Inquisitor

I tried to play this game, but as others have stated the combat is just not fun. So after fighting with it a bit, decided to just play it on the easiest setting for the story line. Which is what I would recommend if you really want to play this game. But this raises another big issue. There is a lot of text in this game, which I have nothing against, I read all the time so not put off by that. The problem is the font and background they picked. First the font is difficult to read, is not adjustable for size, of which it is way way too small, or font face. Secondary the background choice does not provide enough contrast for the font color. This makes the reading of the pages upon pages of text in the game just a tedious endeavor. On a more positive side, the game did run well and I did not encounter any game breaking bugs.

Let's get a few things out of the way. The combat system in this game isn't as fleshed out as many would like. However, it's nowhere near as bad as Arcanum's real-time mode (which is often compared to). You will need ALOT of potions, and the game can get tedious. But for that I say welcome to the wonderful world of CRPGs. There are certain spells and skills that are just about useless, and others that feel god-like. These type of games have never been about balance, but immersion. And this is a world worth getting lost in. This is a dark, dark game. The atmosphere damn near perfect, and the story, while often written a little off (this is from a Czech developer and is a translation) is worthy of a 300-400 page novel. The team that built this game worked on it for nearly a decade, and while they may not have been able to produce a Blizzard or Black Isle quality combat engine, there aren't many teams that ever did. "Inquisitor" isn't perfect but it's a hell of an effort any way you slice it. It is brutal and old-school, but you wouldn't even be reading this review if that wasn't what you wanted. For $10 or less, it's worth a shot.

In terms of gameplay, it's pretty much exactly what I expected. Faithful to the old school style mechanics and presentation except for one thing that completely ruined it for me: The dialogue! is absolutely atrocious! It does not fit a medieval world in any way shape or form. If I didn't actually have to wade the through that schlock to play the game, I would give it a higher rating.

Very refined, artistic, and detailed graphics and animation. Somber, moodful atmosphere. complex, challenging, and rewarding. addictive This game gets the characters right, they are at first inscrutable, the way real people are. I get so tired of the cliche rpg quests and personalities that the other games killed us with. Refreshing.

The translation into English is very poor, which completely destroys the atmosphere the game is trying to create. This would be unfortunate in any game, but in an RPG like this that is depending quite strongly on atmosphere it's almost enough to kill the game by itself. Also, the combat is tedious and clunky, and the first quest you get given is of the "kill 10 bats" variety, only worse, since the game doesn't tell you how many you need to kill. There appears to be no way to interact meaningfully with any NPC until you've completed this nonsensical and tedious quest. I gave up after about half an hour.