From the team that brought you the original Fallout series (1+2) Arcanum delivers more than you could ever expect and more than you'd ever see in an A-list title today. While the isometric style or serious RPG mechanics may not be a strong fit for casual gamers, even the uninitiated will quickly find themselves wrapped up in the plot and finding ways to streamline their character builds to accomplish the many, many goals and objectives set forth in the game the vast majority of which are optional, allowing you to play the game however you intend. Arcanum is a world of many dichotomies magic and technology, good and evil, old and new, etc. and the path you take as a player is always up to you, the freedom of choice is one of the many merits of this game as you are never forced to fit into the world rather you let your choices and actions determine not only the fate of the world around you but how your character fits in to it. Featuring an enchanting soundtrack and many voiced characters, unforgettable and realistic NPC's and locations, literal hours of quests, humor, intrigue, romance, a complex and immersive crafting system, realtime and pausible or tactical turn-based combat to suit your playstyle or to be changed as necessary, a massive amount of magical spells to learn, an enormous world map with equally large locales therein, incredibly well written dialogue and overall story and a plethora of other reasons why Arcanum will quickly find its way into your top ten games of all time. I first played this game when I was about 12 years old and it has aged far better than any game I have ever played. I HIGHLY recommend patching the game before playing with the official patches and there is still an immense amount of player built resources online for modding the game however you see fit, the game itself also includes an editor for modding or creating your own playable maps. (The editor is fairly hard to use and may be unfinished).
