Critical Reception
In the first two weeks it was released sales of the game vaulted it to number one after so much wait and anticipation; however it had many returns and did not finish out the year in the top 10 of PC video games sales. It received lackluster reviews and was plagued with bugs. One major bug would cause the player's system files to uninstall when the game itself was removed. Other bugs included problems with installation, save game files, graphics, and gameplay. Chris Chan of the New Straits Times complained that most of the game is spent " with a lot of mindless battles and health and spell recuperation exercises." Mark Meadows of The Wisconsin State Journal called the game "A half-finished adaptation of D&D's new 3rd Edition rules that was rushed out the door despite being over a year late." GameSpy stated of the game, "If you see this game, walk away … really fast!" Later patches fixed some of the stability issues.
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