Talk:Dungeon Siege

{{Talk header}}

{{ArticleHistory

|currentstatus=FA

|maindate=19 February 2018

|action1=GAN

|action1date=02:28, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

|action1link=Talk:Dungeon Siege/GA1

|action1result=listed

|action1oldid=779285885

|action2=FAC

|action2date=2017-07-25

|action2link=Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Dungeon Siege/archive1

|action2result=promoted

|action2oldid=792311245

}}

{{WikiProject banner shell|class=FA|1=

{{WikiProject Video games |class=FA |importance=Mid}}

}}

{{Refideas|

  • Backstab #39https://archive.org/details/backstab-039/page/69/mode/2up

}}

Reference material

I've found these:

{{Div col}}

  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20060114113819/http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/23081.shtml GamePro review]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000817095947/http://www.dailyradar.com/features/game_feature_page_537_1.html Daily Radar feature]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000817040750/http://www.dailyradar.com/previews/game_preview_596.html Daily Radar preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000815202506/http://www.dailyradar.com/previews/game_preview_764.html Next Generation preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20070313083833/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=19475 PC Zone preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20070310104617/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=27656 Computer & Video Games review]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20071112050429/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=26911 PC Zone review]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050406152628/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/032/075/dungeonsie-01.html Computer Games Magazine feature]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050406132351/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/024/178/ds.html Computer Games Magazine news]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050406163205/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/032/079/dungeonsie-01-p2.html Computer Games Magazine feature 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20030207103253/http://www.insidemacgames.com/previews/view.php?ID=80&Page=1 Inside Mac Gaming preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020217050403/http://www.gamebanshee.com/previews/dungeonsiege1.php GameBanshee preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020220051520/http://www.gamezone.com/gzreviews/p14058.htm GameZone preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020216024214/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/videofeatures/story/0,24330,3335916,00.html TechTV interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011212090046/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/mcmahon/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview 1]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020612012104/http://www.neverwinterhaven.com/news.phtml?id=70805&language=en MGON interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020223151210/http://www.game-guru.net/features/markpeasley/link.htm Game-Guru interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020202015143/http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/news/content_item.asp?cont_id=21386 EBGames interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020209001033/http://www.armchairempire.com/Interviews/jeremy_soule.htm Armchair Empire interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020415203344/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/bilas/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020208234230/http://planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/bilas2/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview 3]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020208234428/http://planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/bilas3/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview 4]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020202141406/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/boulian/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview 5]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011201031649/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/hallford/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview 6]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020209010432/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/kpun/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview 7]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020202123955/http://www.gamespy.com/interviews/august01/christaylor/ GameSpy interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020207004817/http://www.gamespy.com/interviews/july01/hallford/ GameSpy interview 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020202051402/http://www.gamespy.com/interviews/april01/taylor/ GameSpy interview 3]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011206001725/http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/interviews/kinboat_a.shtm GameSpy interview 4]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020202160102/http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/interviews/taylor_a.shtm GameSpy feature]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011206000155/http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/interviews/ctaylor20_a.shtm GameSpy interview 5]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020413083059/http://www.gamespy.com/devdiary/may01/ds1/ GameSpy developer diary]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010202190400/http://www.game-editing.net/gpg-interview.shtml Game Editing interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010302073620/http://www.riderznews.com/interview_christaylor.shtml Riderz News interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010802210416/http://www.thelandofds.com/interview1_part1.shtml Land of Dungeon Siege interview 1]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010802205816/http://www.thelandofds.com/interview1_part2.shtml Land of Dungeon Siege interview 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011205120541/http://www.well-rounded.com/games/e32kreviews/taylor_intv.shtml Well-Rounded E3 interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020202161708/http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/previews/dsiege_a.shtm GameSpy E3 preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020202170957/http://www.gamespy.com/previews/march01/dungeonsiege/ GameSpy preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010607010007/http://www.gamesmania.com/articles/PC/dungeonsiege/Previews1.asp GamesMania preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011108190856/http://www.gamersdepot.com/interviews/gpg_interview/001.htm GamesDepot interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020601210756/http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/mar00/gamestock/ds.html GamesDomain feature]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000510140943/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Top5e3/? CNET GameCenter E3 praise]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050310005236/http://dsvault.ign.com/features/interviews/022801.shtml Dungeon Siege Vault interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050404000534/http://dsvault.ign.com/features/profiles/dunniway.shtml Dungeon Siege Vault profile 1]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050404002137/http://dsvault.ign.com/features/profiles/pagan.shtml Dungeon Siege Vault profile 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050403235854/http://dsvault.ign.com/features/profiles/boulian.shtml Dungeon Siege Vault profile 3]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050407124039/http://dsvault.ign.com/features/profiles/MPeasley_profile.shtml Dungeon Siege Vault profile 4]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413200853/http://rpgvault.ign.com/features/profiles/ctaylor.shtml RPGVault interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20050310191911/http://dsvault.ign.com/features/interviews/christaylor.shtml Dungeon Siege Vault interview 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010606120223/http://www.dailyradar.com/features/game_feature_page_1028_1.html Daily Radar interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010405044239/http://www.actiontrip.com/previews/dungeonsiege.phtml ActionTrip preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413195038/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/00_03/03_pc_dungeon/index.html GameSpot E3 preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010529113337/http://www.gamesfirst.com/previews/Dungeon_Siege/ds.htm GamesFirst feature]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010408174831/http://desslock.gamespot.com/features/dungeonsiege/index.html Desslock (at GameSpot) preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010413194507/http://pc.ign.com/previews/14214.html IGN preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010604084530/http://pc.ign.com/previews/14214.html