A funny thing happened to Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny while it was on it's way to store shelves, namely, state-of-the art graphics and game engines passed it by. However, the project was seen through to it's end with the result being a fine role-playing, first-person perspective 3D graphic adventure without the latest enhancements of the industry standards. That's not to say the game isn't a good one -- it most definitely is and contains enormous game play rewards, an interesting and engaging story and plenty of wondrous cut scenes and colorful realistically rendered environments.

The interface takes some getting used to. Nearly every key on the keyboard can be assigned some function or other and mouse support can be toggled on or off at the push of a button. Movement in the game is for the most part smooth and simple to operate. One minor complaint as far as controls go is the occasional lag time you experience between the time a key is pushed and the activation of the command. For example, when pressing the key (default is T) to toggle movement on with the mouse (rather than keyboard directional movement), it may be necessary to press it a number of times when disengaging that particular function before it responds. Load times of certain scenes are not as instantaneous as most gamers have become accustomed to with the occasional fleeting blank screen the result. My biggest gripe though is the on-screen action of your character which allows him to simply walk through structures encountered in the game (a good example is the opening cave exploration where stalactites and stalagmites are seen as obstacles but not treated as such).

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Fortunately, as mentioned, nearly every control is customizable and there are a lot of command possibilities, so the learning curve can be as much as a half hour or so (just to memorize all the key strokes). The voice acting in Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny is for the most part done professionally and well. The human actors are quite animated and pleasing to watch and the 'live' action cut scenes are entertaining and nicely directed. Although nicely designed, the inventory and magic management can be slightly awkward at times, especially when you mix your mouse and keyboard functions. The story is first rate and the overall look of the game is flashy but oddly enough, certain close-up encounters (especially landscape features) are pixellated while other scenes are gorgeously rendered.

With the 3Dfx patch available, 3D acceleration is smooth and sure. The core of the game is the storyline which is wonderfully developed through the normal machinations of role playing and adventuring fare, including a well designed magical aspect, moderate but fair puzzle solving, an interesting take on combat and good, involved NPC interaction. Unlike many games in the genre, you control only one character, Luther, throughout the game. Quibbles aside, Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny offers a solid adventure, a pleasing game world in which to interact and with four CD's, plenty of bang for your buck.

Graphics: Occasional pixelation is a minor annoyance. Game environment is very mood enhancing with well drawn characters and professionally done human cut scenes and encounters.

Sound: Voice acting and musical score is very impressive. Ambient sounds are well constructed and utilize realistic Doppler effects.

Enjoyment: Limited to one character to control. A very large game world, plenty of NPCs and beasts to interact with and a top notch storyline. Smooth game play with occasional shaky glitches when trapped in a particular spot in the environment, but not a major concern. Good adventure with some marginally difficult magic aspects (e.g., learn by trial and error which ingredients to mesh together to make useful potions). The morphing aspect of the game is enjoyable. At first you cannot control the morphing change into either a powerful raging beast or a quick, magically inclined lizard, but the unexpected and spontaneous change to one of these entities provides great reactionary possibilities (now where was that tiny crevice to get in the secret room?) and is quite innovative and well done.

Replay Value: With only one character to control, replay is limited as the story remains pretty much the same. However, it should be noted that you don't actually generate your character at the beginning. All attributes and abilities are improved (or not) based on your actions within the game, thus, if you rely on magical power over physical strength, the character improves in those areas the most and vice versa.

Guardians of Destiny is the sequel to Throne of Chaos, the original Lands of Lore game. Unlike Lands of Lore 1, Guardians of Destiny is an action RPG which occurs in real-time 3D (much like Daggerfall). The game features numerous video sequences featuring computer graphics and live actions, thus taking up 4 CD-ROMs.

In Guardians of Destiny you are Luther, the son of Scotia (the main villain in the original game). In her quest for power and revenge Scotia accidentally set into motion the revival of Belial, God of Evil. Now that she's dead, it's up to you to clean up the mess left behind and stop Belial from reviving and doing all sorts of naughty things to the world.

You are not without help.. with her dying breath Scotia gave Luther her mighty powers of shapeshifting, but through an error Luther received the powers in a damaged formed: he cannot control when he changes or what he changes into.

Things aren't easy for Luther. Not only is he cursed with his mother's power, but the people of the Lands are understandably upset with Scotia and will attempt to take their frustration out on Luther. But with his mother's magic and a little help from the Draracle (another god and Belial's parole officer) Luther just might be able to fulfill his destiny and stop Belial.

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This game has been set up to work on modern Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP 64/32-bit) computers without problems. Please choose Download - Easy Setup (1.82 GB).This game has been set up to work on modern Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP 64/32-bit) computers without problems. Please choose Download - Easy Setup (2.02 GB).

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Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos

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Westwood's Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos is sequel in spirit to acclaimed Eye of The Beholder 2, but surpasses its AD&D predecessor in every way. The game broke new grounds with astounding graphics, great soundtrack, intuitive user interface, great spell effects and plot development, and last but not least, excellent automap.

Lands of Lore begin with an intriguing, albeit cliche, premise that is no less dynamic than those in Eye of The Beholder series. While consulting with Geron his counselor, King Richard of Gladstone received an alarming news: after countless futile attempts, Scotia the mad sorceress finally obtained the nether mask, a magical artifact that grants the wearer the power to change into any form. He immediately entrusts to his champion (you, of course) and the task of destroying Scotia once and for all. Westwood eschews traditional RPG character creation in favor of simple statistics, but for the most part, it works. You can choose from 4 characters depending on your preference in weapons/magic balance.

