Drakensang the river of time

Drakensang : The River Of Time (PC/FullIso/Eng) Game Platforme(s) : PC | Language : English | Release Date : Jan 11, 2011 Publisher : ValuSoft | Developer : Radon Labs | Genre : RolePlaying/Adventures Size : 2.9 Gb Drakensang: The River of Time is the prequel to 2009's Drakensang: The Dark Eye, with both titles coming out of Berlinbased development studio Radon Labs. It was originally released in February 2009 in Germany, though there was a long period of silence before we saw an English language release to the Benelux area in October 2009 (the version I played for this review). This was a full English port, but it took until January 2011 for it to reach the US, meaning the US consumer could only get their hands on the official English port via unscrupulous methods months before they could pick it up through digital download or retail. When it was finally released in the US, it was unceremoniously dropped to a $20.00 price point, without any marketing or PR accompanying it. I often have a hard time figuring out exactly what publishers are thinking when they bring select titles (usually European) onto the market without any noticeable PR (not even a press release, really?), and The River of Time is probably the quintessential example of a botched US release of a European title. Still, often enough these kind of releases happen because the publisher has no faith in the title, and consider it to be a subpar product. Is that the case for The River of Time*