I have only played D&D once in the past 7 weeks, and so I often look for similar activities to sustain me through the drought (I’ve been watching Game of Thrones and playing Mass Effect). So it was good timing for me when I was contacted by a PR firm promoting the new D&D video game: Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale. Normally I wouldn’t sell out, but in addition to being promised a review copy, I’m being given a code for a free PC version to give away to one of my readers. This seems like a good enough deal to give them some space here. I had the opportunity to play an early build of the game at PAX East. It’s pretty much your standard 3rd-person dungeon crawler, built on top of the 4e rules. It’s the spiritual successor of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, and if you enjoyed that or Diablo or any game where you get to hack things up, break barrels, and collect treasure, you’ll probably enjoy this too.
If you are interested in a free copy, leave a comment below before 5pm Eastern Daylight Time, Monday May 30th. I’ll randomly select one unique commenter via MATLAB program to send it to. I’m a little fuzzy on the details of the promotion, so if it’s a physical product, I’m only going to send it to someone in the US.
Below is their official release copy. It’s available now for PC and XBLA, and should be out next week on PS3. You can play multi-player locally or online, so hopefully I can go questing with some of you in the near future.
Official Release Statement:
The original epitome of geekdom is taking another step in its storied pop culture history as the Dalelands of the Forgotten Realms, is brought to life for gamers and enthusiasts across the world by Atari.
The new Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale is a “hack and slash” action role playing game set in the deep mythology of the Forgotten Realms, is the first ever Dungeons & Dragons video game rooted in the 4th edition rules for consoles. Players are summoned by a mysterious mage and given the duty of defending their homeland as Rezlus, an evil Zhentarim Cleric looks to bring the power of the Black Lord Bane onto Daggerdale and the rest of Daggerfalls. Restore order to Nentir Vale by unlocking the secrets of the Mines of Tethyamar, defeating the evil within the treacherous Tower of the Void, leading to the final confrontation with Rezlus himself.Players can take on the role of the melee expert Human Fighter, the quick and nimble Elven Rogue, the master of the arcane arts Halfling Wizard, and the powerful divine Dwarven Cleric. Gamers use intuitive pick-up-and-play combat combined with a wide assortment of weapons, feats and powers to defeat a wide range of deadly enemies.
Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale carries a suggested PC retail price of $14.99 and is available on XBLA for 1200 MS Points.
Me please!
This game looks pretty good. Can’t wait to give it a try. Thanks for doing this!
Also, forgot to ask, is your review copy for PC or XBLA?
You can see some actual play-through here of 30 minutes.
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-dungeon-dragons-daggerdale/17-4090/
Bought my copy over Xbox live today, so give the prize to someone else.
For $15, I think this game is well worth it, at least I’m having a lot of fun with it. I started an elven rogue for my solo campaign, but am having more fun with dwarven cleric I’m playing in co-op.
So far my favorite part of the game is that my girlfriend was able to pick it up about as quickly as I did. She’s having fun with it too. Hard to find good co-op games these days that we can both enjoy.
I’m intrigued enough to enter a contest for a free copy, though I don’t think I’m intrigued enough to buy one. Enter me into the drawing!
I’ve been anticipating this game since I heard the first announcement months ago! Huge fan of the BG:DA games, and even the DnD Heroes Xbox game from way back.
I wasn’t planning on picking up the game, though at $15 it is at least reasonable. Free would be worthwhile
Hey, sign me up! I can’t say no to slaying monsters, with or without dice.
I wonder if I can get my diablo II loving wife and her mother to play so I can round out the party…. Anybody know if the ‘trial’ on XBLA has local multiplayer?
Sign me up!
If it’s a spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate, sign me up! Hacking and Slashing may not be everything at the table, but it’s more than enough in video game form.