Dungeon Siege II: Broken World Preview
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It looks like your act of heroism was also a near-cataclysm, and the true source of the evil plaguing the land in DS2 is still at large, spreading malaise and doom while continuing on his quest for domination over the land (and it sounds like he has more than lands and titles in mind). And the arch-bad guy still has some items of value to you and to the eventual rehabilitation of the empire.
You start out at a Dyrad village and will gather together a party there -- a maximum of four members. At the beginning, your choices are sharpshooters, melee fighters, sorcerers and mages. I couldn't find any proper healers in the area, but my Fist of Stone main character was able to fill in the gaps here and there, and healing potions are relatively cheap to come by. Several of your choices are characters from DS2, but they're only skilled up in one ability tree (or at least this was the case in the preview build). I spent some timing choosing spells, getting my formation right, checking the vendors for good gear, and gathering side quests before I went into the fray.
