Dawn of Magic  | | Release Date: October 16, 2007  Dawn of Magic
Review  Dawn? I'll sleep in.  "Well, since we don't know what
the Absolute is, there is no need to bother finding it out."
Well said, Arthur Measely, magic shop owner whose name is
totally not a Harry Potter reference. No need to bother. Dawn of
Magic is a click-to-move fantasy RPG in the vein of Diablo.
While aspiring to be "classic," this iteration of the formula is
feeling kind of tired.  The Absolute is essentially the
afterlife, or something like it. A fellow with a head of flames
named Modo has been banished to the mortal plain as punishment
for being a power hungry jerk. Unfortunately he continues to be
a power hungry jerk even then, so, as one of four "unlikely
heroes" players have to decide whether to help or hinder his
cause. They do this by selecting one of three alignments during
the character creation segment.  I chose a Fat Friar as my
character—for his high strength stat. You don't get to customize
appearance, but you do get one v