IGN preview 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010822193940/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/news/0,2160,2093281,00.html GameSpot UK news]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020202174300/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/news/0,2160,2044627,00.html GameSpot UK hands-on]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011207124754/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/interviews/0,2160,2090752,00.html GameSpot UK interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011102202126/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/previews/0,2160,2033356,00.html GameSpot UK feature]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020409121904/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/previews/0,2160,2104904,00.html GameSpot UK preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000621115501/http://www.dailyradar.com/features/game_feature_page_444_1.html Daily Radar GameStock coverage]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010627233822/http://rpgvault.ign.com/features/specials/dsunveil.shtml RPGVault first-look]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010303060627/http://www.ga-source.com/features/gstock1.shtml GA-Source GameStock preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010628000812/http://rpgvault.ign.com/features/specials/fanstock2000.shtml RPGVault FanStock report]
  • [http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=2000&pub=2&id=190 Computer Gaming World preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010807164356/http://dsvault.ign.com/features/E32000/DSE32000.shtml DSVault E3 coverage]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000815235504/http://www.game-revolution.com/articles/e3/e3_2000_awards.htm Game Revolution E3 awards]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000823224343/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/features/pc/e3_bestof/p3_04.html GameSpot E3 awards]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000818033703/http://www.gameslice.com/features/e32000best/index5.shtml GameSlice E3 awards]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010331124938/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/previews/0,10869,2569320,00.html GameSpot first-look]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010404234310/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2696367,00.html GameSpot GameStock preview 1]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011004231230/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2696031,00.html GameSpot GameStock preview 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20010511134908/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/previews/0,10869,2625619,00.html GameSpot interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000817181953/http://www.dailyradar.com/columns/game_column_58.html Daily Radar editorial]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000818033703/http://www.rpgplanet.com/DungeonSiege/JKresoja.asp RPGPlanet interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000815235528/http://www.dungeonsiege.org/CTI.cfm DungeonSiege.org interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000818032445/http://www.strategyzone.org/ct-interview.html StrategyZone interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000817095948/http://www.gamespy.com/news/March00/3-7-00-1.shtm GameSpy interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20000817095947/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/00_01/12_pc_dungeon/index.html GameSpot interview 2]
  • [http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=2001&pub=2&id=205 Computer Gaming World E3 award]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011224173711/http://www.ve3d.com/games/interviews/christaylor/ VoodooExtreme interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011121200715/http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=2532 GameSpyDaily news]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011205082134/http://www.gamespy.com/interviews/august01/sarahboulian/ GameSpy interview (another one)]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020124055143/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/january02/dungeonsiege1/ GameSpy special 1]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020113154237/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/january02/dungeonsiege2/ GameSpy special 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020206055642/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1750000/1750312.stm BBC coverage]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020205022227/http://www.cgonline.com/features/020123-i1-f1.html Computer Games Magazine interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020204185356/http://www.pcgcentral.com/index.php?file=/interviews/siege/siege PC Game Central interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020201163902/http://pc.ign.com/news/41223.html IGN feature]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020421094637/http://pc.ign.com/articles/101/101403p1.html IGN interview (another one)]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020219114443/http://www.mgon.com/previews.phtml?id=123090&language=en&rel_system= MGON preview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020603154200/http://www.alloutgames.com/Interviews/nealhallford.html All Out Games interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020603130933/http://www.gamezone21.com/10/ds/page1.html GameZone21 interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020601103417/http://www.futurelooks.com/display.asp?i=111&p=1 FutureLooks interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020602114615/http://ds.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=gpg The Amazon Basin postmortem interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020602111746/http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/news/content_item_gamespot.asp?element_id=B0000136 EBGames interview 2]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020811203830/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=8727 Electric Playground review]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020605214243/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/reviews/newsid_1937000/1937477.stm BBC review]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020609140646/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3380967,00.html TechTV review]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20030206144924/http://www.dungeonsiege.com/ds_press_print.shtml Official Index of All Print Coverage (for use in tracking down specific magazines)]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020415104805/http://www.sourcemagazine.com/csm/Forum1/HTML/000020.html Computer Source Magazine interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021218213241/http://www.stratosgroup.com/features/interviews.php?selected=200206jsbh Stratos Group interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021204030617/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/meet_moerbe/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021205010204/http://www.dsnetguide.com/extras/interviews/christaylor-081302.php DSNetGuide interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021204023422/http://www.gamespy.com/modworld/august02/modworld12/index.shtml GameSpy post-release interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021202104826/http://www.microsoft.com/games/dungeonsiege/eaxsupport.asp EAX/Microsoft interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021204025201/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/boulian2/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview (another one)]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021204030010/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/lamb/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview (another-'nother one)]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021204032716/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/snook/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview (another-'nother-'nother one)]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021009132452/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/biddlecombe/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview (yet another)]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020213233327/http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=4665 HomeLAN Fed interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021216205852/http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/development/interviews/taylorpds/ PlanetDungeonSiege interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20020314082303/http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/100597p1.html IGN interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20011024232820/http://rpgvault.ign.com/features/interviews/nhallford01.shtml RPGVault interview]
  • [http://web.archive.org/web/20021218100748/http://dsvault.ign.com/features/interviews/richtsao.shtml DSVault interview]

