Posted on: July 28, 2015

furthest_flung

Gry: 3 Opinie: 11

There are better similar games for free

The developers claim it is "old-school" "like Ultima" and is "better than new-school trash like Diablo" (which isn't even in the same genre as this), but there's no real comparisons, as there is none of the depth of Ultima in this game, and frankly, if Diablo were turn-based and single-player only, with no extra depth added, it would still be more robust than this game. (And I say that as someone who hates clickfest RPGs...) As far as I can tell "old-school" is just code for "lacking originality", because it fails to grasp why the older games were good games. This game pretends to have deep choices, but what it really comes down to is that you make a character and min/max a weapon skill or magic (wizard or cleric magic, real original,) and then start killing things. Most other skills are of marginal importance, except for stealth, which, when upgraded high enough, makes you invincible because the AI is too rudimentary to find you. AI is the critical downfall of this game. There are no enemy wizards or special ability users, nearly all enemies are melee fighters whose AI consist of moving straight up next to you and attacking until someone dies. (The others are "archers" that stop 3 spaces away, but are otherwise the same.) It uses an I-move-you-move turn system with no speedy enemies, so you can literally win every fight by out-walking the enemy and abusing regeneration. The "plot" is paper-thin. Bad guy wants 4 magic orbs. Yawn. Also, they put some woman on the logo, which is strange because it's impossible to play a woman in the first game for no comprehensible reason. It's essentially the most rudimentary roguelike done wrong without even the advantage of procedural content. If you are at all interested in this game, go play a roguelike, many of which are free or cheaper than this, and modern roguelikes have graphics. I presume most players of this game don't realize roguelikes nowadays have graphics, and that's the only reason they play this game.

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Posted on: July 25, 2023

GoldenCavalier

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Gry: 307 Opinie: 9

Fun, classic feel CRPG

This was a fun game, took me about 45 hours (I did pretty much every side quest) and the play time worked out just right I thought. It's not a perfect game, a few of the mechanics get tiresome like encumbrance, but it wasn't overly difficult, just challenging enough, only had to look at a guide a couple of times to figure out something. One might see that it's free and be skeptical, but if you're into the crpg genre with turn based combat, an interesting storyline, and a fun alchemy system, it is definitely worth the time to play through.

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Posted on: December 13, 2013

ralphcontreras

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Gry: Opinie: 14

Fun but short

Fun game but it was finished very quickly. Very few quests and very limited loot/equipment. Good game for the price as a diversion.

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Posted on: December 4, 2017

Lord_Santa

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Gry: 382 Opinie: 4

Fits right on my shelf.

Eschalon emulates and celebrates Old School cRPG's as in those from "The Golden Age of cRPG's (1985-1993), basically 'pre-Baldur's Gate', which, I suspect, is why a lot of people seem to have difficult grasping the core concept of Eschalon; much like the Bard's Tale series, early to mid Wizardry series, early to mid Ultima series, Times of Lore, Early GoldBox titles; it keeps things rather 'plain and simple' and focus more on the world-building and atmosphere Sure it doesn't have the depth of the Ultima series, nor the dungeons of the Wizardry series, or the class-system of Bard's Tale; but Eschalon brings its own flavor to the table and feels somewhat like Times of Lore, in terms of 'adventure', mixed with some Ultima, in terms of world-building and oozes of atmosphere, much like the Goldbox games, add to that a rather 'nifty' class-system, within the games' limitations (cartographer, as many have mentioned, is an interesting addition, as being a skill) All in all, I believe that Eschalon is a fine example of the 'spirit' of The Golden Age of cRPG's done right: it's not overly complex, nor is it just another dungeon-crawling hack'n'slash; it's that fine middle-ground; a game you can spend however long you feel like, just soaking in the atmosphere and enjoying decent gameplay to a decent story With regards to music and sound effects, they are simply brilliant and truly evokes some sort of nostalgic sensation - perhaps due to the sparsity and simpleness, but there's something to it that just feels 'right' Graphics-wise I personally find it to be very enjoyable pixel-art and although you're basically stuck with 800x600 (16bit, or 32bit color), it more than does the job, especially for me who am playing it on a CRT I would recommend this to any and all of you who enjoyed the cRPG's of the 80's to early 90's - this 'fits right in there on the shelf', with other perhaps less remembered, classics of a time before Baldur's Gate, Fallout and Daggerfall came about

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Posted on: September 24, 2019

toddski

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Gry: 49 Opinie: 6

Great game

Wow what a great game, i am very pleased i brought this in a package deal with book 2 and 3. i loved the skill table, the character creation, i loved the challenge of staying alive, it was highly entertaining all the way to the end. My only gripe is it could have done with more locations to purchase more arrows.

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