Hordes of the Underdark Review at Net Jak
Posted Monday, February 9, 2004 - 15:33 CET by chevalier

Net Jak have posted a review of Hordes of the Underdark. They give it a score of 7.5 out of ten. Here's a bit of what they write:

The most notable cool thing is the massive new level cap. Whereas your character hit the ceiling at level 20 in the original, Hordes allows characters to reach level 40. What could this possibly mean? Simple: epic characters. Let’s say you take your level 20 elven abjurer into HotU. At level 21, your precious pointy-eared spellcaster becomes an epic elven abjurer. This gives him access to special epic feats that allow you to further increase certain statistics or spellcasting ability. Quite simply, after level 20, your character is godly. The ego boost alone is worth the price of this expansion. Imagine strutting down the street, secure in your knowledge that, beneath your Spider-Man tee shirt beats the heart of a level 32 epic Orc Barbarian. But I digress.

Six new prestige classes have been added, including the Weapon Master (who specializes even further in a certain weapon, gaining superb bonuses), the Dwarven Defender (who is unshakable once he plants his feet and assumes his defensive stance), and the Red Dragon Disciple (who grows wings and can spout fire – you know you want a piece of that – don’t kid yourself).

Read the rest at NetJak.