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Excellent game flawed by major bugs.
This is an excellent game, very similar to Diablo 2. However, this game has a more serious tone and is not as versatile as Diablo 2. <
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>However, it is plagued by numerous bugs. The game crashes frequently. The version 1.5 patch helps this but the game still crashes. Another problem is when too suddenly the landscape graphics start to have serious glitches with houses being invisble. You then have to restart the game. When the game first came out it also had a bug where if you threw a leather pouch out your inventory and then tried to save the game, it corrupted the game save and made it unplayable. You simply must download the Heretic Kingdoms 1.5 patch to avoid the worst of the bugs. <
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>The most frustrating problem are numerous scripting errors where if you talk to the NPCs in an order slightly different than intended by the designers, you can make no further progress in the game or miss clues that allow you to access certain areas. <
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>For instance: there is an area in the game where you are supposed to first talk to an NPC, Jeskar, who tells you to rescue his son. Then go to an area to talk to another NPC, Sharok, and then rescue the boy from the Arena. However, if you accidentally run into the boy first, then talk to Sharok, and then talk to Jeskar, you will create a scripting error that will effectively halt your progress in the game. There is also a clue to how to access a secret area in the Warehouse that will only be told if you talk to characters in just the right order. <
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>The company that published it (3Dpeople) no longer exists. It is very difficult to find a walkthrough due to this although many people have completed the game. One such guide is on [...]. Though you can't navigate to the guide from the site due to broken links, if you simply cut and paste it you should get the guide. <
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>This game could easily have earned 5 stars if it wasn't for the extremely annoying bugs in even the latest versions of it. The designers simply did not test the software before releasing it. Its not a big surprise that they don't exist anymore.

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not an open-ended role-playing game for one simple fact.
no gender option. You are female. Yes, you can shift from one class to the other by your actions, but it doesn't compare to Morrowind or Oblivion, yes the redering of stats and abilities is far improved from Dungeon Lords, and yet Dungeons Lords allows gender and race choice as well as appearence(new patch 1.5) Comparing a default character in a rpg to Dungeon Lords, Oblivion(see discusion forums on Inq site) or even MS's own Dungeon Siege is simply stupid thoughtless and criminal. Although I have nothing against a female character, I think one should honsetly say this is not open ended in character creation, it is still a fun game. So is Gothic II to most females but you still see a few complaints there, not here, how ironic. PC=BS.

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A lot of fun (for a while at least)
I played this game a few months ago, so I don't recall every single detail about it. However, it is one of the few games that I've actually finished - it was interesting enough and the gameplay was good enough to allow you to progress without getting "stuck" anywhere. Technically, it is stable. I remember, towards the end, mostly going through the motions, just to finish, but nevertheless for the majority of the time it is a very fun game.