Inquisitor

Firstly I must say that its graphics are brilliant, Cinemax completely nailed the Diablo/Baldur's Gate aesthetic in this (and I bought the game because of that). The soundtrack is awesome, you can download it separately. The gothic/satanic atmosphere is top notch, with roosters crowing during the mornings and owls hooting during the nights. That's it, that's all the game has that is well done. After spending most of my youth playing Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Divine Divinity, Plascape, and so on, I can surely say that Inquisitor doesn't hold up at all. The dialog trees are huge, but that's not the problem; the problem is that it's all filler content and repetitive lines said with different words making 80% of NPCs completely redundant. They spend 15 pages of conversation to say 3 or 4 words, most of the time without advancing the plot and/or quests. The same items can't be stacked in inventory, so let's say you get 20 orc heads to complete a quest, they will occupy their space 20 times. Potions also can't be stacked, and YOU WILL fill half your inventory with health, mana and stamina potions, so you don't need to get back to town every minute; No town portals. Need to get back? Better love backtracking, the maps are huge and you walk very slowly; there is an item that summons a genie who can teleport you to town, but this item is rare, it's expensive, and doesn't teleport you BACK to where you were; Enemies can kill you and your party with one hit; sometimes the same hit kill you all; the rules that you must follow doesn't apply to enemies, for instance when you cast a spell, you must wait for a cool down that doesn't show up on the UI, but the enemy can cast the same spells at the rating of a full automatic rifle. Bosses always has something to say, so the dialog screen pops up, you choose your response (that will always end in combat), and then he kills you before you can even change your mouse position; This game hates the player and hates fun.

I must say this is one of the best games I played in a long time. As every one else mentioned it has all the benefits of the old-school RPG-s that we missed so much! This game deserves way better popularity. The gameplay is very decent and the story and dialogues are amazing. Such a grimm enviorment and great atmosphere! The game is made for people who don't have problem reading dialogues, it is made for adults. Game gives multiple choices in many ways, doesn't seem boring or linear and the "old" graphics look is just a plus in my opinion. I would seriously recommend this game anyone who enjoyed Baldurs Gate, Planescape Torment or any simmilar game beaouse this is the game that we have all been waiting for.

Like the title says, old school doesn't have to mean bad. Unfortunately, Inquisitor tries to be old school, but just winds up being bad. There's something appealing about those old games that frustrated you when you were younger. You could spend hours throwing yourself at the same problem over and over again, trying to cheese your way through seemingly impossible challenges until, miraculously, you finally found a way to overcome the baddie or solve the puzzle or find that last secret. Inquisitor wants to be one of those games that captures some of that magic, but where other games like Hotline Miami or FTL have managed to find a balance between the fun of a failure-filled environment and the frustration of actually experiencing failures again and again, Inquisitor has just created a purely frustrating mess. Early on it can become pretty obvious that Inquisitor is not a well-designed ARPG with a lot of thought put into balance or smooth progression. Some of the earliest quests send you face first into enemies that can easily one shot you. Other quests are a quagmire of running in, killing something, and then running off to wait for several minutes while a stack of debuffs slowly wears off (this can be somewhat mitigated later in the game by acquiring the right spells or companions, but it never really stops being an annoyance, and never mind the bosses that can PERMANENTLY reduce your traits). Melee characters will dedicate most of their time to mindlessly watching their health and stamina bars and chugging potions to refill them, and quests will repeatedly come to an unceremonious end when you click on an object only to trigger an absurdly strong monster that one-shots you into oblivion the instant it appears. There are fans of this game - and I can appreciate why some people might enjoy the tedium of failing and trying again and again - but the reality of Inquisitor is that it isn't really old school or challenging as its fans insist. It's just bad.

It's basically an ARPG meets traditional CRPG, but without the fun. Reminds me of something like Divine Divinity or Silverfall, and marries it all with Baldur's Gate level of text. So far so good! And the reason why I managed 30 hours in the game. However, the gameplay itself is abysmal and the mechanics have not been thought through. For an example: You *need* levitation spell regardless of your starting class as most "puzzles"(?) are you levitating over poison/fire/bottomless pits. Add asine combat, inventory management, etc.. and you're in a world of hurt. It has a lot of potential, but the gameplay is too tedious to really enjoy it.

This game rewards you with a real sense of achievement when you make progress. It's non-linear, and will take a fair bit of exploration and detective-work to proceed with the story. But that is what makes a good RPG! The difficulty of this game and the fact that it doesn't hold your hand through the story make it more immersive and more rewarding. Definitely reccomend