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Druid: Daemons of the Mind

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Druid: Daemons of the Mind
Developer(s)Synthetic Dimensions
Publisher(s)Sir-Tech
Designer(s)Kevin Bulmer
Matt Stott
Programmer(s)John Wildsmith
Writer(s)Brenda Brathwaite
Composer(s)Ben Daglish
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Windows, PlayStation, Saturn
ReleaseDecember 7, 1995 (MS-DOS)
  • JP: 1997 (Windows)
  • JP: February 19, 1998 (PS)
  • JP: July 2, 1998 (Saturn)[1]
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Druid: Daemons of the Mind is an action role-playing video game developed by British studio Synthetic Dimensions and published by Sir-Tech for MS-DOS. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows, PlayStation and Sega Saturn by Koei in Japan.

Gameplay

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Druid: Daemons of the Mind is an action role-playing game with graphic adventure elements.[2]

Reception

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Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "hard-core fans of either RPGs or graphic adventures won't find much satisfaction. The puzzles can be rather simple, and though the story is well crafted and deep, role-playing fanatics will be annoyed at the lack of statistics and manipulation of your character. Still, if you're just getting into either genre, this one does a great job of taking some of the aspects of both."[2]

Andy Butcher reviewed Druid: Daemons of the Mind for Arcane magazine, rating it a 5 out of 10 overall.[6] Butcher comments that "the various elements don't really seem to fit together very well, and the game has a somewhat disjointed feel to it. Combine this with an awkward combat system that requires split-second timing, and you end up with something of a poor man's Ultima VIII (a game which Druid resembles in many ways)."[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Software List (Released by Soft Licensees)". セガ 製品情報サイト (in Japanese). Sega. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Finals". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. May 1996. pp. 97–98.
  3. ^ Schlunk, Petra (March 1996). "Sir-Tech's Step Child". Computer Gaming World. No. 140. pp. 114, 116.
  4. ^ McDonald, T. Liam (March 1996). "Druid: Daemons of the Mind". PC Gamer US. Archived from the original on November 17, 1999. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  5. ^ Staff (March 9, 1996). "Druid: Daemons of the Mind Review". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on October 7, 1997. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Butcher, Andy (February 1996). "Games Reviews". Arcane (3). Future Publishing: 72–73.
  7. ^ Lindquist, Christopher (March 1996). "Role Playing; Druid: Daemons of the Mind". PC Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 18, 1996. Retrieved July 29, 2019.