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When I first heard that Dungeon siege was bought out by the same Japanese company that made kingdom hearts and final fantasy, I almost screamed. I mean, those are good games (Up until they went past KHII, in my opinion.) but they are a TOTALLY different genre from a TOTALLY different company with a TOTALLY different view of what a game should offer. Here's the thing, had Dungeon siege III changed a few things about it's lore and took a different name, it would have been a fine game on it's own for fans of that type of game, leaving Dungeon siege's dignity untouched. But to call it an extension of this saga is no more than sickening to me. At least in Fable III the story itself was interesting, the idea of a hero building a resistance from the ground up wasn't particularly well-executed in Fable III to make up for it's many many many flaws, but it was playable enough to where I didn't smash the disk to smithereens. There are so many more things I'd love to point out now, but all in due time I suppose.

The first GAMEPLAY-related issue is something you'll notice right away. There's NO character customization! No, you pick from an assortment of four different flat characters with about as much definition as [Insert analogy with gratuitous amounts of cursing and Ben Affleck references here]
Oh, you want your character to have black hair? Sure, go with Lucas. Oh, you want him to have silver eyes? OH I NO NO HOW TOO DO DAT. Dungeon siege's character creation was never exactly it's strong point, but at least there was SOME choice. Double the character customization of Morrowind and you've got Dungeon siege and you know what? That's fair. I'm content with the way my character looks in all of them. But then you get to the most recent 'addition' to the series and you have four preset looks with four preset names. What? You argue that now the NPC'S can say the characters name? Why not pull a bioware and have a set LAST NAME so you can still have a first of your own? Come on, guys! Get with the program! That's what you get when you put a game where you play YOUR hero into the hands of a company that has hardly had a drop of customization to their games. Some people don't need customization, they like playing as the set character and that's all fine and dandy, to each their own. BUT I NEED CUSTOMIZATION! And so do a lot of people, that much is a fact.

And now, a break.