Enclave - Xbox

Product description Enclave is an exhilarating but difficult 3rd-person role-playing game--a gritty, up-close-and-personal Diablo meets Halo experience. The basic action takes place in a dark and chaotic landscape torn apart by the rift--a bottomless crevasse magically created to surround the lone city of Celenheim, and keep it protected from the dark Outlanders. Your first mission, the Mission of Light, is to prevent the Outlanders from invading the city. As a fun side note, when you win the game for Celenheim, you can turn around and play as an Outlander. You start the game as a knight. As the levels progress, you acquire various other characters which play pivotal roles in your ability to get through each one alive. In true Dungeons and Dragons style, you prep for each level by gearing up your character and purchasing the items you think you'll need. Character selection is important as each mission has unique challenges, tends to be long, and is usually impossible to save once in progress--which brings us to the game's only major downfall. Unless you're a patient and skilled gamer, you're likely to get frustrated by not being able to get past difficult levels within one or two attempts. Many levels need to be approached half a dozen times or more, using different character and equipment combinations. Personally, we enjoyed that challenge, though this might not be true for everyone. --Sung Nicholas KimPros:Beautiful graphics Engrossing story line Challenging gameplay means it takes a long time to win Cons:A difficultly level that some may find frustrating Infrequent opportunities to save within a given level Numerous small typographical bugs and behaviors, particularly on the Character Equip screens Amazon.com Enclave is an exhilarating but difficult 3rd-person role-playing game--a gritty, up-close-and-personal Diablo meets Halo experience. The basic action takes place in a dark and chaotic landscape torn apart by the rift--a bottomless crevasse magically created to surround the lone city of Celenheim, and keep it protected from the dark Outlanders. Your first mission, the Mission of Light, is to prevent the Outlanders from invading the city. As a fun side note, when you win the game for Celenheim, you can turn around and play as an Outlander. You start the game as a knight. As the levels progress, you acquire various other characters which play pivotal roles in your ability to get through each one alive. In true Dungeons and Dragons style, you prep for each level by gearing up your character and purchasing the items you think you'll need. Character selection is important as each mission has unique challenges, tends to be long, and is usually impossible to save once in progress--which brings us to the game's only major downfall. Unless you're a patient and skilled gamer, you're likely to get frustrated by not being able to get past difficult levels within one or two attempts. Many levels need to be approached half a dozen times or more, using different character and equipment combinations. Personally, we enjoyed that challenge, though this might not be true for everyone. --Sung Nicholas KimPros:Beautiful graphics Engrossing story line Challenging gameplay means it takes a long time to win Cons:A difficultly level that some may find frustrating Infrequent opportunities to save within a given level Numerous small typographical bugs and behaviors, particularly on the Character Equip screens