Shadow Sorcerer Unboxing (PC) ENGLISH
9Shadow Sorcerer
Developer: U.S.Gold Ltd.
Release Year: 1991
Genre: RPG
Platform: PC
Edition: EU
old-games.com: A tie-in with the Dragonlance series of novels. The player controls a party of four adventurers that have just rescued 800 slaves and must shepherd them through the wilderness before the evil Dragon army catches up with them. There are three levels to the game: Strategic, where the player must move the refugees safely through the wilderness. Tactical, where the party explores dungeons and other areas of interest, searching for information and treasure to assist the escape. Political, where the players must deal with the refugee leaders and convince them to continue following the party. All three take place in real-time with the evil dragons constantly on the adventurers heels slowly picking off the escapees.ou start the game with the famous brothers Raistlin and Caramon, Tanis and Goldmoon. Other characters from the books like Laurana and Tasslehoff are included as well which makes Shadow Sorcerer more interesting for fans of the original books. The game is real time each game screen is divided up into small fields and you can only move your characters within those. While it's real time it's hard to move more than one character at a time unless they have to walk for a longer time. The interface is easy to use as you get a full menu of possible actions available with a simple click on the character. When moving around you can encounter different enemies including Draconians. The combat is real time as well and you don't have much influence when these takes place. Depending on which character you have selected a range of combat actions are included such as spells, melee attacks as well as regular bows. While the game doesn't offer as much gameplay as a game like Champions of Krynn (as the game area is not that big) it still offers some good things and with a bit more work on the graphics, game area and movements Shadow Sorcerer could have been made into a really great game. Instead you get a somewhat decent game offering some good gameplay - but not a lot of it in the end though. Still a good game, especially for Dragonlance fans.