Scourge of Worlds - A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure

I am a school teacher / movie watcher / choose your own adventure fan / D&D enthusiast. This DVD plays in my middle school classroom the last week of school each year. The students love trying to beat it. The movie gives you one "re-do" in the middle of the movie but if you die again, you must start over. Having played through this with approximately 20 different classes of students, 10% of them beat it without dying on the first try. 60% of them beat it with one death and 30% of them die. Animated sword fighting and death is not horribly gory but it's not meant for a 6 year old either. Most of the early decisions are either obvious or not going to completely derail your party where later there are 3 or 4 significant decisions. I clean my classroom with some students as other students watch the movie and this year I saw some events that I had not seen before. If you like D&D or Choose your own adventure, it's a must have. If you want to try something new, it's cheaper than taking kids to a real movie!

Scourge of Worlds might possible be the first DVD game. I takes place in a rich and beautifully animated world, that is on the brink of destruction, and only you can save it! This is essentially a CG movie, but during the important decisions of the characters you get to make the choice of what they do next! This DVD is really great. The graphics are wonderful, about the only thing wrong with them is the hair, it looks real but does not move like hair should. Also they did a great job making the druid look old, they just forgot to put wrinkles on the rest of his body (they are all on his face). The spell effects are awesome. And the characters voices, actions, reactions, and facial expressions fit their personalities wonderfully. I feel that this is a must have DVD for every-one not just D&D fans!

If you enjoyed those 'Choose your own adventure books' when you were a kid, or your kids read those now, and you like fantasy, this dvd is for you. As far as games go, its very simple. You watch a small cinematic and then choose what you want the group or character to do from a given menu of options. Thats really it. Don't expect more than that. The graphics are pretty. The characters personalities are sorta campy, but all in all a pretty good effort. Supposedly there are 990+ combinations of stories. I have not, nor will I ever see them all. However, that isn't such a bad thing as I can come back to this DVD time and time again and the story will probably change every time. Its a nice thing to have for game night as it provides a short break from what ever games your group normally plays. If you like to watch movies more than once, and enjoy choose your own adventure, this is a great dvd for you. If you expect gripping combat and lots of action, this will not do it for you.

A friend of mine bought this a couple of years ago and I wanted to play it so badly, but they wouldn't let me, so I had to sit back and watch in envy. I love choose your own adventure books, and this game is like a movie version of one of those stories I grew up with. You essentially get to watch it like an animated movie and occasionally make decisions about what the characters will do, resulting in one of many endings. Great for a group or an individual and has excellent replay value. I'd recommend this to fans of D&D, fans of Choose your own adventure books, fans of role playing games and anyone looking for an adventure with minimal involvement required.

Scourge of Worlds / B00009KU8L I've always been a fan of "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" style novels, and sometimes it seems a bit of a waste of potential that we don't have more movies operating under the same kind of concept. I mean, considering how often I yell helpful suggestions to the people on the TV screen, it seems a shame that more movies don't offer the ability for the viewer to control the outcome of the story. Of course, you could say that's what video games are for, especially in the wake of games with epic story lines and beautiful cinematics, a la Final Fantasy X . All of which makes "Scourge of Worlds" a bit tricky to classify. Is it a movie that looks and feels like a video game, or is it a video game composed entirely of cutscenes? Because I wasn't sure what to expect and had braced myself for the worst, I was actually surprised at how relatively good "Scourge" is. The graphics are a little archaic at this point - no worse than the graphics of, say, Morrowind or Everquest I , but not as sharp and well-defined as, say, Guild Wars . The pathing is surprisingly well-paced - the choices are separated by about 10 minutes of screen time, meaning that the viewer isn't swamped with too many choices, nor bored with not enough. Probably the biggest failing of "Scourge" is the characterization of the players. I almost would have preferred to have the words "Lawful Good" flash under the elven mage a few times, rather than have her keep repeating stilted dialogue about what the "right" thing to do is. Similarly, the thief character manages to squeeze in three or four references to "getting paid" in the first five minutes or so - it just feels repetitive and sloppy, like a quick and dirty attempt at characterization before the action. Which is fine, but since this is a D&D game/movie, I wish they'd just cut the cheesy characterization and flashed up a character sheet. I'm being unfair, perhaps, to expect good dialogue and characterization out of this. But with the other video game elements stripped away, there's not much else here to hold the viewer besides the novelty. Hardcore gamers will enjoy going through this a few times for the novelty of it all, and I think children would enjoy the "choose your path" functionality quite a bit, but there's not a whole lot here to keep you coming back for more after the first few times. I recommend trying it out, just because it's so unusual and fun, and appreciating the spirit behind the effort and try not to look too closely at the blemishes. ~ Ana Mardoll

I absolutely love D&D and i used to play this when i was a kid😊 I'm so happy i found it again! Works great! Thank You!

Still one of the best DVD's I have ever owned. This is one of the very few choose your own adventure DVD's out there that you get to make choices on. The choices are plentiful and each lead to a new arc of the story which are unique. The Graphics are great, even though the CGI animation is older and some of the walking is stiff. If you look past these small flaws (due to the year it was made) you find a terrific story, great voice acting, and true d&d concepts.

Jedem Rollenspieler wird der Begriff Soloabenteuer familiär vorkommen. Stellt euch mal vor statt Absatz um Absatz zu lesen, bekommt ihr alles auf den TV Schirm gebannt. Ich möchte die guten alten DSA Soloabenteuer nicht missen, aber was hier geboten wird hat echt Zukunft. Die Animationsqualität ist nicht weltbewegend, aber hat die Qualität aktueller Zwischensequenzen bei PC Spielen. Mit über 990 verschieden Story Kombinationen, über 20 Entscheidungspunkten und 4 verschiedenen Enden, kann man sich diesen Film natürlich mehrmals ansehen (vergesst ja nicht eure RPG Gruppe einzuladen und für genügend Met zu sorgen *g*) und genießen. Auf der DVD befindet sich nur eine englische Tonspur, welche aber jedem der halbwegs Englisch beherrscht keine Probleme bereiten dürfte. KAUFEN!

Very nice graphics - and the story is very good, just to short though. I can surely recommend this buy, and its so easy to use - the only thing i miss about this dvd, is skib forward and backward - if you make a mistake :P good luck with saving the world ..

I think the graphics and animation are brilliant. The cut scenes are very well made and the plot is pretty good. The only thig is i found it too easy. I had watched every available outcome and watched ever cut scene possible all within about one hour of watching (playing). The dvd didnt seem to work on my Multi Regional dvd player which was weird, but i managed to play it on my laptop. I skiped threw quickly using the skip forward button on media player after completing it once properly, and worked threw all the different outcomes and possibilities in just 1 hour. The cut scenees are very interesting and very fun to watch. Options are straightforward although it seems that because of only 4 different ending possibilities, the cut scenes will send you back to the same cut scenes each time. It feels that no matter what your options because of the lack of ending outcomes you dont seem like your choices matter that much. A great bit of fun tho for an hour, but after comleting it in an hour... i dont see much point in me ever touching it again. Hope this Helps Some People

I haven't been able to find a movie, quite like Scourge of worlds. I find this movie unique because of its interactive nature. Although it can become tedious watching the first 20 minutes or so, hang in there because all of sudden things change. You're rarely see the same movie twice.