Posted on: July 31, 2010
goladkin1986
Verified ownerGames: 15 Reviews: 5
Really, really great game!!!
After Fallout 1 & 2 it's the best rpg I've played till now. You have to try!!!
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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
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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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31 hMain
44 h Main + Sides
84 h Completionist
44.5 h All Styles
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Posted on: September 23, 2010
haadurin
Games: 21 Reviews: 1
Forgotten Masterpiece!
This is my favorite game of all time-- such a shame Troika's gone forever. I don't know what to say to make you buy it, reader, but please, DO BUY IT! This game is so very good!
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Posted on: November 8, 2010
darkwatersong
Games: 219 Reviews: 2
A Great Steampunk RPG
The only complain I have about the game is also one of its best features. The game is HUDGE and very open! You can sink dozens of hours into this game without significantly moving the plot forward! I also love how magic vs. silence is handled. Like if how you are strong in one, the has random failures in your presence. This means if you pick one side and max it, don't expect the other to work for you. In addition there is a great crafting system for both paths, and the world has locations that reject or love you based on you acceptance of magic or science. Now what if you don't want to mess with ether path? That is fine too, but all builds benefit from a few points in one side or another. Like a thief with darkness spells works well, as does a fighter with knowledge of making weapons. So if you want a long game, this is a great deal for $6.
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Posted on: October 16, 2010
jomaMA12341
Verified ownerGames: 59 Reviews: 1
Great Game
Arcanum is like a cres between fallout 2 and D&D
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Posted on: October 18, 2010
dark_paradox_21
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 4
Good, but a bit linear
The title of my review says it all. The game is good, but a bit linear. It reminds me a lot of the fallout games, but the execution just isn't as good. It lacks all the humor of games like fallout, and character development just isn't as important as it is in other games. Ok, you can choose to be a tech or a mage, but everything else seems sort of superficial (I know many sword-and-sorcery nuts who would disagree). Maybe I've just become jaded. Still, it is by itself a very good game and well worth $6, but I think it lacks the replayability of the games it emulates.
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