Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

My first experience with this game was with the actual boxed set (CD, embossed box and art book) for use on Windows 98. I would later obtain a free copy on Steam in 2011. (For the record, I do not own the Gog version because I have no desire to buy something that may still be in an unplayable state.) Allow me to explain: I want to love this game. I enjoyed the game for the most part until I hit the middle where monsters suddenly became nigh unbeatable, I could not upgrade my gear any further, and there was apparently no instruction/mission telling me what to do next... The game just stopped there leaving me floundering and dying a lot. This was a consistent issue for both the CD and Steam versions. Looking back, I have to confess that Septerra Core did have so much potential that it could have easily stood toe-to-toe with Final Fantasy VII... if only it had not been released in such a horribly incomplete state! To call Seprerra Core a Beta release is not remotely close to the truth of the matter. It wasn't even an Alpha... but a technical *Demo.* ~ This is precisely why I will NEVER spend a cent on a game that is still "in development". ~ Years later, I learned from the Steam forums that there had been several large (1 GB worth) downloadable patches released on the official Septerra Core website to fix these issues. The patches apparently made the game fully playable and added several missions and side-missions. Technically speaking, these patches literally supply half of the game's missing content! However, the Official Septerra Core website no longer exists and Steam unsurprisingly neglected to obtain these critical patches. And as I mentioned previously, I do not own the Gog version. As far as I can tell, unless you can magically obtain these important patches, buyer beware: Septerra Core is Abandonware.

The control scheme for in game movement was so poor that I could not play past the first few plot elements. I can't really say if it would be fun barring the horrible control issue.

it dont work on my pc it just wont start up

this game is super slow i remember the original being much faster than this one and it takes me like 10 minutes to get to the side of the room just from the beginning i could not get anywhere with it being this slow

It looked like some fresh idea, but actual gameplay got me bored so quickly that it's a record of (bad) sorts.