The once peaceful city of Waterdeep now suffers from raids every night by the Undermountain factions, who have somehow become reunited and organized.

[2] The games uses a stripped-down version of the 3rd edition D&D rules" with only four basic character classes and several traits, feats and skills.

When an enemy is encountered, the game mode switches to an isometric view where the player engages in turn-based combat against monsters.

In some places, the player can recruit up to two additional characters, gather information and buy or sell items.

It was given a 41% rating by NGC Magazine, criticizing it for its slow pace between exploration and combat, its bad interface and confusing menus, while highlighting only its variety of spells and character customization, that give the game some level of depth.