The Thaumaturge

its nice to be nice

Interesting premise and good story, but dialogue can be uneven in quality and combat is confusing and poorly explained.

This is a game that I love greatly. It look nice, with an eye for details. The game play is great and the story is rich. I have to pause the game sometimes but want to go on forever.

Although the game has some good features, various negative elements almost completely ruin the gaming experience. Pros: - the graphics are largely solid to good, but also have their weaknesses (see negative features) - the story is interesting in itself - Sound effects and music are good Cons: - popping up graphics that load too late, even on a high-performance PC - ugly Faces for 95% of characters - game controls are tricky, the game character often gets stuck on objects and then fidgets awkwardly until he gets free again - graphic glitches and a few black screens when interacting with other characters - game is poorly optimized and stutters even on a fast computer - wooden animations, especially facial animations, are often a real pain and absolutely unacceptable for an RPG in 2024! - English dub only - The characters are almost all unlikable and one-dimensional -practically no beardless men in the game, even your own protagonist can't have a completely beardless haircut at the barber - main story is extremely linear - The side missions are immensely boring and repetitive, you constantly have to laboriously search through all the maps across the entire area with the search focus, and then these are also time-limited, so you always feel like you're under time pressure - combat system is very clunky, overcomplicated and repetitive - around 10 different endings that depend on your gameplay decisions or dialogue choices. I tried 4 of them and then watched the rest on YouTube. I find most of the endings very unsatisfying, and I didn't even like the so-called "good" endings at all. - total playing time with all side quests was 30 hours for me, which dragged on like chewing gum Conclusion: The game leaves a really bad taste in my mouth! So think carefully about whether you want to accept the game's many shortcomings.

Incredible climate. I recommend.