Arx Fatalis

The best part of this game is drawing the runes on the screen to cast magic. That's so cool, feels like I'm actually casting spells instead of just hitting a button. Overall I got a lot of enjoyment from this game, I'm not one for RPGs, but I enjoyed this and played it through to the end. I've played, or at least started Morrowind, another popular RPG but frankly I didn't much care for it. The problem with Morrowind for me is that there's too much info. You can ask everyone like 20 different questions and they all have some cookie-cutter response. They're not really characters in my opinion, they're just objects to interact with that dispense data. Not so with Arx Fatalis. Many of the characters have individual, spoken dialogue. The story isn't as deep, but I find the world itself more believable, it has more character because the people in that world are more individual. Some of the NPCs are useless, no mistake, maybe they say the same 5-6 lines of dialogue, but its THEIR dialogue, and few if any other characters say the same thing. I would've liked a little more to the story though in terms of length. Perhaps a little more opportunity for exploration. But the developers obviously chose to tell a tight, fairly-linear story and they achieved that. Overall. I enjoyed the game and recommend that anyone who has an interest in FP-RPGs to give it a go. For the price it's well worth it. And like I say, the spell-casting is so cool.

a+++ classic dungeon crawler in the vein of eye of the beholder or morrowind or fable very good game. I was looking for this game and gog had it. battle systems and action is great. give it a try if u like dark dungeons filled with monsters and rats or spiders

It's too bad this game has such horrible controls because it's really good otherwise. Even with the gesture based magic system that is incredibly touchy, it's a fun and immersive game. I recommend it, especially at the low price it is now. It's not quite on the level of Arcanum or Wizardy or Gothic, but it's pretty close. I will say that unlike some of the ones I mentioned, you can't really level yourself much beyond what side quests are offered. And also, as I've learned, the game is very unbalanced to favor magic even though the magic casting system sucks total ass. Thankfully, you can store up to three spells to use with a hotkey, so that helps the playability a good bit. The story is pretty good and definitely provides some enjoyment. If you haven't played it, it's worth it.

Arx Fatalis is a very fun game by its own merits, it's just that it's a bit too short and what little story exists is terrible. The setting, on the other hand, is incredible. Enjoy the swordplay and the unique magic system but don't feel like you're missing out if you skip every single cutscene.

Its a fun entertaining old game, bit outdated when it comes to the controls but if you bare trough it at the start you'll realize this is a great play.