(continued from previous page) ...create a whole new hero to join a buddy's quest, your single player champion will have to sit this one out. If you can get past the annoying camera, multiplayer is a blast. It’s almost a race to develop the better character, slay as many creatures as possible, collect the most booty, and save the land of Dureth. Pretty frantic, not very co-operative, but a lot of laughs.

RSX Factor
 
Less amusing, is that on anything other than a HD television, Dark Kingdom doesn't look particularly spectacular and far from 'next gen'. In high definition, things get a lot better, but the visuals still don't push the PS3's supposed graphical capabilities and the much lauded RSX chip.

Judging by the direction the two PSP prequels were going, Dark Kingdom had the potential to be a great game. But with repetitive gameplay, so-so storyline and mediocre graphics SOE's first stab at hack 'n' slash roleplaying on PS3 barely makes it out of the dungeon alive.