Posted on: February 23, 2018

SuperElement

Gry: 117 Opinie: 1

Excellent cRPG

An excellent cRPG, right up there on my list of favourite RPG's. It has an interesting and compelling setting that I found to be really neat, being set in a post-apocalyptic Roman-esque empire, with knowledge of technology and magic largely esoteric by the time of the story. The game has many branching paths, with quite a few of them being mutually exclusive even from the background you pick at character creation. Instead of stifling choice however, this serves to make choices more meaningful and mastery of the game rests on knowledge supreme. Combat is absolutely unforgiving at first, but easy to master once you figure it out- yet non-combat paths will find it worthwhile to exclude themselves from many combat situations. A few endings can be completed without any combat whatsoever, or very little in others. The Imperial Guard questline, however- that is heavily combat orientated, and hybrid playthroughs are the least forgiving of all and best served by prior knowledge through experience. One thing that I've seen a lot of players complain about is railroading- rather, because they wanted to achieve a certain outcome in a situation earlier, whether a skill check in dialogue or combat stats to overcome a difficult fight, they found themselves without enough points to get some very specialised outcomes later. It is not Skyrim or Mass Effect, in which you can become a master of all trades either through unlimited skill acquisition or a party to cover all bases, and in which decisions decide a little fluff at the end and perhaps a different reward. It is you versus the world, and there is a consequence for every little thing about your character. Managing to tick all of the flags for the "Burn It" achievement on Steam was extremely difficult- and rewarding, and it was easily my favourite ending, despite being a horrible situation. tl;dr Don't buy it if you're looking for an action RPG. If you want a cRPG with a good (abundance of) story, buy it.

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Posted on: September 29, 2018

happytonamy

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Gry: 41 Opinie: 7

Avoid at full price, mostly unplayable

I picked this up along with dungeon rats when they were on sale for 80% off. Even at that price, I'm thinking I got a raw deal. The UI doesn't scale enough if you are using a 4k monitor. I'm playing on a 32 inch 4k monitor and even with 125% font scaling, there are still many things that are difficult to read. For a text driven game, this is a major flaw. What is the killer of this game though, is the combat. It's poorly done and you get almost no actions, 2 to 3 swings to the computer's 5 to 6 swings. Coupled with the computer outnumbering you in almost every fight 2 to 1, it makes it essentially unplayable. I understand "hardcore" games, but there needs to be some level of reasonable expectation that you can actually win early fights to progress. Also, in the early game, many townspeople want you to pay 50 to 150 imperials to bribe them, but you get 1-3 imperials for selling a dropped piece of loot. Within 15 minutes of playing, you are out of money and can't really progress. You can't fight to gain money, since you get slaughtered most of the time. This game might be worth picking up if you had $2-3 dollars you want to waste instead of buying a scratch off ticket, but there are many other games with much better design that are worthy of your money. I only gave it two starts because the graphics are decent. Without that, it's a strong one star at best.

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Posted on: September 29, 2024

blubberous

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Gry: 20 Opinie: 1

Great

great setting, great writing, good combat and can be addictive if you're into powergaming

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Posted on: January 8, 2017

HeathGCF

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Gry: Opinie: 42

Quite simply...

...the single worst RPG I believe I have EVER played. Indeed, the only positive thing I can say about this game, is that I'm glad it was on sale when I bought it. Even then, I still feel I've wasted money on an absolutely awful game. It's so badly designed and conceived, it beggars belief. An illusion of choice in that unless you follow specific character builds, you're destined for failure at practically every corner. That means little to no choice at all, much randomness, events and outcomes you're channelled or forced into, usually with no alternatives but to fight a battle that you will inevitably lose. This game really shouldn't be considered an RPG, because there is no role-playing involved. Yes, you have the freedom to choose how you build and develop your character, but unless you do so in specific ways deemed appropriate by the skill checks for each situation, it's an utter waste of time. Build character class A in a specific way, follow story path A in a specific way. Build character class B in a specific way, follow story path B in a specific way. Rinse and repeat. Through the 80's, 90's and 00's until the present day, I've played a plethora of good, bad and sometimes downright ugly RPG games, but this is hands down the only one that has compelled me to vent about how simply awful it is.

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Posted on: July 26, 2021

jpuhalla

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Gry: 34 Opinie: 1

Curiousity killed the cat

A couple of times now, following prompts to check out what might be happening, you get railroaded into impossibl;e fights. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS IN THIS GAME. Following people to see whats up or to learn about the factions\neighborhood.... and it will teach you to not do that. No option to run or try to escape or exit the encounter. All dialog prompts funnel you into an impossible battle. I ran in circles around the Arena with three thugs chasing. There was no options to either avoid or escape this fight. Fustrating and disappointing in an otherwise interesting game. My fate was sealed when I followed them. :-(

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