Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

The only reason I'm not giving this 5 stars, is because of the bugs. The combat and story are great and if they fix the bugs then the game will be even better.

Lots of comparisons online to Skyrim. That's not totally inaccurate, I guess, but it's only so much as any fantasy RPG is nowadays. Combat is solid and flows well, other systems are well thought out. It doesn't really do anything new you haven't seen in a dozen other RPGs, but everything it does do is done well.

I usually don't rievie games, but I had a lot of fun playing tainted grail. I had no technical issues, the game story music and presentation were good and you can feel that the developers poured a lot of love into it.

Good game otherwise, but buggy as hell. And when a game's buggy, there's the "haha, funny" Skyrim kind of bugs and then there's the "your save has been corrupted" bugs. The latter are unacceptable

I've played version 0.65 at the time of this review. The game itself is very fun, but it's not without its issues. In this review, I will list the Pros, Cons, and possible improvements that they game could recieve. Pros: Combat is incredibly fun, as enemies will anticipate when and where you're going to attack, and its not just "I'll step to the side before you hit me, but not by much.". Rather, they can, and will dodge right before you hit them, and give counterattacks. They can stun you, which is decently telegraphed, so as long as you pay attention you can avoid it. With this in mind, you have to actually pay attention to the whole battle, rather then just turning your mind off and swing. Plus, they animations look nice, and hitboxes are tight, so even if you anticipate an enemy is gonna doge your hit, you can still miss the attack. The story is very nice and engaging, and the world itself is full of secrets, stories, npcs, and enemies, which i find to be very engaging as a whole. I'm not entirely sure how to best explain it beyond that, so I apologize to those who want to know what the story is like. Crafting, if done correctly, can be very useful, especially with Alchemy and Cooking. Cons: As useful as Crafting is, it is admittedly very boring, as you just click a recipe, hold E, and craft (or if you can make multiple of the item, hold G). You can expirement with Cooking, but not with Handcrafting (its essentially just smithing) or Alchemy, which doesnt make much sense to me. The game does seem to be very buggy, with tons of visual glitches, and loading times can take up to 5-10 minutes if you're unlucky. Some npcs dont speak when they should, textboxes will stick around longer then they should, sometimes requiring you to reload the game to remove it, as well as some other more minor issues This is more of a personal gripe, but if you fully explore the map, then your armor and weapons will be frequently replaced, making it so you either have to choose 1