Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Ce jeu est une sorte de mélange entre fallout et baldur's gate ... rien que ça pour les références ! Un univers genre steampunk riche, teinté de technologie et de magie, choix multiples pour les résolutions des quêtes comme les 2 susnommés, rejouabilité intéressante... Arcanum peut rebuter comme enthousiasmer les joueurs par son univers un peu complexe, et sans doute les graphismes pour certains, cependant on est en présence d'un c-rpg qui vaut le détour... C'est vraiment super de ressusciter ce genre de jeu, à essayer absolument !

I do not know of another crpg that has orcs debating union laws. I do not know of another crpg that has gnomes flying blimps. I do not know of another crpg that has the same depth. There is a very large and uptodate mod/patch, called Arcanum Multiverse Edition. (can be found on the net)

Is a dead gnome. Also pretty good game, 10/10, love me some Steampunk Tolkien-esque fantasy setting.

A quick disclaimer: I never played Baldur's Gate type RPGs, so there was a bit of a learning curve for me. It took me three seperate attempts to really 'get' this game. But now that I have, there's some value to be had. PROS: -Highly detailed towns and cities with realistic layouts. -Loads of interesting characters and dialogue. -Lockpicking and the fact that you can steal everything the store sells (as opposed to magically disappearing at night). -The music. -The fact that you aren't nessicarily 'The Hero'--people can have very negative reactions to you depending on your character (I find this refreshing). -Fun side quests with multiple outcomes. CONS: -Aimless wandering for days and days and days with literally nothing of interest (not even wandering monsters) unless you know exactly where you're going. -Clunky movement aka click-scroll-click-scroll-click-scroll. I'd much prefer movement with the arrow keys or WASD and a screen that auto-scrolls with you. -Clunky controls especially in battle. Example: it can be a mess trying to click a healing potion and then trying to find yourself on screen because characters swarm around madly. It'd be nice if you could just right-click or something and it would know that you're the target. -Your NPCs are rather stupid. Most of my battles end up with me spamming F5 so they won't blindly aggro everything in sight. All in all I'm glad I purchased this game, and I enjoy the challenge. Once you get the hang of it, it can be pretty fun.

Arcanum est incroyable, la plupart des rpg s'inscrivent dans un univers médieval, ici on se retrouve en pleine époque victorienne. La magie et la technologie s'affrontent au même titre que le bien et le mal. Le jeu offre énormement de possibilités, chaque partie est différente étant donné qu'il n'existe pas de classe et que l'on peut laisser libre court à notre imagination. Arcanum reste néamoins accesible avec un mode facile et les personnage préconçus, le jeu est très similaire à Fallout. Juste dommage qu'il faille le patcher pour l'avoir en français.