Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep
Rating: 68.1
Amiga DOS Mac SegaCD

Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep

Released: Mar 25, 1994
Series:
Dungeon Master
Genres:
Puzzle Real-Time with Pause (RTwP) Role-playing (RPG) Squad Management Turn-based
Themes:
Fantasy
Perspectives:
First person Text
Game Modes:
Single player
Description from IGDB IGDB

Dungeon Master established several new standards for role playing and computer games in general. Dungeon Master was a realtime game instead of the traditional turn-based approach that was prevalent until then. Instead of using text-based commands to interact with the environment, players directly manipulated objects and the environment by clicking the mouse in the enlarged first-person view. Abstract Dungeons and Dragons style experience points and levels were eschewed in favor of a system where the characters' skills were improved directly via using them. It also introduced some novel control methods including the spell casting system, which involved learning sequences of runes which represented the form and function of a spell's effect. For example, a fireball spell was created by mixing the fire symbol with the wing symbol. This kind of attention to detail and focus on the user interface was typical of the game and helped create an often captivating sense of craft and ingenuity. Other factors in immersiveness were the then-revolutionary use of sound effects to indicate when a creature was nearby, and (primitive) dynamic lighting.

Basic Info
Release Date: March 25, 1994
IGDB Rating: 68.1/100 (6)
Rating Count: 6
IGDB ID: 2503
Additional Information
IGDB Rating: 68.1/100 (6 votes)
Release Date: March 25, 1994
IGDB ID: 2503
Series: Dungeon Master
Платформы 4
Amiga
DOS
Mac
SegaCD
Genres 5
Puzzle Real-Time with Pause (RTwP) Role-playing (RPG) Squad Management Turn-based
Themes 1
Fantasy
Player Perspectives 2
First person Text
Game Modes 1
Single player
Developers
FTL Games

No description available

Publishers
Interplay Entertainment

No description available

JVC Musical Industries

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Victor Entertainment

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Keywords
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