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Interplay Entertainment Corp. / May 26, 2017 / Adventure, RPG
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CompareFrom the designer's of Bard's Tale comes a story-telling RPG with over 60 monsters, 65 spells and hours of exploration and turn-based combat where your decisions matter.
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90% positive, 21 reviews
I came into this game with no expectations at all, purely interested because there was an Amiga version and lately I've been interested on the subject matter. Although the Steam version is the DOS version, I hooked it up to an Amiga emulator and played the Amiga version which is superior to the DOS version. This game is surprisingly very open ended, boasting 6 ways to exit Purgatory (beginning location), and...
0 found this helpful, 2026-07-15
Classic game, requires a brain!
0 found this helpful, 2026-07-07
Similar to Wasteland and The Bard's Tale (and made by the same people), Dragon Wars was never as famous, but still a groundbreaking work in its time, and probably more playable than the older games, especially the original Bard's Tale games. (It also has the most ludicrous and memorable cover art of any of my childhood games.) For those a bit younger, Dragon Wars is probably most comparable to Fallout or Arcanum...
96 found this helpful, 2017-10-28
Dragon Wars is a tough, old-school RPG that’s really only for die-hard retro gamers. It throws you into a big, open world with hardly any guidance, so you’re left to figure things out on your own. The story is slow to come together, and you mostly pick it up through random notes or clues. If you’re into exploring and piecing things together without much help, that part can be fun. The game’s world is pretty large,...
15 found this helpful, 2017-11-20
A fun, old-school RPG. Very similar to the original Bard's Tale trilogy, Wasteland, Wizardry, etc. of the late 80s/early 90s era. It is, compared to others of its time, actually well developed, well balanced, and, engaging. Why pay for it on Steam - IDK, convenience, perhaps? If you play classic RPG, then, it will have a lot for you, but, it will have nothing for anyone who dislikes that particular genre.
17 found this helpful, 2017-08-23
Congratulations, you've managed to finally release the baseline version I got when the game originally shipped. Now, in order to justify the ten dollar price tag, you only have to sweep through the game for bugs (one of the 'Sun' spells that targets undead as a group didn't work on a group of skeletons that were within range) and replace the line to look up a paragraph with the actual paragraphs now that game size is...
11 found this helpful, 2020-07-04
One of my first & still favorite games. Google & download maps and notes. Keep notes of your own, as needed.
1 found this helpful, 2026-01-02
I have been playing this game since 1992. Originally bought it on 3.5 floppy, from the discount bin at Wal-mart. I have had a working copy(several at a time, because that was the only way to have multiple saves) since then. until 2 years ago, when my final floppy drive failed, and my last few disks decided to age out. thankfully I found it here, and they have done a decent job recreating the magic. What it lacks in...
1 found this helpful, 2025-09-28
Steam has been begging me to buy this game. It has been up on my front page feed for at least 3 weeks everyday under Recommended. It's been in my Explore que a few times. It's just non-stop! And I did not want to buy this game. It looked like an old RPG that time forgot. Those types of games are good for nostalgia, but rarely warrant jumping in blindly and playing without that air of familiarity. However, the game...
67 found this helpful, 2017-08-07
This is essentially an unofficial Bard's Tale IV, as it was made by some of the designers of those games. While it's a neat Wizardry-like CRPG, it feels dated even for 1990. It's not bad, it is kind of enjoyable, but it pales in comparison to similarly styled games of the era - the Bard's Tale trilogy and the grandaddy of them all, the Wizardry series. And ultimately, while this is a recommend, there are far better...
0 found this helpful, 2025-12-30