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DVD Scourge of Worlds - A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons and Dragons Adventure is not a film sequel to Dungeons and Dragons (2000), but the DVD equivalent of an interactive role-playing novel. There are over 900 short digitally animated sequences, leading every so often to a choice to be made with the remote control, resulting after about 90 minutes in one of four possible endings. Just as the original D&D was inspired by The Lord of the Rings, the scenarios here are Tolkien rehashed: a newly arisen darkness is seeking an ancient ultimate weapon, against which stand a human warrior, Regdar; a halfling, Lidda; and an elven wizard, Mialee. The CGI is closer to Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles than the pseudo-realism of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the electronic score is tiresome and the contemporary voice acting, using such expressions as "heads up" and "…or something," is laughable.
What of the interactive element? Essentially it offers two equally uninteresting paths at the end of every major scene--uninteresting because it's impossible to care what happens to the marionette-like stereotypes no matter what they do. While the adventure does offer plenty of well-choreographed cartoon-style action, interacting with Scourge of Worlds is ultimately about as much fun as watching someone else play a computer game--and that's just the first time through. --Gary S. Dalkin
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Fun
I truly enjoyed the fact of the DVD being interactive. It is a hard game to beat. I like all the different choices one has to make.
Whatever
Is someone actually expecting high art here? I've read the negative reviews, and have to wonder what these people were expecting. This is a fun way to kill a couple of hours, and the plot is not at all bad when you consider it has to bend and flex to provide multiple story-lines.
My only warning is about the endings...I made the mistake of watching this with my seven year old, and he got pretty attached to old Regdar...when the party is summarily wiped out at the end, he was pretty bummed. You forget it's interactive, so you naturally expect a (somewhat) happy ending; some of the endings are pretty ugly.
An Interactive DVD for Everyone
I have read only one "Endless Quest" book which was about 20 years ago. I read it so much it started falling apart. I have never played the Dungeons & Dragons game and I don't intend to, but I love this DVD. I played it 3 times in a row the first day I received it. I finally came to an ending where they didn't die. I will definitely play it again to try for the other 3 endings. You don't have to know D & D or read "Endless Quest" books to understand and enjoy this Interactive DVD.
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