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As in Diablo, you control one character at a time. Each character has weapons that degrade from use, health and mana potions, and the ability to cast spells. Characters gain experience as they battle, eventually achieving higher levels and skill points that you can add to various attributes such as strength, vitality, and dexterity. While you're controlling one character, the computer is controlling the rest (up to four at one time). As your characters are damaged, you can teleport them to the sanctuary, where they can heal and rest up while you teleport in alternates. This is accomplished by using an interface toggle that opens the Daimyo screen at the bottom interface bar. Your Daimyo can teleport characters in or out, and even resurrect fallen comrades for you. But his power to do these things regenerates slowly, so a fast hand at the Daimyo screen is needed to teleport the wounded out (before they die) and fresh guys in (there are seven samurai total).
This system works well, but something feels missing from the gameplay. Perhaps it's the cartoonish graphics, or the somewhat uninspired enemies that make combat seem a chore rather than a nail-biting adventure like in the Diablo games. The story is thin, but told well, and there's always something to do and creatures to fight. Multiplayer is especially fun, so maybe that's where this game will find its audience. While it isn't as good as Diablo or its sequel, Throne of Darkness is a reasonably fun romp, especially if you're a fan of samurai fantasy. --Bob Andrews
Pros:
- Unique setting
- Plenty of interesting characters
- Lots of monsters and plenty of combat
- Cartoonish graphics
- Less fun than Diablo
| PLATFORM: | Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 |
| CATEGORY: | Software |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sierra |
| ESRB RATING: | Mature |
| TYPE: | Computer Role Playing Games (Game, rpgs, rpg, crpg, crpgs), Havas |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| ACCESSORIES: | |
| UPC: | 020626710411 |
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Customer Reviews of Throne of Darkness
Multiplayer Mayhem If you enjoyed Diablo and Diablo II, then you're bound to love Throne of Darkness, an action/RPG with a backdrop in Japanese mythos. In the single-player game you control a party of up to 4 characters of different classes and rotate up to 7 different characters in and out of the party as you complete a series of linear quests. Controlling the four different characters can be challenging, but it's made easier by an interface that enables customization of the characters' behaviors in combat.
Throne of Darkness shows marked similarities to the Diablo series (no wonder, since the designer also created the original Diablo), but the progression in the game is more quest based, and the action is often more hectic. One of the things I've noticed about the game is that, unlike Diablo, you don't spend a lot of your time hacking up easy opponents for profit and experience. The enemies you fight are all formidable. Sure, you can usually get past the low-level monsters with little difficulty, but unlike Diablo, you face a very real threat every time you enter combat.
The gameplay is also challenging because you have to balance your party's experience acquisition. You have to give each member of the whole party some time in the action; otherwise, they do not level up and remain too weak to help out with the bosses and quest completion. The biggest challenge, I've found, is keeping characters alive and out of the Daimyo, where characters are sent to recover when they've died in combat. Active characters gain experience and progress in levels; others fall behind.
The game boasts a hectic and exciting multiplayer component. You can play with up to 8 other people cooperating in the same house or competing against each other. When I played with one other person sharing one of the houses, our 7 characters were split between the two of us. You have the option of starting wherever you choose, and the game helpfully tells what level your characters should be to venture into the various game locations. If you and your partners work together, you can tackle much more difficult areas than recommended for your character levels, but if you stick with the game's recommendations, you'll find a nice progression.
This game offers a fun single-player campaign and an exciting multiplayer component. I highly recommend it for any Diablo fans looking for something similar yet new. At its current price, Throne of Darkness is a real bargain.
Complicated and somewhat slow, but rich in detail.
Overall, I like this game. The negatives are:
-The game is very slow to develop.
-The sheer number of characters, spells, special items and quests make for a somewhat mish-mashed sense of gameplay.
-The combat is more muddled than other third-person fighting games (Diablo II, for instance).
-The levels, though more expansive than some other games, lack excitement. You're either searching [seemingly] forever or you're getting tooled by unseen (off-screen) baddies who one of your rogue AI players has engaged.
-You have to be near-genius to fully utilize the blacksmith and priest options (for making/repairing weapons and learning spells).
-The graphics aren't quite as good as Diablo II.
The positives are:
+The player-character AI is much more advanced than Diablo.
+The multi-player capability is refreshing and fairly well-done.
+The complexity of the blacksmith and priest gives the advanced user a chance to custom-outfit his/her characters.
+It's easy to resurrect players...which is necessary because they tend to die very often early in the game.
+There are lots of unique items and *if* you have the stats to use/wear them, they're very cool.
+The Japanese flair gives the game a dimension that Diablo II lacks.
+I bought this game at *sigh* WallyWorld for $4.77! What a deal!
+The manual is well-written and relatively comprehensive.
I don't think I'd shell out $19.99 for this game, but at $4.77, definitely check it out!
It's hard, but really fun!
This game has an even better and cooler story than all the final fantasys put together. But not as good as the Diablo games. Just missing by a decimal in a percentage rating. This game is sweet otherwise getting to choose from 7 characters from three calans n' all. You get to use four characters at a time. Three are being controlled by the computer, where you are controlling one that you rotate using the space bar. The game is awsom if you like Revenant (another reccomended game) or Diablo.