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Birth of an Empire

December 31st, 2002
v1.00
Score : 9.0 exceptional
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Binirit
Peasant She/Her
 
Storyline: You play Karg, a goblin, and you must free the goblins from the human rulers.

Map and graphics: The map is quite large, but it never gets boring although there is not that much to do. There are some new graphics, such as the orbs, and those look good.

Music: The music used in this D-mod is outstanding.

Good: This D-mod has some nice original things: the seaslimes that attack you when you have control over the ship, the fact that you actually can control the ship and see it sailing across the sea, and the guards that keep on coming out of the castle. There are some nice turns in the story, such as the knight that offers to help. And the story takes a unexpected turn in the last scene. You play a hammer goblin, but also a two headed goblin, and a knight. The fact that most of the map is sea, means that you can actually explore the map per ship. The dialogue to this D-mod is outstanding: it never gets dull, everyone has something to say and you really feel like you are talking to different people.

Not so good: There should be more savebots, especially at the beginning – where, if you get killed, you can start all over - and in the Mage Guild. Several screenlocked screens after each other with hard to defeat monsters at least need some savebots. And there should be some way to frequently heal too. When I used the special weapon when fighting the guards coming out of the castle, the game froze.

Overall: A very nice alternative hero D-mod.

Fit for: Everybody.