Posted on: January 3, 2022

epoo1
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Looks gorgeous, yet feels horrid.
It is clear the developers furnished the game out of love for the period, but under the pretty medieval varnish the game falls short. Actually, it jumps headfirst into the ground. There are innumerable mechanics that were implemented poorly or just shouldn't have been included at all. For instance, the combat system makes this game a lesson in masochism. Even after learning the mechanics, it really is a pain to fight just about anybody. The system is startlingly unintuitive and unfailingly irksome. I appreciate their having a focus on realism--however, they forgot to make an easy enough system to accommodate this realism. It is simply too difficult to fight unless you are willing to spend a great many hours learning to do so, and even afterwards fighting will be a chore. Fighting more than one man? Forget it. You can only lock on to one at a time and the others are basically in your blind spots. Traditional saving mechanics were axed. I understand the notion, since in some games quicksaves are cheap workarounds to problems, but "savior schnapps"? You need these to manually save (unless you sleep), and they are hard to come by. They cost 180 groschen (which is a lot compared to the 2 gr spent on a room). This retards the fun of the game. Even STALKER allows easier saves. Finally, the writing is shabby. Despite growing up in the Middle Ages, Henry insults noblemen several times to their faces and suffers little punishment, because the writers couldn't think of how else to progress the story. You're inducted as a squire under Sir Radzig. Even the other NPCs can't believe it! In the extremely pious Middle Ages, almost every NPC is libertine with their swearing in front of others! They mostly use modern swears, of course. Why wouldn't they? You attract dirt like a HEPA filter and NPCs won't like it. But you can dress like a guard and they'll believe your saying that you're not one. I find I can't recommend the game. It is pretty yet also poorly designed and written.
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