SNES, it's a bit touchy at times, seeing as how you have to move the cursor from one direction to the other on the pad to move. But luckily, when selecting buttons on-screen, the cursor automatically scrolls to the next one, as it does with the movement pad as well, making it a lot faster to use than I had expected.

As for the other aspects, it's what you'd expect in any old-school style first-person RPG like this one. You create four characters all using the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons system, and venture underground to take down yet another evil being, along the way fighting monsters and creatures, as well as solving puzzles using items in your inventory, etc. I always have a lot of fun with these, but it's not for everyone. Some may find it boring as some of the puzzles can take a while. The combat system also doesn't have much of a strategy. The party attacks the monsters by either using a melee weapon, spells, bows, even rocks. (Which I've been using quite a bit of already and I just started a new game.) That having been said, again, some may find that boring, but being a die-hard RPG and D&D fan, I love it, and personally I think it contributes to the genuine style of early RPG's.

If you like D&D or RPG's, I would give this a try. There are tons of videos showing gameplay examples that you can also look into watching to get a better idea of what these games are like if you haven't seen them before. Love it or not, Eye of the Beholder is an awesome game none the less, and one that I will always enjoy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A classic not without it's design flaws, April 9, 2008

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K. Trepanier - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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

This is a good game for it's time that is worth trying out if only to learn from the design flaws that it's system has. If you are a dungeon crawler fan and are not afraid of frustrations, this is a great classic. The interface is awkward and some extra visual feed-backs on the state of the game would have been useful but it is still a fun game to explore and toy with.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best classics, December 31, 2007

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J. Ibey - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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

If you like Puzzles that keep you on your feet then you will love this game. Almost everything on this game has a secret or puzzle of some kind. Traps, monsters, magic and the like will keep you always guessing what is wround the corner. The rolling for classes can be really boring taking around 30 mins to create 4 characters but it will be well worth the week of play.