Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

Longtime RPG gamer here: I remember playing Ultima IV on an Apple II. This is a pretty good game. I played it on Normal and completed it in @125 hours, completing almost all the side quests. The combat is not too hard, there were only a few combats that I had to do more than once. Baldur Gate-type story line. The combat, inventory, and spell systems are all fine. Good graphics. So-so voice acting. Initally, everything was very slow to load. After a few patches, it's OK now. In short, if you like Baldur Gate-type games, this is a good one to get.

Another longtime role-playing gamer: I also remember Ultima IV (fondly)... and Ultima I. I enjoyed this game a lot. Play time for me was about 57 hours. The only bug I encountered was a minor inventory bug in the finale - nothing which would impact finishing. Graphics, atmosphere, and music were well done, and the story was fine. The world was original. Early combat was pretty easy, but by the end I needed to manage the battles carefully. I can think of some potential improvements: more development of companion characters, some interface streamlining, etc. However, I would consider these minor points. Heh, I had more complaints when some of the "classics" first came out. In the end, I had fun playing the game, and I would buy another from these developers.

I suck at reviews but im enjoying the early access release a lot and i know it will only get even better, Black Geyser gives me a nostalgia fix ive been looking for nowadays

I havent finished the game yet, but I want to recommend it to anyone looking for a game that resembles the old classics like Baldurs Gate. Its not on the same level like the games it tries to emulate, but so far it positively surprised me several times. The music and art (character portraits, items in inventory) are especially well done and thats worth a lot in my book. It has a similar medieval old school style like Baldurs Gate which I personally prefer over modern fantasy like Dragon Age. Unfortunately there are moments when you can tell that this game was made on a small budget, but as a Kickstarter supporter of this project I know that the development team is eager to improve this game further. Im looking forward to future updates but I can already recommend it to anyone looking for a classic isometric CRPG.

Normally I would not play and review a CRPG in early access, but I backed the game on kickstarter and they gave me key for early acces so I though why not give it a try. I'm happy to report there is quite a bit of promise showing from this game. I can't say it can stand up to pillars, pathfinder, BG, or the other isometric classics yet, but the visuals are solid, character creation as lots of choices, story has me intrigued enough, and the game play holds it's own. There are issues though, I found the first part of the game to be a bit sudden and awkard, the animations especially in combat are janky, I wish the tool tips gave more information or at least they would make some kind of in game encyclopdia where I could look info up, and just lots of little things here or there, loading times are not the best (it wasn't too bad for me since I have an SSD but I can tell it would be much worse without one), occasional stuttering in the city maps (very minor, but noticable). I would summerize that the game has a very solid foundation build so far, it just needs a lot more polish. That is really what most early access games should be. If you like classic Isometric RPGs then give this game a chance.