

The broad categories are Combat talents (further divided into 13 talents with specific weapon types), Magic Talents (consisting of individual spells) and Regular Talents (containing 24 talents divided into 5 sub-categories, governing the character's non-combat skills, from crafting to social interaction).Īs characters complete quests or kill enemies, they gain experience points, which can be used to increase attributes or improve talents. There are eight primary attributes, and an extensive array of talents. Throughout the quest, the player will be able to recruit additional characters of different races and classes. The game begins with only the main character. The classes are not restricted as to what weapons they can use, although they have different starting skill levels. Thus an elf can be either a ranger, fighter, or spellweaver. Each of the races can only choose from a subset of classes (or jobs). There are a total of twenty character classes from which to choose, with many familiar RPG staples such as Fighters or unusual classes like dwarven prospectors.

The player begins the game by building a starting character. The game is based upon The Dark Eye ( Das Schwarze Auge) rules system, and the graphics are generated using the Nebula Device graphics engine developed by Radon Labs. Gameplay Ĭlockwise from upper left: combat with a Linnorm character equipment panel conversation with an undead necromancer a section of the overland map. all of them were put in a collection that is referred as the Drakensang Saga. it was followed by the prequel River of Time, which also received an expansion Phileasson's Secret. It is the first video game in The Dark Eye universe since Attic's Northlands Trilogy ( Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, Realms of Arkania: Star Trail and Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva) from the 1990s.

Tilman Sillescu, Markus Schmidt, Pierre Langerĭrakensang: The Dark Eye (German title: Das Schwarze Auge: Drakensang) is a 2008 role-playing video game developed by Radon Labs and published by dtp.
