Review: Silverfall game

This adventure game seems to be missing a subtitle. Silverfall: close to Bug City.

Come to think of it, this game is missing a lot of things. Stability for one.

It crashes under Vista, it seems to crash when installed with Norton Antivirus switched on and it crashed every five minutes on our review system for neither of the above reasons.

While it remained stable, it seemed like a half-decent Diablo clone, with Dungeon Siege-style camera effects and well-drawn monsters. However, there were a lot of non-playable characters hanging around who had nothing useful to say, and it was easy to get lost with all the quests available.

However, combat was pleasantly brutal with plentiful weapons and spells to fight off over 150 enemies.

But persistence is not rewarded. Early levels are ridiculously easy and we managed to breeze through tons of it despite the crashes. Of course, until the publishers produce a software update to remedy these problems, none of this will matter because no-one will stick with it long enough to find out.

Which is a shame, because Silverfall is certainly pleasing on the eye. But it was released a good few months early and it shows.

Also consider
Neverwinter Nights 2 (PCW)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine
Guild Wars: Nightfall