{{Div col end}}

More as I find it. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 01:36, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

  • If there's any concern about clearing one of these fansites, almost all of these were linked on the [http://web.archive.org/web/20021203202013/http://www.dungeonsiege.com/ds_press_awards.shtml official Dungeon Siege site], which verifies that they aren't fake. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 04:30, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

:*Hah, wow! Alright, I'll poke through these for now, as I'm satisfied with the sourcing for the GA-level, but I guess I pretty much have to take this to FAC once Homeworld is done. Thanks so much! --PresN 13:25, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

::*No problem! When you said you might take this article to FA, I decided to dig around and see what sources were available. Fortunately (or unfortunately), games from this period tend to have a frightening amount of coverage, as I learned while helping Zeality with Anachronox. Hopefully it's not too overwhelming. Good luck with the article! JimmyBlackwing (talk) 18:26, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

::::When do you think that you may nominate it for FA {{u|PresN}}? {{u|JimmyBlackwing}} good job on digging those up! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 02:47, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

:::::{{re|TheSandDoctor}} Probably not for a while; I haven't even started poring through these links, to be honest. My last FAC (Homeworld) just finished yesterday, though, and I don't have any other major writing projects spinning, so I'm planning on starting in on it this week, and depending on how it goes maybe nominate it in late May or June. Hopefully. --PresN 03:16, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

