Restricted Area

by Whiptail

Product Features

• Complex roleplaying system - Each character has access to unique and misc. skills -- 750 in all
• Incredible visual effects for dynamic lights and shadows, rain, fog, smoke, dust, fire, water, explosions and reflections
• Dynamic dialogues adapted to the situation and the player's actions
• Unlimited computer generated subquests and levels
• Cutting-edge combat system for fast-paced action with shooter elements and adaptive environments

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007D8R5K
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 10, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,950 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Restricted Area is an incredible combination of action gaming and deep role-playing. Four very different people meet as they're trying to change their lives. Choose one of these four to play -- and enter their dystopian world for a complex, twisting story that involves a dark secret and a very large corporation. The advanced AI uses group tactics to react to your character's visible strength, the weapon in their hands and more -- you'll have to think to survive Cooperative Multiplayer mode

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is very similar to a Diablo 2 mod, June 1, 2005

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JBT (Reality, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Restricted Area (CD-ROM)

If you are a Diablo/Diablo 2 fan then you will enjoy this game. While this isn't an excellent game that bests the Diablo dungeon creeper it is fun to play and can help keep you distracted until Diablo 3 comes out. If you did not enjoy the diablo series then there is no chance you will enjoy this game.

This game comes across as a diablo 2 mod and incorporates many of the upgrades that the d2 mods introduced. A shared stash, allowing you to share items from one of your characters to another on the same computer, is a welcome addition first introduced in a popular d2 mod.

The game is a bit short and I have also found that there are very few item drops from the monsters. I find that a bit odd since there is a dedicated key to pick up every item on the ground at once. I think the key was introduced more as a means to get to items that drop in unreachable areas more than anything else. The items you can equip seem to be a bit contrived and forced (new arms, legs, hearts, eyes, etc. instead of diablo's helmets, armor, shields, etc.) and the same depth of variety present in the diablo series is not as present here.

The skill tree is a simple pyramid scheme where you need the skills that are immediately below the desired skill in the pyramid in order to develop what you want. This forces you to invest points in every skill in the game to get the skill that is at the top of the pyramid. The skills do not introduce as much variety as their diablo counterparts and feel as though they are a dumbed down version of what d2 offers. Most skills deal with attack speed, accuracy, increased damage, etc.

The few additions I did find to be very good are the inventory optimizer that sorts everything you are holding into the "best fit". Gone are the days where you have to spend several minutes reorganizing inventory items to collect that last weapon before going back to town.

I have said diablo a lot in this review. That is because this game is simply diablo with a sci-fi mod that has guns. Not a bad game. There is a demo that has the first mission for you to check out if you are on the fence.

Contrary to what one review says the game does have a multiplayer and I have yet to experience serious bugs.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Action with an RPG Flair, June 3, 2005

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The Adventurer (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Restricted Area (CD-ROM)

Restricted Area reminds me of Diablo meets Bladerunner.The gameplay is very fast and fun and there havent been many decent RPG's in a while. The dark futuristic theme reminds me of Blade Runner, with a mix of the Fallout series and the graphics and gameplay are much like Diablo 2 one of my favorite games of all time. It's got Guns and roleplay and stats and levels, and all kids of terrain to explore and items to play with.

I would highly recommend this title to anyone looking for a fast paced,action oreinted RPG !

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Bad Diablo Clone Set In A Blade Runner World, March 25, 2007

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Garok (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Restricted Area (CD-ROM)

Restricted Area is a Diablo clone set in a blade runner world which it doesn't pull off well. It's fluid as concrete, balanced as a drunk, and the story and characters are so cliche it makes Saturday Morning Cartoons look like Shakespeare.

The gameplay is standard Diablo fare but unlike Blizzard it isn't done well. Leveling isn't balanced, often times the PC is fighting things that are way tougher than the player. To finish this game I had to use cheats. The box says that are many ways to develop your character but basically it adds to the repetitive tiering nature of this game.

There are four PC characters that you can choose. Three of them are basically stereotypes. It makes me wonder what the game director was thinking. One of them is basically a big white guy with black glasses, all black clothing and a big gun, and another is an Asian male with a big sword and no shirt.

The story is bland and mostly told through CGI work. And it's basically the same no matter what character the player chooses.

Another deterrent to playing this game is that it requires Starforce to be installed on your computer. If I were the developer I wouldn't have bothered. It's that bad.

Pass on this one.