Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

I loved this game back in the day, but I cannot get it to work reliably either with or without the famous unoffiical arcanum patch. Without the patch the game seems to run fine, but it crashes after approximately 30 minutes. This can happen while shopping, looting bodies, etc. Basically ruins the game. WITH the pathch it is even worse. The game screen constantly flickers on and off and then eventually just crashes before making any progress at all. I hate to give this game one star but in its current form it is not playable so I cannot recommend it to anybody.

In the Arcanum\Highres folder, run HighRes.bat If Arcanum won't load after the official patch is installed AND you're using nVidia card, be aware that this game with the UAP installed is incompatible with GSync. If you have a GSync compatible monitor, the global setting will keep turning back on if you turn it off, so I made a specific setting for Arcanum and now it works great! Load nVidia Settings, go to Manage 3D settings in the left column, click the Program Settings tab, under 'Select a program to customize', select Arcanum. Scroll down to Monitor Technology and choose 'Fixed Refresh' Apply. It's worked great for me since.

I found arcanum in the Poundland pc games bin when I was 13. I had a pc and no internet so i didn't know alot about games, all I knew was that I couldn't run many games with the potato pc I had at the time but this game said it would run on my pc and I liked the artwork. So I went home, installed it and hated it. I understood nothing and couldn't hit anything but loved the music and the themes so I persevered and played it over and over and over again developing a live long passion for steampunk. I am desperately hoping for a revival of the series. It seems we may be getting that soon. Fingers crossed but anyway this game is a masterpiece technicaly flawed as many Troika games are but the story the world building and the music.... I dont really like classical music but to this day a shiver runs up my spine when I hear the main screen music. This is a game about a world where magic is in decline and technology is in the ascendancy an industrial revolution and so many shadowy plots it might as well be a communal garden. Don't quite believe ? Just go google some of the random stories in the game or the shadowy conspiracys for it. It is a world that feels real ,not just a what if. There has been thought and feeling put into this game and this should be experianced. Fair warning though, DO NOT PLAY ON REAL TIME MODE! yours L.

I don't write long reviews, but this game is a masterpiece of game design. So many weird things to do. So many bugs that might be features. So much replayability.,

Arcanum was released long time ago, and for its time the game aged very well. This is the top game to offer a proper RPG experience with a great character stat building to suit any style. The game offers real-time combat but also turn-based combat if one would prefer such. Arcanum is all about choices, and choices matter. Voice lines are amazing and the depth of conversation and unique characters is outstanding. If I had to pick a company to remake this game for the latest tech with the best graphics, but still stick true to the story, character creation, combat and in-depth exploration, I would choose Larian studios. I've grown alongside this game and if I could, I would remake it so that people could experience the amazing world that Arcanum is.