UnderRail

I didn't enjoy my time in UnderRail. Based on the game description, screenshots, and online discourse, I was expecting something akin to Fallout. What I got instead felt more like modern chess. That on paper may sound like a compliment, but the core of the comparison is the advantage that rote memorization of things like oddity locations, character builds, and so on, have on the game balance. To me, the game *feels* balanced around an assumption that you've played it already. That's fine in grand strategies, 4x games, and so on (of which I'm a great fan), but in my opinion, not so great in a classical RPG, which UnderRail counts as. The main juice of the game is in the story and I'm hard pressed to replay these games more than once a decade when so many other great rpgs on the market. To give credit where it's due, UnderRail has amazing ambience and quests, but the way the game functions on default settings was tedious more than anything.

This game made my pp hard again I love this game its complex but is well spaced enough for new players to learn everything without feeling over stimulated by everything going on. Like think about fallout 3 but good and boom you're playing underrail.

This game with it's post apocalyptic theme and turn based combat is supposed to be a love letter to classics like Fallout, X Com and few others, and man...it's fails so hard to deliver. When you draw inspiration form a classic game you try to take the best from it and make it even better, this game does exactly the opposite, this game is more basic and bare in execution than classics that were realesed 20 years ago! Combat is just awful (Turn based Arcanum combat is really good comparing to this!), it's save/load and re-entring maps festival all over the place, messy interface and inventory, after 55 hours of gameplay I've done like 8 quests, seriously.....Borderlands after 30 hours offered like 70 + quests and it's not even a proper rpg it's looter shooter! The only thing I really liked are pretty good dialogs and neat oldschool graphics, but that's not enough when the rest of the game is literally broken, sorry I'll stick to my beloved Fallout 1 and 2.

I have a lot to say about this game, so I'll keep it as brief as possible. First of all, this game is a pretty decent spiritual successor to Fallout 1 & 2. Many people disagree, but I haven't been invested in a game like this since I first played Fallout Several years ago. This game was made by a small set of people and I was amazed to find that the credits screen was only one page at the end. I first heard of this game through SsethTzeentach's review on YouTube, so for a comedic review look at that. As for the game itself, this is a game for people that don't care about graphics and extreme polish and are looking for a well written story. This is a game that has decent artwork to portray the world but really shines through in character dialogue and quest design. There is a broad range of skills, feats and builds for the combat, which is again decent. The DLC really enriches the game with extra lore and a new perspective of the world of UnderRail. It will be difficult for new players like myself, who often need to refer to a wiki to get clarification on a few things like quest objectives, but that didn't devalue the experience to me overall as the payoff was worth it. The Atmosphere and Soundtrack is perfect for every location in the game. If you liked Fallout 1 & 2 then you may like this game, all I can say is give it a decent shot and you will have many hours well spent. Unless you get addicted, that is.

About 50 hours in, nearing the end of the main quest line. Still a fair amount of side quests I can go back to, and I haven't touched the expansion yet. Absolutely amazing RPG so far. Combat is usually my least favorite part of CRPGs, but in Underrail I look forward to combat. It's challenging and fun while remaining grounded. The dialogue is well written, and I found even unimportant characters memorable. So far I like the plot, but admittedly even 50 hours in and almost at the end, I have no clue what's going on with the main conflict. It appears the game intends to reveal everything all at once at the end. Both main factions are so secretive it borders on annoying. Anyway this game is probably gonna end up being my favorite CRPG. Top 3 easily.