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What is Dungeon Siege?
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Dungeon Siege is an action Fantasy Role Playing Game (FRPG) that takes place in
a continuous and gigantic fully 3D world. The design philosophy is to combine the
immersive qualities of a FRPG model with over-the-top combat and non-stop action.
Starting with a single character, the player adventures throughout the world, adding
as many as 7 additional characters to their party along the journey and developing
their skills in any way they see fit. The world itself extends out in all three
dimensions, allowing for unique gameplay not previously possible.
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How is Dungeon Siege different from other RPGs?
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Dungeon Siege raises the action FRPG genre to the next level. First, the Siege Engine
immerses the player in a gigantic, seamless 3D world, enabling the player to move
effortlessly between interior and exterior environments without ever seeing a load
screen. This provides a visual depth to the game-world never before seen in an fantasy
RPG.
Next, the ability to control an entire party of 8 characters, instead of just one,
elevates the excitement and challenges the player in new ways, covering the gamut
of skills from fierce warrior to fearsome leader.
Lastly, Dungeon Siege is focused on delivering intense, over-the-top combat. The
character creation process allows players to jump into the game almost immediately,
without having to learn a complex rule set. You make your decisions about your character's
abilities real-time as you play, choosing whether to specialize in melee combat,
archery or magic as the situation requires. There are even party and inventory management
tools so you can stay focused on the action, instead of minutia.
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Where does the game take place?
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The game takes place in the fantasy Kingdom of Ehb, filled with a rich, deep history.
Ehb is populated with warriors, sorcerers, and all manner of strange and deadly
creatures, both alive and undead. Within this world, players will battle a multitude
of exotic creatures, and explore the most fantastic places imaginable.
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What does the player control?
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The player can build a party of up to 8 characters, like fighters, magic users,
and archers. The player can even buy pack mules to add to the party, to carry more
equipment, and haul away more treasure.
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Why a pack mule?
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The pack mule came out of Chris Taylor's frustration with never having enough space
to pick up that last piece of treasure when playing RPGs. Instead he'd have to stop
fighting, collect up all his gear, return to town and sell. Taylor's solution was
to invent the pack mule, which will follow your party around and can carry up to
three times the equipment of a person. If you'd like, you can have more than one
pack mule in your party. The pack mule will even get tougher as your party levels,
so he can survive some of the more dangerous areas of Dungeon Siege.
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What is the main goal of the game?
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The main goal of the player is to take the hero and discover why hordes of monsters
have suddenly started invading the surrounding local communities. As the hero battles
across the world, the mystery unfolds and the larger plot begins to reveal itself.
All this time, the characters are developing their fighting, magic, and archery
skills. The player may strike out into the world alone or hire non-player characters
(NPCs) to help.
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What kind of creatures/monsters will the player encounter?
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The player will encounter a diverse range of monsters that walk, crawl, fly, and
hover. They are armed with a large variety of weapons and can command a wide range
of the darkest magic. Each region of the world has unique monsters with special
abilities that will attack, retreat, wait in hiding, and ultimately test the player's
physical and strategic might.
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What types of magic spells will the player be able to cast?
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The player will have access to a variety of spells that cover both defensive (from
healing and bless) and offensive (fireballs, chain lightning, implosion, and more)
schools of magic. We call these two schools Nature and Combat, respectively. Characters
can resurrect the dead or animate fallen enemies to fight alongside them. Using
Siege FX -- GPG's proprietary special effects scripting engine -- each spell is
accompanied by dazzling effects that match the intensity of the spell. Players can
later create their own spells and special effects using the Siege FX system.
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How will character development and skills be handled?
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Character development is one of the key aspects of Dungeon Siege. Players have complete
control over the evolution of their characters. They can develop their characters
by choosing which weapons or spells they use in combat. Any character can use any
weapon or any spell, and improve in that skill through experience. Magical weapons,
armor, and items can also temporarily increase any of the characters attributes
or skills.
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What can the player expect from the multiplayer game?
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Either the "Kingdom of Ehb" or "Utraean Peninsula" map can be used and played either
cooperatively or competitively.
Cooperative play can focus more on achieving the story goals and solving each
quest, whereas competitive or team play may just focus on a straight out competition
to see who can eliminate the most monsters in a set time limit.
Player vs Player (PvP) mode can also be turned on to make the competition even more
exciting.
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When is Dungeon Siege shipping?
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Dungeon Siege will be available in April 2002.
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Is there a demo version of Dungeon Siege available?
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Yes! Download the trial now. 197 MB
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What is the Siege Editor?
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The Siege Editor is the same tool that we have used to design and build the world
of Dungeon Siege. We encourage you to download it and
build your own extensions and mods to Dungeon Siege.
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