D&D: The Temple of Elemental Evil Review at UGO
Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 21:52 CET by Veldrin

UnderGroundOnline has reviewed The Temple of Elemental Evil and has given it a final score of B. Here's a clip:

While the graphics gets high marks, ToEE's sound leaves a lot to be desired. There are no memorable, sweeping fantasy tracks; actually there are no memorable tracks at all. In fact, you will often encounter the same dreary dungeon crawl tune in lively taverns where drinking contests and brawls are going on. The few voiceovers that are present range from decent to horrendous. If the NPC followers were half as entertaining as Minsc or Yoshimo, I don't think I would mind them taking their share loot. The occasional NPC follower comment when entering a new area, looting a corpse or the untimely death of a party member accomplish little in fleshing out their personalities and ultimately keeping you interested in them. It isn't long after suffering through the poorly narrated NPC dialogue to get them to join that they are reduced into serving as fighting pack-mules. The sounds for spell casting are decent, but a far cry from the echo-effect heavy verbal intonations that accompanied spell casting in BG2.

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