Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

I would give it 7 stars because of: - the initials - that feeling of being involved in greater machinations (have I ever heard before of an evil god leaving unpleasant things in his wake....?) - building up on solid tradition but adding new elements (new universe, new thief mechanics, clerics being able to cleanse cursed items so that they become good wearables..) I would then remove 1 star because, at that price point, I would expect some more polishing (e.g. the look on the character wearing equipment is quite rudimentary) I would then drop 3 more stars because the "loading screen" thing completely ruins the experience: even with little budget there are always no excuses for badly written software. Just to give you an idea of how bad it is: the last savegame before the final battle happens before a change in map, that means that when you get wiped by the boss you have to wait for the load of the previous map, then click on the exit, then wait again for the load of the boss map (and go through a cutscene, just in case you weren't bored enough). Even worse, whenever you reload in other occasions, even with no change of map, you have to wait to reload the same map (what is the thing even doing, mining Bitcoins?). If you can get over the annoying waiting times, the game is well worth playing. Maybe get it on sale to reduce the frustration.

Black Geyser is for you. Had much fun playing so far (roughly 5 hours). Great atmosphere both through the graphics and the story. The greed idea is great, but if you are like me and only choose goody two shoes answers the risk of it negatively impacting you is relatively low (at least so far).

It's not perfect but how many games are? I have had about as much fun as when I played Pillars of Eternity. Decent games of this type don't seem to come out often enough. I have more than got my moneys worth of enjoyment from it.

I really got surprised with this game, I think most everyone who loved the pre larian BG games will love this. Only one thing is missing, wish I could play it with friends,

so, fancy visuals a'la PoE and some similar mechanics are in plus.. rest ist just mild and boring. too simple character develompement, fetch quest, not thinked through location design, honestly, it feels like a very early access.