Didn't play the original, but frankly I don't see the need to considering how middle-of-the-road this is. It's your typical isometric dungeon crawler in the vein of Diablo sans the charisma and fleshed-out world of that property. There's just a blandness that pervades the whole experience here, and it's hard to shake how much the lack of character drags down the game on the whole. Credit where it's due: the art design for some of the creatures is sporadically neat, and the atmosphere, while still milquetoast, does manage to be effective in a few areas. Not worth hating, but not entirely worth playing either if you aren't a hound for this kind of thing.