Hordes of the Underdark Review
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Hordes also looks and sounds good. The expansion's new underdark areas and monsters are well done, though, like the graphics from the original game, they seem somewhat blocky and lacking of detail--particularly when viewed from up close. This is especially true of the cinematic cutscenes in the campaign, which occasionally feature key characters who are speaking--or bobbing their heads while gesticulating stiffly. Unlike other recent RPGs, such as BioWare's own Knights of the Old Republic, Hordes lacks facial animations or lip-synching. The expansion also reuses some sound effects and music from the previous games, though its new speaking characters deliver their lines competently. Hordes also features a great deal of all-new music that seems much more sweeping and appropriately epic. Ultimately, Hordes of the Underdark is a solid expansion pack that adds a substantial single-player campaign and interesting new options for multiplayer enthusiasts.