::::::{{reply to|PresN}} Congratulations! One day I hope to have an article pass GA (more realistic possibility) and maybe one day FA. Let me know when you do nominate it, okay? Thanks. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:28, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

:Thank you so much again for finding all these, {{u|JimmyBlackwing}}! I've finally gotten through them all (it was exhausting; Chris Taylor was a media hound but every outlet seems to only want to ask the same trivial questions as if Google wasn't a thing), and it's made the article so, so much better. It's now up for FAC, if you want to review it or just read it. --PresN 17:35, 24 May 2017 (UTC) {{re|TheSandDoctor}} right, you asked me to ping you too, so done!

::No problem at all! Yeah, a lot of late-'90s/early-'00s game coverage seems to have the repetition problem—it's a struggle to trawl through it. I'm glad you were able to find valuable material in there. Unfortunately, these days, I don't have enough Wikipedia time to review articles, but I'll definitely give the Development section a read. Good luck at FAC! JimmyBlackwing (talk) 17:46, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

:::{{ping|PresN}} Thanks for pinging me as requested! Good luck in the FAC! Only admins can review FACs, right? --TheSandDoctor (talk) 17:58, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

::::{{re|TheSandDoctor}} Anyone with an account can, though it's expected for reviews to be rather in-depth or else they're likely to be discounted by the FAC coordinators. --PresN 18:51, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

{{Talk:Dungeon Siege/GA1}}

Publisher

{{ping|Lordtobi}} Many games are having different publisher (e.g. those under THQ) For Dungeon Siege, at least a few stores list Square Enix as the current publisher ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/39190/Dungeon_Siege/ Steam][https://www.humblebundle.com/store/dungeon-siege humblebundle][https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832166036&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-Tomas%20Fedor-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6305441&SID= newegg][https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/dungeon-siege/?utm_source=Tomas%20Fedor&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=cj&CJEVENT=f8381e4c4d8b11e981ce014a0a180513 GMG]. Matthew hk (talk) 16:53, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

:Hi {{u|Matthew hk}}, yes that is true, Square Enix bought the franchise and are now publishing it. However, the infobox is used to display the original publisher of a work, which in this case is Microsoft (and Destineer for Mac). Square Enix's ownership would require a reliable, secondary source, and should be covered in the prose (e.g. under "Release") instead of being stuck into the infobox. Regards. Lordtobi () 17:05, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Legends of Aranna interview

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20040905141515/http://www.warcry.com/scripts/columns/view_sectionalt.phtml?site=15&id=102&colid=1516

JimmyBlackwing (talk) 18:25, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Category:Works set in castles reverted?

Castle Ehb's a pretty major part of the game, and is prominent in the plot description for the game. From this, I figured that the category for 'Works set in castles' was appropriate as the castle's very important in the plot of the game, and is a pretty big segment of the game gameplay-wise. Waxworker (talk) 14:27, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

:The description of the category: "Works set in castles, not just with a castle in them." Dungeon Siege is not set in a castle. These type of categories are arbitrary enough as-is, and the castle in the last section is not a defining part of the game. --PresN 14:50, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Merge articles?

Hey guys, I'm new around here (at least when commenting, I've been using Wikipedia most my life) and just wanted to ask if it was possible to merge this article with these German and Polish translations (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Siege / https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Siege_(seria))? They seem to be disconnected for no reason. :) 84.132.243.172 (talk) 13:29, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

:Different people write and maintain articles in different languages, these ones being no exceptions. From what I can gather, both dewiki and plwiki present series articles, whereas we (enwiki) have an article only on the first game. We have no series article, as (IIRC) we only begin to consider one with threee mainline entries or any other feat of notability. In my opinion, there is nothing to "merge". If by merge you mean having interwiki links, this is done at Wikidata, although in this case on purpose as the German and Polish articles talk about a different subject (the series) than this article (the game). There also is a Polish article about the game, which appears correctly linked. IceWelder [] 15:00, 13 January 2025 (UTC)