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Scourge Of The Worlds - A Dungeons And Dragons Adventure [2003]
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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 American voice acting, using such expressions as "head's 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. On the DVD: Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons and Dragons Adventure fills the DVD with the 900-plus animated sequences, presumably leaving no room for extras. The only options are between stereo sound and far more involving Dolby Digital 5.1. The image appears to have been taken directly from a digital master and is flawless, the images only limited by the TV-standard computer rendering. --Gary S Dalkin
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
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.
Easy Adventure
Review date: 2008-02-13 Rating: 6 out of 10
I think the graphics and animation are brilliant. The cut scenes are very well made and the plot is pretty good. The only thig is i found it too easy. I had watched every available outcome and watched ever cut scene possible all within about one hour of watching (playing). The dvd didnt seem to work on my Multi Regional dvd player which was weird, but i managed to play it on my laptop. I skiped threw quickly using the skip forward button on media player after completing it once properly, and worked threw all the different outcomes and possibilities in just 1 hour. The cut scenees are very interesting and very fun to watch. Options are straightforward although it seems that because of only 4 different ending possibilities, the cut scenes will send you back to the same cut scenes each time. It feels that no matter what your options because of the lack of ending outcomes you dont seem like your choices matter that much. A great bit of fun tho for an hour, but after comleting it in an hour... i dont see much point in me ever touching it again.
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Reviews
i just wanted to step into the movie to slap the monsters.
Review date: 2003-12-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
Very nice graphics - and the story is very good, just to short though. I can surely recommend this buy, and its so easy to use - the only thing i miss about this dvd, is skib forward and backward - if you make a mistake :P
good luck with saving the world ..
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jack Brown
Lester Rosenthal
Dan Hay
Caroline Lesley
Anna Deas
Director(s):
Recording label: Warner Vision International
Manufacturer: Warner Vision International
EAN: 9781566059701
Binding: DVD
ISBN: 1566059704
Number of items: 1
Format: Animated, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL,
Release date: 2003-10-06
Universal product code (UPC): 603497013029
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2003-06-10
Language: English (Original Language)