Rarely has an RPG -- or any game for that matter-- been able to entice the player into its world as quickly as Lands of Lore. I remember playing the game for the first time, exploring Gladstone Keep and the forest beyond, collecting all sorts of neat items, battling well-drawn monsters, casting a few spells with amazing effects, seeing my character gain a few levels, annotating the best automap I've ever seen, watching amazing plot development through in-game cutscenes.. the next thing I knew, the sun had come up. The game had kept me playing for 6 hours straight-- I can't think of a better recommendation than this :)

Lands of Lore remains to this day one of the most accessible RPGs that stand the test of time, with the power to convert even the most ardent RPG dissenters into hapless addicts. It may not be original or even revolutionary, but it is definitely a flawless execution.

The CD-ROM version features the voice of Patrick Stewart as King Richard, along with other multimedia enhancements that make the game even more atmospheric than the floppy version. As a game design, it is a role model; as a game, it is simply a must-have.

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Hank2019-02-180 point

I liked this old game played 4 hours on end you just have to play with the game to know all the moves and yes it ticks u off when u dont know what to do but when u do its rewording

ghoulheart Rich2018-12-270 point

best game on the pc I can remember! with dragon lore . I enjoyed tie fighter and x wing and dune 2. dott and sam and max and some 7th guest

jros832018-04-160 point

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Onime No Garou2016-12-261 point

This was one of the few games my entire family actually played. When I was a kid I had a few games but my parents didn't care for them at all. This game was different! On weekends, my Mom, my brother, and I would play late into the night gathered around the computer. I was great!

1quickreply2016-11-1711 points

To 777Kluless111: Stfu.
You're playing a game from 1993 and whining furiously about the 'non-intuitive' gameplay? Really?
People still play these games for the purposes of NOSTALGIA. 23 years have passed--there's better games out there.
Also: you sound like a fucking moron. Read the manual or experiment briefly with the controls. FFS--not everything is instantly handed to you in life.

asm2016-09-232 points

Best dungeon crawl ever made - period.

Deorsa2016-05-314 points

I have played this before as a child and watched my dad play it.
Wonderful game, simplistic yet perfect and for 1993 - spectacular.

Kahina2016-02-192 points

777KLULESS111 - have u try to click on the weapon icon on each character? because is pretty obvious that if u hit that button the character will attack..

777kluless1112016-02-13-21 points

it's always the same shit with these type of games, I encounter
my first monster to do battle with and I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ATTACK??????
I have a weapon in hand but not a CLUE??? these fu@$&ng games lack INTUITIVE
controls, I am clicking with my mouse button(leftclick,rightclick) it makes no
difference, end result is I end up dying because I don't know HOW to attack enemies...stupid game.

KungFU2009RIP2016-01-29-7 points

I don't like these type of games but this one looks like
it might be worth playing, does anyone know how you
bring up the GADDAMN map????????????
can't tell where I am and where I need to be.

Zanza2015-12-021 point

Don't forget the game's also compatible with ScummVM if you can't make it work with DosBox!

JoJi2015-11-060 point

Don't work at all for me in my dosbox with D-fend.. someone know how to fix it? And don't tell me to type something before launching i can't type anything before it launch

Reee2015-04-223 points DOS version

This game is cool, and typeing 'cputype 386' before you mounting really works.
THANKS! To SAS !

JAY DEE2015-03-201 point DOS version

I already grabbed the original install cd version elsewere.patched it and it runs fine,the cd version has no copy protection.thanks anyway.great game.the patch 1.23 notes say'If you have used any cheat programs or hex editors to modify your LANDS OF LORE game, this patch -WILL NOT- work. Reinstall from your original game disks, and then install the patch program. This will not effect saved games.'

SAS2015-02-203 points DOS version

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If your game freezes after character selection, just type the following before launching the game: cputype 386 Worked for me.

JAY DEE2015-01-18-1 point DOS version

freezes after character selection,dosbox .74 only supports patched versions.i downloaded the uk eng patch 1.24 but it still wont work.what version is this?

fhbdf2014-04-141 point DOS version

Al Gore2013-12-22-7 points DOS version

Rather than fight Jana, I choose to fuck her and her warrior maidens. Her Amazonian pussy was the best.

Alx JS Palma2013-09-291 point DOS version

Fantastic fantastic game! I played it back then, and it was explendid! I didn't even liked the genre..but it turned out one of the best I ever played!

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giller2012-10-161 point DOS version

Milestone of RPG. Lots of hours of great adventures guaranteed. Must play it!

Licurg2012-03-151 point DOS version

Great game

justsomeguy2011-11-081 point DOS version

possibly my favorite game of all time. This LoL game was of a more serious tone than its sequels and the CD version had voice actors such as patrick stewart (captain picard)

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DSB2011-10-181 point DOS version

Download video from tumblr macho. This thing rocks! I spent hours playing it years ago, and there are several surprises. Be sure to rip open all the spiderwebs, for example; there's a girl trapped in one. And like Garrett, I really hate ratmen. Why does every wizard decide to whip up a batch of ratmen?

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