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  • Magic & Mayhem II: The Art of Magic 3

    Art of Magic, the sequel to Magic & Mayhem, is a strategy role-playing hybrid that tells the story of a young man (brave, naive) who seeks to rescue his sister (buxom, don’t need no man) from the clutches of a wizard (deep-voiced, ruthless) with the aid of female companions (courageous, don’t need no man). The […]

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  • Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity

    Tuesday, April 2, 2019

    Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity 3

    This is the third game in the popular old school role-playing game series, Ishar. It begins where the second left off. Like the Quest for Glory series of games, Ishar 3 lets you import the stats from your Ishar 2 characters. There are a multitude of quests and large maps to explore, following the same […]

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  • Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest

    Tuesday, March 19, 2019

    Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest 2

    For a poor title, Blaze & Blade does provide a surprising amount of gameplay. You create a party of four characters out of eight available classes. Each time you continue, it’s possible to change your party’s composition. Some classes can access special areas that contain a minor treasure or a shortcut, but there is one […]

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  • Titan Quest

    Friday, March 1, 2019

    Titan Quest 4

    Greek Diablo offers much loot, few headaches. This unabashed Diablo knock-off from Iron Lore Entertainment is a respectable shot at giving the hacky-slashy crowd something different. Innovative character development and the unique venues of ancient Greece, Egypt, and China give the click-and-loot genre more life than it’s had in years, although at times you’re given […]

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  • Throne of Darkness

    Saturday, February 9, 2019

    Throne of Darkness 3.5

    An action-packed Diablo clone presented in Asian garbs. Simply put, Throne of Darkness is Diablo soaked in Oriental spice and marketed towards the less picky twitch gamer. It’s tempting to write it off as pure fluff, with its unrelenting array of enemies, somewhat thin storyline, and familiar isometric view. But if you stick with it […]

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  • Seal of Evil

    Saturday, February 2, 2019

    Seal of Evil 3.5

    Hack ‘n’ slash during the Zhou Dynasty. Seal of Evil is a Diablo-esque take on Ancient China which bears a stronger focus on pure action and also a fair bit of fantasy (magical spells, wise elders, skimpy mage girls, etc). The visual isometric style is almost a carbon copy of Diablo, though this isn’t really […]

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  • JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Vol. I 3

    With so many games based on the movie adaptation of LOTR, it’s downright bizarre to play one inspired solely by the books. In a way you can have something that is more authentic, as it’s not being influenced by the epic visuals of the cinematic trilogy. This is probably why you could give J.R.R. Tolkien’s […]

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  • Knights of Xentar

    Wednesday, January 16, 2019

    Knights of Xentar 3

    Like old school Final Fantasy, but with more boobs. Knights of Xentar. It might sound like a classy role-playing game, but it’s really not. Instead what you have is… of all things, a hentai jrpg with all of the assorted sex and nudity. The main gameplay premise is conventional – you control a party of […]

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  • Amulets & Armor

    Saturday, January 12, 2019

    Amulets & Armor 2.5

    Amulets & Armor is a mission-based adventure/RPG that runs on DOS. When starting a new game, you have a choice of several characters (called archetypes here) that range from warriors to ranged combat to magicians. After that, you can choose one of several missions that place you in various levels wit specific objectives. Between missions […]

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  • Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods

    Saturday, January 12, 2019

    Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods 2.5

    How to axe a decent game series. The Gothic franchise was quite awesome. It was a story-centric RPG that was the anti-Morrowind of its time, with great characters and passable role-playing. Gothic 3 tried to improve the formula by making everything bigger. The game world was huge, the quest tally was huge, the character population […]

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