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However, many players who did slog it out to the end of the game and were not amused when they were "rewarded" with a simple text message and unceremoniously dropped to DOS. However, since the final game's size weighed in at 5 3.5" disks, SSI decided to cut the ending cinematic, figuring very few players would see it anyway, and it was not worth the extra cost of the sixth disk. So, Eye of the Beholder would actually be himself.Īs in this game he's the main bad guy, in Eye of the Beholder II, there are actually many creatures that are from his race, and are no such threat.Įye of the Beholder was praised for its stylish cinematic opening sequence, which dazzled players and set the stage of the game to follow.

Now, as you can notice, he looks like a big bowling eye, with many pipes that ends also with an eye (that gives him eye title). The final big boss, Xanathar is actually The Beholder, as he (is it he? or was it she? :-) says to you (when you get to the endgame for final confrontation) that all those traps you encountered, and minions you fought was just a play to watch, and that he was watching you all the way (that only gets him beholder title). The Sega CD version features a soundtrack composed by Yuzo Koshiro.Prototypes have since been leaked to the internet. This game was being ported to Atari's Lynx by NuFX, Inc., but development was halted. These include Paul Mudra (Music and Design), Phil Gorrow (Lead Programmer and Design), Joseph Hewitt (Lead Artist and Design), Mike Legg (Programmer and Design), Frank Saxxon (Artist), Aaron Powell (Artist) and Eydie Laramore (Lead Writer and Design). The game features a point-and-click interface for fighting, spellcasting and handling objects.Ī number of the portraits in Eye of the Beholder were Westwood employees. There is a variety of monsters to fight and spells to cast. Combat and magic happen in real time, similarly to Dungeon Master. The starting party consists of four characters and up to two NPCs can join later. The only way out is the way down, into a dungeon filled with monsters, traps and puzzles.Įye of the Beholder is a dungeon crawler RPG with a first-person perspective based on the 2nd Edition AD&D rules.

After the heroes enter the sewers, the ceiling collapses behind them. The Lords of Waterdeep summon a group of heroes to investigate, but someone or something has been watching the proceedings. Something evil is lurking below the city of Waterdeep.