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Fate Review (continued)
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Manufacturer: Encore
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ESRB Rating: Everyone
Platform(s): Windows 2000, Windows XP
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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More User Submitted Fate Reviews
Date: 2007-01-10
Download a demo from Yahoo Games. Try before you buy.
The demo is making me rethink a purchase, mostly because of the kiddie graphics and top down only view. I give it four stars because it is entertaining, but it's doubtful I'd play this for very long--and I really enjoy RPGs like Gothic 2 or Vampire Bloodlines.
Date: 2007-01-09
Fun Game
The game includes a pet. You can choose a cat or a dog. This pet performs errands for you and fights enemies for you. You can feed your pet fish which transforms it into a more powerful entity for a short period of time.
Fun premise....
Date: 2007-01-09
Pc game Fate
My son really enjoys this game. over all it is a good game
Date: 2006-12-31
Diablo 1 revisited...
Are you one of those gamers that remembers Diablo the First? Remember delving into the dungoen to kill The Butcher and King Leoric? Remember the massive hordes of acid-spitters and skelly archers? If you are one of those people, you will LOVE this game. The developer did not hide the fact that he made this game in the image of the Diablo games. He was, and is, quite proud of that fact. He took a great game, worked out the kinks, modernized it, and called it Fate. It is very much similar... In fact, he now works with the guys that left Blizzard to form their own company.
In Fate, you create a character, male or female, and choose a pet, cat or dog. (And it is a Jack Russell or Parson's Terrier, not a Yorkie...) You start with a small amout of gold, and one main quest, randomly generated (as per the original Diablo charm). This quest cannot be fulfilled until you are strong enough to reach about the 45-50th level of the dungeon. Meanwhile, you spend your time leveling up, buying items, searching for treasure, and fighting random unique or champion monsters (with sometimes *very* amusing names). The weapons/armor system and the character progression system is pretty much identical to the one used in Diablo 1 & 2, though with some important improvements. The character skills used are more reminiscent of Diablo II.
The controls are very easy to get accustomed to, and the game system is smooth and beautifly rendered.
One really cool addition to the game is the fishing option. You buy a fishing pole, and can use it in any randonly generated fishing hole in the dungeon. Even a level 1 character can pull high-level items, making it very nice for re-selling for cash to buy lower-level equipment. On top of that, the fish that you catch are used to transform your pet into various forms, such as basilisks and gryphons.
As mentioned in previous reviews, there are mods available for this game, built by other users, to enhance the game. (It really could use some imaginative and experienced modders, though.) There is a mod manager to assist with installing and using these mods as well.
All in all, this game is well worth the money for anyone that loved the Diablo games. I would highly reccommend downloading the free trial first, just to see if you like it. Do a search for Fate, and you will find the site... I am a very picky RPG gamer, and this satisfies both my old-style game hunger and my new-age game desires. Hey, there's a free trial, so why not give it a shot?
Happy slaughtering!
P.S. Did I mention that once you complete the main quest, you can retire your character, hand down one item to your progeny (with enhanced stats) and continue your legacy? Or, you can continue battling eternally, since there are an infinite number of dungeon levels in Fate? Yes... infinite. I can't imagine playing at Dungeon level 300, much less 300,000...
Date: 2006-12-28
A fun time
I picked this up recently because I needed something that didn't require lots of RAM or a strong Graphics card. It's always better to play it on a stronger computer but you can play it on many older rigs.
I was immediately impressed by it. Great graphics, pretty good fight controls (point and click to attack), the gore factor is a big ZERO which I feel is fine in this case, the tasks/quests are pretty straight forward and easy to understand.
The only bad thing to say is that it gets repeatative. "Please go to dungeon level 3 and find my morningstar that was taken by a troll named scruffy and return it to me for a reward." (These are not the real names from the game. They are more professional in the game)
Next Quest, "Please go to Dungeon level 5 and stop a group af red jelly monsters form threatening our town"
his goes on again and again. The monsters just get stronger and bigger.
Your pet companion is a cute idea that was very much like THE BARDS TALE. You have a Yorkshire Terrier or a Cat as a companion. When you go fishing, you can catch fish to feed to the pet which, in turn, turn it into a stronger, bigger pet. Most fish transformations last 2-3 minutes on the dog/cat but I found one that turned my dog into a large spider permanently. (or until you feed it a different fish)
The stronger your character becomes, the better the items become that are available from merchants in town.
It's a great game that is fun for everyone if you don't mind a little similar quests.
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