Microsoft Dungeon Siege 

Platform:                     CD-ROM for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 operating systems

Product

Overview:                 “Dungeon Siege” is an action-fantasy role-playing game that combines the immersive elements of a role-playing game with over-the-top intensity and non-stop action. “Dungeon Siege” plunges players into a continuous 3-D fantasy world on a quest to stop an army of evil that has been unleashed. Beginning with a single character, players can travel through the world and gather a party of up to eight characters.  The fusion of smart A.I. to role-playing helps the player manage details of combat and party management while experiencing one exciting battle after another.

Features:       

• Immersive, continuous, fully 3-D environment - The setting of “Dungeon Siege” is one gigantic, continuous world in which players can seamlessly journey from the highest mountain to the deepest dungeon without ever having to stop to watch a loading screen. Discovering fantastic locations to explore - strange and mysterious dungeons, enormous castles and secret underground lairs - players will become immersed in the fantasy of the surrounding world.

• Intense gameplay, "Dungeon Siege" style - "Dungeon Siege" pushes the envelope of role-playing games with fully animated 3-D characters, over-the-top battles, intense special effects and awe-inspiring vertical landscapes. With true 3-D environments, an advanced particle system for spells and dungeons that can extend in three dimensions, "Dungeon Siege" keeps the player focused on the action by providing tools that simplify party management with a broad array of familiar game controls such as drag select, way points and formations.    

• Action and adventure without the wait - "Dungeon Siege" is engaging yet easy to understand, action-packed yet easy to control, deep and involving yet quick to learn. Since the player's characters will develop all the skills needed to win as the adventure progresses, players don't have to worry about making too many decisions up front. With a simple learning curve and no complex puzzles, players can concentrate on the fun stuff: battling monsters, exploring dungeons and advancing their character.

•  A band of friends to help save the world - Players can customize their party to include up to eight characters. There are no rules or restrictions, and the player can have any combination of fighters, archers and magic users. Characters join the player's party as they journey throughout the world - some are hired, others are rescued, and some are brought back from beyond the grave. If inventory space is a problem, hire a pack mule or two, and perhaps some hired hands to load them up with treasure after each battle.

•  More than just a game - also a gaming platform - The proprietary Siege Editor in "Dungeon Siege" gives gamers the freedom to rework nearly every aspect of the game, making "Dungeon Siege" not only a game, but also a role-playing platform for those who want to create their own characters, spells, dungeons - even entire worlds. Gamers can post these user-created files to the Web, making them available for anyone to download and explore, or play as a multiplayer game.

• Full multiplayer support - "Dungeon Siege" will support up to eight players via a local area network (LAN) or through the built-in matchmaking server available inside the game. Players can take part in both "short game" multiplayer experiences such as 'capture the castle' and the more traditional, widely played campaign style of play.