This Month's Most Viewed Games Tagged 'chaos' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Developed by classic developer house Westwood Studios, Lands of Lore is a role playing game (RPG) that was originally released for the PC back in 1994! Since then it has won numerous awards and received much acclaim. At the time, it was one of the biggest and most detailed games available. It took full advantage of the new CD-ROM format with full voice digitization including voicing done by Patrick Stewart portraying King Richard.

The game interface is superbly done, by far the easiest and smoothest I have ever played. Many RPGs tend to have complicated interfaces that take hours of learning to master. But not here, simply click on the sword or magic symbol to use it. Other features include a compass, and a very nice auto-mapper which is a necessity in such a huge world.

Unlike some RPGs, Lands of Lore places more emphasis on adventure and less on the complexities of character and party selection. This allows you to be able to get into the game quickly without squabbling over the unnecessary details in some games, like the color of your pants.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 02:06:11 Up to 8 wizards in an arena, battling it out using spells to create creatures or to attack eachother. This game was written years ago by Julian Gollop for the Spectrum, years later, I attempted to recreate the magic, but failed... The game is was available for download via SourceForge, but the page has since been removed.

The game is not complete and there are no plans to continue development.

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