Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

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Classic Fallout with fireballs. Education is overrated.

Arcanum does many things badly, I played a firearms expert and mechanical master and ended up leaving the majority of combat to the AI members on my team because of how hard it is to aim at moving targets with a gun and how easy it was to accidentally click my arachnids (which deactivates them, requiring you to rearrange your inventory, pick them up and redeploy them). Despite this, and many other faults, I have just finished Arcanum and I had fun with it. Primarily I believe, due to the writing. The quests you're asked to undertake are interesting and varied, from rescuing dwarves that have accidentally created an army of undead to performing industrial espionage and dynamiting a steam engine, and the main story isn't a straightforward hunt for evil like many other RPGs but gets a touch philosophical at times. Unfortunately like this rest of the game the plot does have some issues and can feel a bit sparse which prevents the game from being a classic but it is worth playing. p.s. The 'technology' in the game for the player is little more than modern-themed magic with elixirs to heal bullet wounds and robots whose sophistication would make honda proud (and filthy rich), all put together at the click of a virtual button. Don't expect engrossing building and adjustment gameplay from the technology here.

An ideal adventure in a steam-magic punk world. It's really fun to see discussions on the conflicts between technology and magick in the game.

As many people have said it is very similar to Fallout in the way game play works. However, i think it would be more accurate to say this game is like the Fallout Series and the Baldur's Gate series had a child. The magic and technological aspects blend together very well. However, It is a bit unbalanced. Magic is a bit more powerful than technology when it comes to the PC. That said, whenever i go back to this game i always find myself playing a technological character because they are so much fun. One word of advice though, make sure you have the game fully patched and search and find the mod for the medical arachnid. Its important you install this mod before you start playing the game because it will only apply to a new game. Without this mod medical arachnids may not work, and that sucks because they are an awesome addition if your playing as a techy.