The sober atmosphere is maintained by sound effects and the control system is based on a combined use of the mouse and keyboard. Some secret areas I had to explore were quite restricted and small, and that's why those tunnels gave me a claustrophobic feeling. Along with completing quests, you will gain experience, earn gold and different magical items. At the bottom of the screen will appear messages, and above it there is a compass. The good interface allows you to manage the battles properly and easily. Due to the strange events occurred, you have to investigate and destroy the evil within the Temple Darkmoon and its vicinity. The races are: human, elf, dwarf, half elf, gnome, halfling, and the classes of your adventurers are: fighter, ranger, paladin, mage, thief, cleric. At the beginning, you have to choose your player for the journey, from a large selection of characters. This game is the sequel of Eye of the Beholder, following the same engine, with a few modifications. Behold a mysterious and Eye-catching game!Įye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon is a fantasy role-playing game released in 1991 by Westwood Studios, a high quality company whose first studio was a garage. Then it's a real treat from start to finish, if you like first person Golden Box era RPGs. So, go ahead and give it a go, but not before you've finished the first in the series, so that you are up to date with the details and know something about some of the characters at least. The game always keeps you expecting some revelation, and it has quests that are short and long, thus, always, reward is within reach. So, what makes this game even better, is the main quest which is a great classic of RPG, but nonetheless interesting and well written, well formulated. Therefore, Eye of the Beholder 2 is a cool product, old, indeed, but the VGA standard is definitely a step forward, even for those that have had their share of later 90s games.
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I also remember one of the copies was infected with a virus, but that's just another thing.ĭon't ever use more than one savegame disk if you play any Beholder, unless you copy completely the disk every once in a while for safety backup.Golden box First person RPG really well producedĮye of the Beholder 2 continues the story of the first in the series - Eye of the Beholder, and it updates almost everything the graphics are tighter, the amount of items, the maps, the 3D worlds, the art direction and the menus, even, work better, are more direct, better fit to assist you in your journey and just more fun, more polished. The only way to beat the game was using only one disk 2, which I did fretting about the game crashing all along. What happened was what you describe in your first post: doors that I opened with keys were closed again once I went on a different level and back, and I was stuck in level 5. That is a bad cheat advice! I found out playing EoB 1 back in the day, not knowing it as a cheat: I just used three copies of EoB disk 2, where the savegame file was, for safety. Skid Row intro text also says something like: make sure not to write protect the disks! At only two hours, the game can and should be completed in a single session. But despite the endless possible applications for its signature mechanic, Superliminal is a short game. that leads me to believe that there is some information written to the disk (disk 2, not disk 1). A scatterbrained story about a kooky scientist and his dream machine attempt to provide a little structure to the perspective pandemonium.
Plus, you’ll be able to pick up the keys that you needed to unlock The game and you have to start again, simply continue with the other disk and all the doors that were previously locked will be open.
Replace the original disk and continue playing and now, if you get stuck in Walls, or unlock any doors, insert the other disk and continue playing for a short while. Play the game as usual, but when you find any secret passages or Make two copies of disk 2 then make up your parties on both disks.