Posted on: November 23, 2023

CaresBlair

Games: 744 Reviews: 26

Best GoG Fantasy FPS Title in Existence!

This game is truly a wonder. I knew it would be good going in, yet I have to say that I believe it very well could be the BEST single player fantasy FPS I have ever played. Coming from someone with around 45 years of video gaming experience that means a LOT! The reviews for this game kept me from buying it for a little, and when I did I got it for just a little under $1.50 canadian with tax and all. Before I booted it up I knew I was in for a good experience just because of the value I was about to get (14Gigs from a Triple A studio), yet little did I know just how astounding it would be. My advice is to do a first play on the easiest of the 4 difficulty levels and see if you can survive the entire game without dying. You get your choice of Male/Female model/character. I was UNSURE of the save system in the game so ended up playing until I died which was near 2 hours by falling off a cliff. Up to that point I felt like a super-hero just curb stomping almost everything. THIS is important as some of the first bosees have mechanics that need to be overcome to defeat them, and this will allow you to survive. Save the higher (3) difficulties for later plays of this amazing title :) So I was going to try and make this short. Production value on this game is INSANE, voice acting 10/10. Story excellent (tho I still just fastforward) yet it is the DRM free experience of owning such a beautiful game on the BEST store you can find online - GOG! Yes, this is one of those rare gems which is an absolute MUST BUY for fans of the genre on sale! So as a final note. From my initial experience, the games SUPER complex crafting systems and everything are so well done you can get right into them, yet check this out. There is also an option called SMART INVENTORY which takes all the micromanagement out of that system so you can just enjoy the FPS fun pure. So best of both worlds for both types of players who want to play either style. The graphics hold up super!

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Posted on: July 25, 2015

Verified owner

Games: 0 Reviews: 10

Horrible at best

What's with all the hype with this game? It's horrible at best. - First of all, the game isn't optimized at all. While I'm able to play DE:HR, FARCRY and all newer games on a low setting without any framerate hiccups, this game is almost unplayable. Also, there is a black bar around my screen. While any good game allows me to get rid of it with changing resolutions and stuff, this game doesn't. And why should it. - Intros are not skipable (are there still developers who think this is a good idea?) and the loading times are horrendous. - The movement of the player is as clunky and laggy as it can get. Oh and the developers thought while we make the movement extremely aweful, let's make the backup movement *extremely* slowly. Might come in handy in a fight, eh? People will love it! - The magic system is the most confusing I'v ever seen. With no proper help or clarifying explanation, you just get thrown into the cold water of yada yada this and that with no clue whatsoever. "If you can't explain it easy, you didn't understand it enough." Not a statement the developers had in mind while making this abomination of a game. No cooldown is a good idea. But what good is this idea when you're not able to live it the fulllest because it's just too complicated. Luckily I only spent like 4.99 dollars for this game. What have been better invested if I had thrown it out of the window.

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Posted on: March 16, 2025

seupaulao

Verified owner

Games: 56 Reviews: 7

Great game, but without map

Great game, but without map. Without maps the game is a little boring. You stay lost in the awesome maps.

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Posted on: May 19, 2019

Verified owner

Games: 0 Reviews: 2

Overcomplicated, but pretty meh

Some positives: - Game is pretty - I think it's Troy Baker who's voicing male version of protag Negatives - Sorry, but very boring skyrim mage wanna-be. To be fair - I also consider skyrim tremendously boring - Extremely over complicated mechanics without any normal tutorials - Controller support? Really? You will not even get gamepad button prompt in those 2-3 "tutorial" videos - Way too linear. You go from room to room clearing enemies. In first hour some of those "rooms" are super huge and you fight like... 2-3 enemies and that's it.

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Posted on: June 14, 2016

Douzeju

Games: 79 Reviews: 1

Almost quite but not quite meh

The mechanic that brought me to this game was undoubtedly its spell-crafting system. It seemed interesting enough to build your character's powers throughout your journey, and the graphics looked like it would do justice to the spell particules and effects you can expect to see in such a game. I was rather disapointed. The spell-crafting system to begin with, is not engaging. After your first hour, the game absically tells you "Oh, we messed up the interface and it's not very clear, so click this button every now and then and we will craft spells for you so you don't have to think about it". I haven't seen anywhere any other game which was dumb enough to ditch its core gameplay mechanic like that! As i said, the crafting interface is not easy to use, and the spell parts you gather on your adventure alter your spells so they do AOE instead of focused damage and such, but they added percentages and numbers on top of that; things you would rather go chase in Borderlands than here. The fights aren't that much interesting. You can combo different spells together to do critical damage, and the way you cast spells can be altered and charged up. But appart from the setting, nothing changes very much. It looks like the same battle over and over. As for the story... i didn't finish the game but it looks like it's the usual story of revenge. One thing i liked though, when you chose your gender at the beginning of the game, the other character, male or female, will escort and follow you as a kind of guardian angel. He, or she, has its own story (but it's still some kind of revenge), quite cool if you ask me. So yeah. Interesting concept, but poorly executed. Corridor gameplay. Grab it at a very low price if you want to give it a try.

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