Druid: Daemons of the Mind

Review scores
CGSP	[2]
CGW	[3]
Next Generation	[1]
PC Gamer (US)	81%[4]
Arcane	5/10[5]
PC Entertainment	[6]

Druid: Daemons of the Mind
Druid: Daemons of the Mind
Developer(s)	Synthetic Dimensions
Publisher(s)	Sir-Tech JP: Koei;
Designer(s)	Kevin Bulmer; Matt Stott
Programmer(s)	John Wildsmith
Writer(s)	Brenda Brathwaite
Composer(s)	Ben Daglish
Platform(s)	DOS, Windows, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Release	1995 (DOS) JP: 1997 (Windows); JP: February 19, 1998 (PS1); JP: March 26, 1998 (Saturn);
Genre(s)	Action role-playing, adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Druid: Daemons of the Mind is an action role-playing video game developed by British studio Synthetic Dimensions and published by Sir-Tech for DOS. It was later ported to the Windows, PlayStation and Sega Saturn by Koei in Japan.

Gameplay

Druid: Daemons of the Mind is an action role-playing game with graphic adventure elements.[1]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "hard-core fans of either RPGs or graphic adventures won't find much satisfaction. The puzzles can be rather simple, and though the story is well crafted and deep, role-playing fanatics will be annoyed at the lack of statistics and manipulation of your character. Still, if you're just getting into either genre, this one does a great job of taking some of the aspects of both."[1]

Andy Butcher reviewed Druid: Daemons of the Mind for Arcane magazine, rating it a 5 out of 10 overall.[5] Butcher comments that "the various elements don't really seem to fit together very well, and the game has a somewhat disjointed feel to it. Combine this with an awkward combat system that requires split-second timing, and you end up with something of a poor man's Ultima VIII (a game which Druid resembles in many ways)."[5]

gollark: It also appears to have ignored coral.

gollark: *How* did Reminding 2™ remind me twice and *why* did this not turn up in testing?

gollark: That's now illegal.

gollark: It just sent reminder 3200 twice. This is NOT good.

gollark: Which apparently entirely broke at some point in the last few weeks.

References

"Finals". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. May 1996. pp. 97–98.
Staff (March 9, 1996). "Druid: Daemons of the Mind Review". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on October 7, 1997. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
Schlunk, Petra (March 1996). "Sir-Tech's Step Child". Computer Gaming World (140): 114, 116.
McDonald, T. Liam (March 1996). "Druid: Daemons of the Mind". PC Gamer US. Archived from the original on November 17, 1999. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
Butcher, Andy (February 1996). "Games Reviews". Arcane. Future Publishing (3): 72–73.
Lindquist, Christopher (March 1996). "Role Playing; Druid: Daemons of the Mind". PC Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 18, 1996. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

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[NG-1] "Finals". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. May 1996. pp. 97–98.

[cgsp-2] Staff (March 9, 1996). "Druid: Daemons of the Mind Review". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on October 7, 1997. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

[cgw-3] Schlunk, Petra (March 1996). "Sir-Tech's Step Child". Computer Gaming World (140): 114, 116.

[pcgus-4] McDonald, T. Liam (March 1996). "Druid: Daemons of the Mind". PC Gamer US. Archived from the original on November 17, 1999. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

[Arcane3-5] Butcher, Andy (February 1996). "Games Reviews". Arcane. Future Publishing (3): 72–73.

[pce-6] Lindquist, Christopher (March 1996). "Role Playing; Druid: Daemons of the Mind". PC Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 18, 1996. Retrieved July 29, 2019.