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TheEdge
10-12-2009, 10:54 AM
Hey, Hey!

So starts a new week of corporate slavery and one of my most favorite things to do on Monday mornings is give you all a detailed summary of what PC games I bought this weekend.

Before I begin however, let me give you a little back story. A few weekends ago my friend and I visited our local Best Buy to see if there were any new movies or games we could pick up. As I was perusing through the PC game aisle I saw a 3-Pack RPG set which contained Dungeon Lord, Gothic 3, and LOKI. Now I must admit that I'm a big Dreamcatcher fan. They are a wonderful developer of action and adventure titles. I did quite a bit of research on these games in the past and I finally had the chance to pick all of them up at one time. I do think the price was a little high for them however. $20 dollars. I would have been sold at $14.99 but whatever.

When I got home I installed them all but Gothic 3 and Dungeon Lord seem to be very in depth games so I focused my attention solely on LOKI. Now for all you Diablo fans LOKI is literally a Diablo clone. If Blizzard Entertainment would have came out with Diablo 3 a few years back it would have looked exactly like LOKI. That doesn't mean it’s bad, it's actually very well made, the graphics, animation, sound, and voice acting are superb. The game itself (LOKI) like Diablo is pretty straight forward. Pick a hero, move around, talk to quest givers, and bash heads.

The only real problem I have with the game as of yet is the choice of heroes. You get 4 choices, 2 Women and 2 Men and I have to be honest here I really don't care for any of them except the Norse Warrior. The Amazon Shaman girl shows some promise but they just all fall under the "Blah" category in terms of interest. I understand why they did this to make it balanced but they needed to include at least one more Male character just to give it an extra little boost. They seem to be equipped with a multiplayer option but I haven't had the chance to play online with any of them yet. If I could get into the groove of LOKI this could be the Diablo-ish game to get me all warmed up for the soon to be released Diablo 3 game.

Have you guys ever heard of LOKI or the other games? And if so what do you think?


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Knuckle Duster
10-12-2009, 11:21 AM
http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/

Gothic & Gothic 2 Gold Edition are both $9.99 each. (Better games IMO)

You should lurk and wait for a weekly special.

TheEdge
10-13-2009, 06:06 PM
http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/

Gothic & Gothic 2 Gold Edition are both $9.99 each. (Better games IMO)

You should lurk and wait for a weekly special.

Ya, I noticed that they got 1 or 2 review points higher then the 3rd installment of the franchise.

Tonight I'm thinking of giving the Norse Warrior mode a try and seeing how LOKI stands up against Diablo. If I can get some enjoyment out of the Norse, Aztec, and Greek campaigns then I will give a positive verdict for game.

TheEdge
10-19-2009, 12:33 PM
So there is absolutely NO ONE playing this game online and the character / game creation screen is a mess. I did however figure out how to get the game going and right now I have a level 10 Norse Warrior. He kicks ass. His name is MadMartigan and he loves bashing wolves with lightning charged hand axes.

oh, and the version I have came completely patched up from installation. Never had that before.