Posted on: October 9, 2017
funkycaribou
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Diablo and Ultima 7 combined
Feels like it came from an alternate timeline where ARPGs decided to actually be RPGs. As others have said, the first part of the game is a long and somewhat boring dungeon crawl. But then you get to leave the starting town and enter a huge, continuous world. It also seems like there are three uninteresting classes to choose from, but this actually only affects your starting build. After that, you can pick whatever abilities and stats you want. The only thing you can't change is your class's special move, so look those up in the manual first. I picked the wizard, and his special move is nearly useless compared to the other two classes. The Ultima influence is clear. The game lets you move things around, has a similar inventory system, and pretty much allows you to mess with everything. It's all in real time, but you can always pause and flip through your inventory or select abilities. Things will initially feel like a dull Diablo clone, but as you find more items and gain new abilities, the game opens up in directions that a Blizzard title never would. There is no clear town vs. dungeon distinction for most of the game. Things are much muddier. You will run into orcs marauding through an otherwise calm village. You can lead enemies in to massacre the local garrison. You can steal, lie, break into houses, commit murder, and turn into a frog for some reason. I knew the game wasn't messing around when a villain showed up and hypnotized an entire town into attacking me. I can't go back there anymore. On the negative side, there are some summoning spells, but your summons don't follow you. Which means I often either waste mana creating more, or waste time leading enemies back to my clueless skeletons. Also, the voice acting is pretty bad, in my opinion. Easy enough to just turn it off, though. Soundtrack is really good, and the writing is decent. The writers at Larian weren't afraid to have a sense of humor. I'm less than halfway through, so it remains to be seen if the actual plot is any good. Overall, though, one of my favorite RPGs in a while.
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