Siege Of Avalon

by Global Star Software

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005RD6R
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 15, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,359 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Siege of Avalon Anthology includes six complete chapters! Take on the role of the hero in a richly detailed world filled with hundreds of unique characters, monsters ripped from ancient lore, and invading nomadic hordes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diablo meets Baldur's Gate, at half the price, November 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Siege Of Avalon (CD-ROM)

When the huge budget RPG's rule all the media attention there are good smaller games that can go unnoticed. Siege of Avalon falls into that category. This is a lower budget title, but if what you want is a game that focuses on being FUN, especially if you seek a real tale of a grand scale, then this is one I highly recommend.

Good graphics (2D isometric, so even if you don't have the latest 3D card you can play a very good looking game), a variety of nice features, and probably the most well developed and original STORY I've seen in a long time.

Be prepared to read... This game doesn't use voice actors, and the conversations from hundreds of characters are interesting but plentiful. The company uses the line, "Played Any Good Books Lately?" and that is a perfect indicator of the way this game is designed. In one sense this is the most interactive book ever made.

This was originally released online as a series of downloadable "Chapters" (...). Now in this Anthology CD form they added lots of great new features and put the whole saga on a CD at a discounted price. This really is a good bargain. You should check out their web site online, the customer interaction is unprecedented, and you can come chat with thousands of existing fans of Avalon. Welcome to our world.

Lastly, got a friend interested in RPG but never quite got into the genre? This game has a tutorial in the User's Manual that combined with the very simple game interface makes for a great "First RPG" experience... Cool gift idea.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Siege of Avalon, October 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Siege Of Avalon (CD-ROM)

One of the best rpg games of the year - You startout as a young boy going to Avalon to find your brother and end up being the last hope of saving Avalon form falling to the murderous Sha'Ahoul. Your quest takes you through 6 chapters of exciting fun (it's like playing a book)! Not to mention the outstanding support from the creative team, who continually update the product and add new quests in with the updates! Truely an outstanding product!
As the company says:"Played any good books lately?"

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a good game, only one problem, January 3, 2002

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Black Cat de La Bear "see that dark shape o'r... (those dark halls) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Siege Of Avalon (CD-ROM)

This is a good game with a lot of reading as well as action. You can pick every aspect of your character from skin tone, long or short hair to facial hair, and clothes to his attributes(alot more control on attributes than BG, which was horrid) The best part is it is like playing six games in one(6 chapters). My only gripe is installation. If you have an ATI video card, be wary. Even if you have DirectX 8, 8a, or 8.1, the game will install DirectX 7a over your newer version. This can corrupt directX and it will not work properly on any game. My parent's computer has a Rage Pro Turbo and DirectX 8.1 and is not dectected by this install program. My parent's computer will have to be reformatted and they don't seem too happy about it! I tried installing it to my own machine today after coming home from a long holliday visit(removing it from my parent's PC of course), my Voodoo 5 /w DX 8.1 had no problems. ATI's Radeon may not, but be careful you are taking a gamble.