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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Description
An Industrial Revolution in a World of Magick Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. A place where great industrial cities house castle keeps and factories, home to Dwa...
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Product details
2001, Troika Games, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c...
Time to beat
31 hMain
44.5 h Main + Sides
82 h Completionist
44.5 h All Styles
Description

An Industrial Revolution in a World of Magick


Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. A place where great industrial cities house castle keeps and factories, home to Dwarves, Humans, Orcs and Elves alike. A place of Ancient runes and steamworks, of magick and machines, of sorcery and science. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

 

Character Design allows you to customize your character any way you choose

  • Whether you choose magick or technology, the Arcanum world adapts and responds to your character's development 
  • Classless, point-based attribute system allows for limitless creativity in guiding your character's development 
  • 8 basic stats, such as Strength and Charisma 
  • More than a dozen derived stats, from Poison Resistance to Character Speed 
  • 16 Primary skills, including Gambling and Healing 
  • 80 Spells with 16 Colleges of Magick 
  • 56 technological degrees within 8 disciplines

 

Extraordinary Adventure Features
 

  • Explore a world as vast as it is mysterious-it would take over 30 real-time hours to traverse the land of Arcanum 
  • Meet more than 300 unique characters and monster types across this huge land 
  • Many means exist to solve the myriad quests, from dueling to discourse to thievery 
  • Take on a band of ogres in real-time, or plan your strategy through turn-based combat - you decide 
  • Accurate day and night cycles affect the gameplay, from combat to thieving skills 
  • Automatic character management lets action-oriented players delve into the quest at hand 
  • Create your own worlds or play the included multiplayer scenario online cooperatively or competively

© 2001 Activision Publishing, Inc. Arcanum and Activision are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

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manual (190 pages) artworks HD wallpapers map reference card avatars
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
31 hMain
44.5 h Main + Sides
82 h Completionist
44.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2001-08-22T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
1.1 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Violence, Blood, Mature Sexual Themes)

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What improvements we made to this game:
Update (13 November 2024)
  • Applied DDrawCompat for seamless support with modern displays
  • Set core affinity to 1 CPU core, improving performance on modern systems.
  • Fixed Alt-Tabbing leading to black screen
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
Internal Update (05 October 2018)
  • Improved compatibility with newer systems
Internal Update (30 March 2018)
  • Updated internal installer structure, no changes to game files
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