Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony

Skepticism would normally be justified regarding an RPG on the PSP, but Throne of Agony is amazing.

Throne of Agony offers the Dungeon Siege experience, albeit tweaked for a mobile audience. Combat is more dynamic and visceral thanks to these changes, though old-school fans may long for the point-and-click interface of the original.

Rarely do you ever find a dungeon-crawling action game as well thought-out as this one; a game that is feature-rich, playable, beautiful, is downright addictive, and does the Dungeon Siege lineage justice.

Dungeon Siege starts out exceptionally well but really does fail to build in its promising foundations as the game progresses, and this lack of development means that as you approach the eight hour mark (the whole game works out at somewhere between 12 and 15 hours), you'll really feel like you've seen everything on offer.

A decent dungeon crawler RPG that should keep starved fans happy. [Feb 2007, p.81]

While streamlining the Dungeon Siege experience for the handheld market undoubtedly made sense when it was discussed at design time, the sense of depth and involvement that's been lost in the process leaves a frustratingly shallow game.

There are elements of this game that no one other than testers should have to sit through, and the fact that it has been released in this state is a great shame.

The only entry on the PSP for Dungeon Siege, and one that supported a controller (DS 3 was the second game in the series to support this) rather than mouse and keyboard aspects of the first two DS games. The first thing to make you smile is the graphics; the environments look really well detailed, and the isometric world map is nicely designed so you can move your hero around it without getting lost. The special effects look really nice too. The sounds are more or less average at times, the outstanding moments being when you fight enemies, and least when you walk across different surfaces and expect to hear the relavent sounds (you cant hear the sound of running on wooden bridges accurately, for example). The gameplay on the whole is quiet good, except it would have been to have a strafe, dodge, parry or roll move to avoid attacks. The best thing you can do is either take it on the chin, or walk back and forth or left and right to avoid being hit. In the beginging it is hard to avoid attacks, and you can get easily killed, but once you start levelling up life gets a bit more easier. Which leads me onto the loot and lore of the game itself. There are many weapons, spells and armour sets to plunder, and depending on how enthusiastic you are, you can choose a close or long range weapon/spell, coupled with a an armour that not only looks delicious, but also aids you in mashing your hideous enemies to a pulp. Another plus point alongside this are the missions, there are lots to do, and you can do it whatever order you see fit. Finally, the music varies from serene to ecstatic to spooky depending on the environment. It **** you right into the game. If you love isometric dungeon crawlers/rpgs (and need a break from the previous mouse and keyboard gameplay), then this is a rare must-have. Gosh, even the title makes the heart shudder!!!

A decent RPG that i enjoyed until it got too boring and repetitive. The progression system was good.

Its a meh game that no that meny people played or bother to **** can skip it