Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor

THE BAD:
There are a few issues I have with the map navigation. I don't much like that I cannot move the cursor beyond the characters immediate presence. Then again...it's kind of like playing it for real.

SUMMARY:
It's the first Computer RPG that sticks truly to its roots. Just like playing AD&D with a real DM.

THE BAD:
Music , Sound affects , Installation

SUMMARY:
After downloading the Patch to be able to install the game to a different directory than the default, AND downloading another patch to stop my save games getting corrupted, even though I had to start the game over as this patch will not repair the corrupt save games, I still thing it's great it has good graphics , all 3d models, and a nice interface with usefull shortcut keys, Sadly you can't redfine these , The puzzles and story move along at a nice and constant pace , keeping the action going with multiple quests, so you don't get stuck in the story by not completing the sub-quests in the right order . The dungeon levels are BIG with lots of areas to explore , The backgrounds once outside are detailed and smooth , The spell animations are crisp and clear and the fighting animations are also good, It can be a little hard to know what spells are affecting your players as only the last, spell cast will be visable , The animations although smooth can be a little long winded , Especialy when waiting for 10 zombies to move ( Urrrg they are soooo ssllloooowww!) would be nice if you could speed that up, however it's not bad enough to drive you nuts with frustration. I would definatly recommend this to any die hard D&D fan, and even those who want to get a little more serious than Diablo and the other easer RPG games. -

Overall - Nice Graphics, Good game play , shame about the music..