I can't believe you gave this a 2 out of 5. This game deserves at least a 4. I'd give it a 5. You can't review an old game on an abandonware site based on the standards of today. Still, I enjoy playing these games now. The entire SSI Gold Box series of games were all excellent, and this gives you powerful tools to make your own quality adventures. It can't be understated how well the toolset works. It's easy to use and once you get the hang of it, you can make excellent scenarios. I was working on an awesome campaign with it when I got it back when it came out. I had a whole elaborate game planned out. It was the Mac version and unfortunately when Apple upgraded their processors to PowerPC, certain games that used the old sound drivers stopped playing sound on newer computers, and this was one of them. The other problem I had was even though you could import your own graphics, the graphics could only be 256 colors and could only be from a standard palette. The main problem with that which I never figured out was that it seems the graphics in the game itself do not use a standard palette, so if you take a picture from an older game and try to use it in the new game, the colors won't came out right. A minor problem. This was an excellent way to end the series of games and it definitely deserves a higher score. In a way, it was the first Neverwinter Nights and I wish I could spent more time with it back in the day. If you're a fan of the classic SSI Gold Box games, you should get this and learn to play with the toolset. And if you're a fan of classic games in general, you should get it too if you have any appreciation for retro games.
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