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Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale

Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale offers engaging "hack and slash" gameplay, bringing Dungeons & Dragons to life. Travel to the Dalelands of the Forgotten Realms, where the journey begins in the remote…

55 25 May 2011

Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Atari, Inc., released 25 May 2011 on Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale is

Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Atari, Inc. and released in 2011. It was published by Bedlam Games. It is available on Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale offers engaging "hack and slash" gameplay, bringing Dungeons & Dragons to life. Travel to the Dalelands of the Forgotten Realms, where the journey begins in the remote Desertsmouth Mountains. From the sulfuric catacombs of the mines of Tethyamar, to the dizzying heights of the Tower of the Void, Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale delivers, action packed challenge that will satisfy the most seasoned of adventurers. Solo or Co-op Play – Whether you choose to do battle in the mines of Tethyamar or skirmish on the Tower of Rezlus, you can choose to fight solo or join with your friends. Four player online multiplayer, two player local. Questing – Explore Daggerdale’s…
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How it plays

Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series

Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale is the 90th of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was Dungeons & Dragons Online: Menace of the Underdark in 2012. Its critic score of 55 is 18 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Baldur's Gate III at 95.

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How it was received

Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 or AMD Athlon X2 4400+, 1GB of RAM and ATI Radeon HD 2900 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or faster. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale launched on 25 May 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, Terraria and Infamous 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, Terraria, Infamous 2.

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Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale — frequently asked questions

When did Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale come out?
Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale was released on 25 May 2011 for Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale?
At minimum, Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale needs Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 or AMD Athlon X2 4400+, 1GB of RAM, ATI Radeon HD 2900 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or faster graphics, 4GB free of storage.
How many GB is Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale?
The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4GB free"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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