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115w ago - Today Sony's Senior Social Media Specialist
Sid Shuman has shared a video spotlighting Dungeon Siege III, which features accessible controls and bountiful co-op action on the PlayStation 3.
To quote: If you're like me, the last time you played a traditional action-RPG on a console was probably
Diablo for the PSone or
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance for the PS2.
Over the years, the action-RPG gameplay foundation -- compulsive loot-hoarding and XP-grinding with liberal character progression and heavy replayability -- has slowly but steadily infiltrated other genres, from shooters such as
Borderlands and
BioShock to pure RPGs such as Fallout 3 and
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
Dungeon Siege III brings the trend full circle, presenting a modern take on the classic overhead-view action-RPG.
Crucially, developer
Obsidian Entertainment has put much work into making Dungeon...