Posted on: April 21, 2025

Battousai

Games: 24 Reviews: 1

Fantasy Deus Ex

Simply put, Arx Fatalis is an amazing immersive sim set in an post-apocalyptic underground fantasy setting. If you enjoy games like Thief and Deus Ex, you'll love this. Arx Fatalis is a true classic. Just make sure you install Arx Libertatis mod, it's 100% required if you want to have the best, optimal experience of this game. Just do it, it's free. Arx Liberatis (among many other things) fixes the magic casting system which was basically broken. From their FAQ: -Update the Arx Fatalis source code to support modern systems -Improve portability of the game -Provide ports and on-going support in source for modern systems -Eliminate bugs or limitations of the original -Improve basic functionality to bring the engine on-par with similar modern games -Provide for further improvements and customizations to be made to the game by the community If the game didn't have it's problems at launch (which have now been fixed) this game would have been regarded as one of the best RPGs of the 2000's.

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Posted on: June 23, 2012

knorkator

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 1

Arx Libertatis (for Linux)

I always wanted to play Arx Fatalis when it was released years ago but eventually forgot about it after a few weeks. I purchased a copy yesterday here on GOG after confirming it would play well on a Linux machine. It kinda does but instead of using WINE for it in a Linux environment I strongly advise you to install the ARX LIBERTATIS port. (Google it) So far it has been a great game. Just leaving this review for those who don't use Windows but Linux instead :-)

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Posted on: January 1, 2009

GregorusPrime

Verified owner

Games: 91 Reviews: 2

Great fun while it lasts.

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.

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Posted on: June 12, 2010

LaRosse

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Games: 408 Reviews: 15

Interesting and fresh

Compared to recent RPGs, this game is very different and feels very fresh. This game does not try to simulate an open world as Fallout and Oblivion tried, yet it feels much more open than the worlds in the said games. Where in an open world invisible walls seems wrong, in dungeons the real walls are ok. And you move through dungeons starting with escape from a prison all the time. The dungeons feel as natural and well designed as the offices in Half-Life 1 do. And the story develops very well. If I should compare it to other games, it would be a combination of Die by the Sword and Might and Magic VI-VIII. The realtime combat with some degree of strategy (just move closer, strike, pull out, etc.), mostly linear way forward and RPG style like Might and Magic VI-VIII. The only thing that I would like to change is the controls. I would be much happier if I were able to collect items by pressing spacebar and having the inventory over the whole screen with the game paused. But yeah, just a minor flaw.

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Posted on: April 24, 2011

Kiroliegh

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Games: 1872 Reviews: 19

Unique but frustrating.

This game made a very clean escape from being one huge medieval sewer level. The setting of the game is a world whose sun died long ago. The races of the world worked together and managed to move civilization underground before the inevitable apocalyptic freeze. Now, the peace and cooperation is wearing thin. You start in a dank dungeon with nothing but vague promises from a fellow prisoner who offers to help. Progressing from literally a bone-swinging savage in tattered leather thongs, you can become any sort of warrior, launching massive fireballs or cleaving foes with swords. However, the game becoming increasingly unforgiving, so the player learns to be consistent in skill development. The amount of environmental interaction rivals the best of modern RPGs. You can mine gems and metals, cook, manufacture weapons, and use the environment to kill more difficult foes. The story gets darker and creepier the further you go, but the developers accomplished a great in adding vast detail to what is supposed to be a limited environment.

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