Posted on: November 9, 2016
sketcz
Verified ownerGames: 147 Reviews: 5
Get Blood of the Chameleon instead
I like these kinds of ASCII RPGs. I played quite a few made in things like QBasic, or for DOS. So I was looking forward to this. However, it is awful, and one of the worst I've played. Most games with a simple or ASCII interface try to make things intuitive due to the limitations of the format. Meaning they streamline for efficiency and work with the strengths of the system, rather than fighting against the limits. Sanctuary RPG goes in the complete opposite direction, offering a degree of complexity which necessitates a detailed graphics interface to properly understand. There was walls and walls of text in a poorly laid out fashion - it felt like the designer was a big Morrowind fan and just wanted to make an ASCII game. Furthermore, and this REALLY annoyed me, your progress does not make any sense. I was wandering the fields, and suddenly it brought me to some gate and a Terminal boss. I didn't want to fight him, I wanted to continue exploring the fields, but the game railroads you so that you cannot go back, or explore, or backtrack. I was stuck at this stupid gate unable to see anything else. Waste of money. I'd rather go play Blood of the Chameleon. It's also an ASCII RPG, but it's free, it looks better, and it's a lot more fun. This is garbage. Total waste of money. :(
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