goaliejerry

Hi all, I'm a noob to this game (though not to games of this genre) and I'm wondering which chapter of the game I should begin in, Dread Lord or Dark Avatar? I'm not really intending to follow the plot (more of a free style gamer), I just want to know, for a full and rich experience, should I learn the game using the first chapter? Or should I play under Dark Avatar? Is Dark Avatar substantially different? Is the game basically the same in both Chapters, with Dark Avatar just adding improvements