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[Anubis]

From the start i will say that i'm a huge fan of the DS ( Dungeon Siege ) series. Played the first for years, and i still play the second. I consider DS2 ( with the broken world addon ) to be one of the best action rpg's ever. What i loved about DS games. Well first of all the fact that you had no character pressets. There was no class to chose and depending on your gamestyle ( played melee or ranged or magic ) you would become your own class. Because ofc you could use all 3 and become semi-good in all 3 gameplay styles. Then there was the epic world that combined dark fantasy with steam punk and there was the awsome loot . Overall DS offered a huge character freedom that no other rpg did ( even if it was kinda linear in gameplay ... then again most games are). Story was good, gameplay was awsome, graphics were almost good.
Now DS3 is out. Out of their asses i mean cause at most i can call it a huge pile of shit. Square Enix should be come Square Anus and Obsidian will be Obshitian. This game is so lame for a dungeon siege, it makes games like dragon age 2 feel like the ultimate of their series. They practicly destroyed everything that made it a DS. There is no more character development freedom cause now you have preset characters ( a melee figter, a ranged fighter, a mage, and a mixture between melee and range ). And though that sounds ok, it isn't for 2 major reasons : 1- DS series were not about character presets - all other rpgs have that - this was unique. 2 - DS3 characters are so limited in their development even mass effect 2 feels alooot more RPG than this.
Now each character can equip only 2 types of items :
- melee - can equip either a big sword or a shield and sword ( no dual wielding ).
- the mixture class can only equip a spear - the range part is with her firing some fireballs.
- mage can equip orbs that give him different damage types.
- range has either a big gun or dual small guns.
Thats it. Each one of the characters has 2 stances. For example melee has the big sword and the shield and sword, and you can instantly switch between them. For each of the stances you have a maximum of 3 abilites, but you earn them in time. Basicly its a tier system. For the first levels you have only 1 ability for each stance. Once you reach a much higher you can get your second abillity. And once you get at an even higher level you get your third.
You no longer have stats. While items show some sort of stats ( like agillity and will ), you cannot directly see your stats. All you can develop are the ability choice, then some passive bonuses for each abillity and final some passive bonuses for your char ( ofc each is extremly limited in numbers ). I have shit loads of items that give me bonuses to will or agillity or other stuff, but i have no ideea what exactly they do, because i have no stat control.
The loot is shity like hell. I found crap loads of items and they all look the same. They just have different bonuses. I played 10 levels with the same looking items, then i got acces to a new design for another 10 levels and now im waiting for the 3rd design to appear i hope. So if you thought mass effect 1 item/inventory was shity wait till you see this. Which reminds me - the is no number of how many items you can carry but there is a limit. In other words you cant have to many items but the ui wont show you that limit. And this brings me to the ui which screeeeeems console. The ui is the worst part. And worse than worse is its not customizable at all. Not even the damn hotkeys which are fuken totaly different from any rpg ( ex : inventory hotkey is 'F' ). After the ui comes the camera, which this time is a mix of 3rdperson with top view - result - you end up alot of times looking inside a wall or some massive object and you lose control of your character.
The list of shity things continues with lots of minor things but its to much to write. Overall here's the deal compared to the dungeon siege games so far and rpg's in general :

- you no longer have freedom of character development, and even the preset classes are limited as hell to very few customize options.
- you dont have character stats that you can change, but you have stats on your items that increase or decrease your non existing stats ?!
- the loot is basicly 1 armor/weapon type for each 10 levels with different bonuses.
- UI is as shity as it can get from its console porting.
- Visuals are ok, but sometimes a bit to colored ( looks almost exactly like Fable3 ).
- story is almost fun, but alot of times retarded.

All in all, what ever made DS and DS2 unique they destroyed, and they also destroyed most of the parts that made it an RPG. DS3 is a shity console RPG, and a less than huge pile of crap RPG for the PC. And most important, Dungeon Siege3 is a member of this series just as C&C4 is of the cnc series. My suggestion is - stay away from this game unless its free. And if you really wanna play it ... they are ways that dont involve spending money ( i wont say more ... arrrghhh ! ).