| 词条 | Menzoberranzan (video game) |
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| title = Menzoberranzan | image = Menzoberranzan Coverart.png | developer = DreamForge Intertainment | publisher = Strategic Simulations | designer = John McGirk | programmer = Don Wuenschell | artist = Jane Yeager Frank Schurter | composer = Jamie McMenamy | released = {{vgrelease|NA|1994|EU|1994}} | genre = Role-playing | modes = Single-player | platforms = MS-DOS, PC-98, FM Towns }} Menzoberranzan is a 1994 role-playing video game created by Strategic Simulations (SSI) and DreamForge Intertainment. Menzoberranzan uses the same game engine as SSI's previous game, Strahd's Possession (1994), and is set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting. StoryMenzoberranzan, an underground city populated by the Drow, had been introduced in the game materials two years earlier in December 1992 in a three-book box set called Menzoberranzan: The Famed City of the Drow by Ed Greenwood, R. A. Salvatore, and Douglas Niles.[1] The game also features Drizzt Do'Urden as one of the main characters.[2]GameplayThe game has elements of The Stygian Abyss (3d world and real-time action){{citation needed|date=May 2016}} and its game concept is somewhat similar to Westwood's Eye of the Beholder series.[3] The player initially creates two player characters (PCs) and can acquire non-player character (NPC) allies later in the game.[2] ReleaseMenzoberranzan was published in 1994 by Strategic Simulations. The game was later included in the 1996 compilation set, the AD&D Masterpiece Collection.[3] On August 20, 2015, game distributor GOG.com released the PC version of the game along with several other Gold Box titles.[4] Critical reception{{Video game reviews| PCGUS = 85%[5] | NGen = {{Rating|3|5}}[3] | rev2 = PC Zone | rev2Score = 68 out of 100[6] | rev3 = Electronic Entertainment | rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[10] | rev4 = CD-ROM Today | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[7] }} In Computer Gaming World, Scorpia wrote, "Overall, Menzoberranzan is a disappointment. It has some nice features, but nice features must be supported by a strong story. Sadly, what could have been a superior entry in the CRPG field comes off as just another hack-n-slash product".[8] Andrew Wright of PC Zone considered it "a case of dumb dungeoneering stylishly put together", and stated that it "tries to be Ultima Underworld and fails miserably." He offered praise to its graphics and interface.[6] A reviewer for Next Generation gave the game 3 out of 5 stars, remarking that the high-resolution graphics have a "painting-like quality" and that the gameplay is authentic to the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons franchise.[9] T. Liam McDonald of PC Gamer US called Menzoberranzan the best Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game ever released, and praised its graphics and story. However, he complained that it is "combat oriented in early levels and takes its sweet time getting to the narrative elements."[5] In Electronic Entertainment, Al Giovetti summarized the game as "high-quality role-playing meets fast-paced first-person exploration and spectacular real-time combat", and he believed that it was "a sure bet to please role players."[10] Ian Cole from the Quandaryland website awarded the game 3.5 stars out 5. He was critical of the slowness of the game compared to Ravenloft and that "too many places were empty — just nothing". He praises that this was not a typical hack and slash game with a lot of character's statistics and puzzle solving.[11] John Terra of Computer Shopper said the game "stands out" and called it a "must-have".[2] According to Allen Rausch of GameSpy, "without a great plot and exciting monsters that truly utilized its spectacular setting, Menzoberranzan ended up being less impressive than it was in players' imaginations".[12] References1. ^{{cite book | authorlink = R.A. Salvatore | first= R. A.| last = Salvatore | year=1992 |authorlink2=Ed Greenwood |first2=Ed |last2=Greenwood |authorlink3=Douglas Niles |first3=Douglas |last3=Niles | title=Menzoberranzan: The Famed City of the Drow, Revealed At Last! | publisher=TSR Inc. | isbn=1-56076-460-0 }} 2. ^1 2 {{citation | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16670625.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611070820/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16670625.html | dead-url=yes | archive-date=June 11, 2014 | author=Terra, John | title=Menzoberranzan | work=Computer Shopper | publisher=SX2 Media Labs | date=April 1, 1995 | accessdate=September 6, 2012}}{{Subscription|via=HighBeam Research}} 3. ^{{cite journal|last= Butcher|first=Andy|date=January 1996|title=Games Reviews|journal=Arcane|publisher=Future Publishing|issue=2|pages=80}} 4. ^Release: Forgotten Realms: The Archives - GOG.com 5. ^1 {{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000226051022/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/681.html |url=http://www.pcgamer.com:80/reviews/681.html |title=Menzoberranzan |date=February 1995 |last=McDonald |first=T. Liam |work=PC Gamer US |archivedate=February 26, 2000 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 6. ^1 {{cite journal | author=Wright, Andrew | journal=PC Zone | title=Menzoberranzan |date=March 1995 | issue=24 | at=86, 87 }} 7. ^{{cite journal | author=McDonald, T. Liam | title=Menzoberranzan | page=95 | journal=CD-ROM Today | number=4 | volume=3 | date=April 1995 }} 8. ^{{cite journal | author=Scorpia | authorlink=Scorpia (journalist) | journal=Computer Gaming World | title=Beware Of The Under Drow |date=February 1995 | issue=127 | pages=57–60 }} 9. ^1 2 {{cite journal|last= |first=|title=Menzoberranzan |journal=Next Generation|issue=3|publisher=Imagine Media|date=March 1995|page=93}} 10. ^1 {{cite journal | author=Giovetti, Al | journal=Electronic Entertainment | title=Menzoberranzan |date=March 1995 | issue=15 | page=67 }} 11. ^{{cite web|date=February 1995 |first=Ian |last=Cole |url=http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=47 |title=Menzoberranzan |publisher=quandaryland.com |accessdate=18 April 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040305043839/http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=47 |archivedate=March 5, 2004 }} 12. ^{{cite web | last = Rausch | first = Allen | date = 2004-08-17 | url = http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/539/539722p3.html | title = A History of D&D Video Games - Part III | publisher = Game Spy | accessdate = November 15, 2012 }} External links
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