Posted on: December 26, 2023
Venus_in_Libra
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: 831 Rezensionen: 74
Poor balancing makes it tedious
For a game of its age the visual style, art style and detail of the game world has aged very well. The colours are more matt and it lends to the believability of the world, compared to the more brightly coloured visuals we have in more recent years. Music is decent and there are voiced dialogues as well. The setting is high fantasy with different races, powerful magicians and the saving the world chosen one framework. While its fine, there is quite a fair bit of humour in this game that I would describe as .... immersion breaking. You cant treat a setting seriously if the writing treats it as a joke. The biggest offender in my view is the game design with its poor balancing. Unless youre using magic, the early game will be extremely vexing with you running or teleporting from where the action is to your bed to regenerate and back. A lot of the loot you get in the beginning you cannot use because you will lack the stats to equip it, making it almost useless. Leveling is pretty slow and there are many enemies you need to kill to clear dungeons and the like. I dont like the combat in Diablo or Titan Quest as it seems very monotonous, primitive and unrefined. Here its pretty much the same way, but even more simplistic as the game doesnt commit to a more action oriented experience. There can also be a significant strength gap between enemies in the same area. I only made it past the first area into the farm past the bridge and I already wasnt interested in what the game had to offer. People also mention bugs and more grinding in the latter part of the game. Also, the presence of feminist tendencies like the starting female character saying she "beaten the villages blacksmith when she was 15" and having a general of the kingdom be a woman is something I consider try hard feminist pandering and not good story telling. It just surprises me that it was that bad even back then. Its not a bad game, but your time is likely to be better spent elsewhere.
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