Perhaps like a, “you had to be there” joke, the game received too much hype and was unable to live up to its unearthly expectations. And while it did many things right, there were just too many problems that kept the game from holding the splendor it once wielded. Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor became one of the biggest disappointments in the history of gaming on the PC. Former Pool of Radiance players were left wondering what went wrong, while the newer generation was still unsure about why the game had such a cult following. You see, it did not quite become the legend that it was supposed to become. The earth practically stood still with anticipation… Promising to use the newest Dungeons and Dragons rules, the 3rd Edition, it would seem as if the newest installment of Pool of Radiance would recreate its legend by bringing the newest rules to the PC just as it had done with the first. The elder PC gamers could not wait until they could re-embrace this classic, and the newer brethren knew that they could finally see what all these people have been raving about for years. Naturally, quite a bit of anticipation was built up when Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor was announced.
This legendary game was among the first to introduce the world of Dungeons and Dragons to the PC and is still heralded as one of the best despite its age. Few will remember the age of gaming that brought the original Pool of Radiance.
