© 2013 Basilisk Games
The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.
The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.
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Posted on: October 24, 2020
mu0li4
Verified ownerGames: 59 Reviews: 28
Promising, but wasted
Super slow with DirectX, super fast with OpenGL, Linux version does not launch in full-screen mode, tiny 800x600 resolution... just not worth it.
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Posted on: November 15, 2020
wilkan
Verified ownerGames: 509 Reviews: 157
Painfully Slow Turn-Based Movement
NOT RECOMMENDED. The sadistic movement scheme ruins the game. It's basically a big-mapped game, where you move on a grid, exactly ONE STEP at a time, per movement command. Even if you are okay with constantly giving movement commands to get anywhere, the max speed is too slow. This most likely to keep pace with the long-and-slow battle animations. There is no keyboard movement support, most likely because it might feature more directions than the 8 of a grid. The horrible movement system alone reduces everything else to a minor nitpick in comparison. I This game is a dungeon crawler by design, except with image graphics instead of the tradiotional character ones. Speaking of graphics, a lot of it is inert decoration i.e. background variation. You cannot quickly tell what is an object and what is background i.e. not a point of interest. The character based crawlers never had problems like this because an unoccupied grid cell was marked clearly as an empty space. And they had the vital keyboard movement that is makes fast tapping possible. The same with mouse will injure your finger muscles because of the much muscle contraction required. I feel tempted to give the game my "broken game" rating of 1 star because of the missing, achetypical keyboard movement controls AND the laggy-slow game pace. Technically it boots and functions, so a begrudging "not fun to play" one of 2 stars it is. P.S. This game is like Rogue. It is literally a Rogue-like, even though NetHack would be a better example of the genre DONE RIGHT (instead of F'D UP). The full name of Rogue (1980) is "Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom." That coupled with the turn-based step-by-step movement is most likely the origin of the genre term 'dungeon crawler.' If you want to understand the origin and the implication of this forcibly-re-defined roguelike term, lookup "Berlin Interpretation." It basically tries to take the 'crawl' out of 'dungeon crawl.' Welcome to the modern day politics of ignorant rule.
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Posted on: February 28, 2017
erbello
Verified ownerGames: 3070 Reviews: 50
Nice.
Tibia with sounds and music. Nice.
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Posted on: August 13, 2020
lperkins2
Verified ownerGames: 36 Reviews: 1
Great Potential, Terrible Series
If you like turn based RPGs with exploration and smart combat, you'll like the mechanics of this game. It's much smaller than, but reminiscent of Spiderweb's Avernum. There are some problems, but they are fairly minor, and the strengths more than make up for them. So why the 1 star? The first game does not, cannot, stand alone. I mean, it could have, with some minor tweaking, but it is very obviously the first of a series, and it is the overall tone and story of that series which is deserving of the rating. In short, the overall plot is nihilistic, and lacking in resolution. It all culminates with you making a choice which ought not be made hastily, where there is really no in-game reason you would have to make it hastily, without the ability to actually ask questions of the involved parties to determine the proper solution, with an obvious path forward to *test* the best solution, and without ever getting an answer about the resolution of the story. I strongly suggest you spoil the ending before considering spending money on this, as it is quite likely to leave you bitter.
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Posted on: May 7, 2013
norolim
Verified ownerGames: 348 Reviews: 2
Doesn't scale to your level
If you are looking for an FPS or a platformer disquised as an RPG, that limits your exploration to a single town or gives you all the answers on a gloden plate, than you better try something else. If instead you are looking for a real RPG with a diverse world, meaningful quests and challenging gameplay, this is a game for you. It is an excellent choice not only for hardcore RPG fans, but also for those, who want to learn what an RPG should play like.
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