The game concept is great. The graphics are good. The tutorial forces you through pages of unwanted material, even when you say you don't want the tutorial. There was a horse and coach stuck in the yard next to my inn in the campaign mode. Not sure how that was over-looked. A user manual would be a HUGE help. Rather than forcing players to play through the campaign mode to learn, they could consult the manual to find out more. GoG doesn't offer one. I've not gone looking through the internet to see if one exists. I'm unsure when my employees are paid. Nothing tells you that as far as I've seen, and I haven't been able to puzzle it out. The loyal employees are not always made happier by your praise, or with a bonus. It would be great to be able to see what they like or are missing/don't like so that you can deal with their issues and take better care of them. There are plenty of items to place in your inn. Obviously, the selection could be better, but being a technical writer in the software development industry, my preference is to have bugs fixed first. Once the game is stable, then new content can be added. I've not had the crashing issues that other people are reporting, but I am forced to use my son's computer, because the Anniversary Edition only works on Win 10. I overlooked that when purchasing this, so that's on me. Beyond that, it really is a fun game. I just get frustrated by not having a manual to look things up in and see what I need to do. I cannot get a second floor in the sandbox mode, for example. I have no idea why not. That would be outlined in a user manual.
Thank you for an interesting game. Sadly, this game has dynamics that mean you can be randomly attacked every 3-4 nodes when not escorting someone too much of the time. The ghouls are the most boring part of the game. They have 2 attacks per turn, making them impossible in quantities of 4 or more, and they have a very high dodge skills. They leapfrog to the front doing some brutal attack to boot, causing consistent targeting by your party of a single ghoul to be VERY difficult. The game freezes randomly (4 time now in 100 hours - re-installing doesn't help) in the Rest UI, causing me to have to kill the game in the task manager, because the books can be opened, but not even the menu to load, save, or quit will not work. Some merc tasks do not clearly show you where to turn them in. There needs to be two settings: one for people just playing, and one for the power-gamers. This looks like a role-play game, because you can construct a character. It plays like a power-gamer game, in that you need certain builds to get through certain portions. Having already equipped my companions to the gills, the ghouls shouldn't be impossible, but you have one fight after the other, after the other with no chance to just stop for a moment in a chamber and heal. Obviously, that should be possible. This happens with some quests, too. You defeated the group, and BOOM you have another without pause, with text asking if you really finished what you were supposed to. A not-clever ploy to overwhelm the non-power-gamer. It is challenging enough to get to some of these remote places and back because - food. It took a while to learn to overcome the discontent of the slaves and caravan in tough spots, and now I just re-load my game when I am attacked over and over and over without escorting anyone. There is so much here to explore! It is a very cool game world. You pick a trader for a reason, or an explorer. If a player desires more fights, they can always pick a merc.
I own this on Steam, so I cannot speak to the delayed patching issues users here have discussed. However, when I bought this, it met my pc specs. About 6 months or so later, it was running really slowly; I mean lagging so hard that it became difficult to play. I contacted their support. They had me change the priority in the Task Manager. Still, it ran too slowly. I had already set it down to 1/8th graphics and the rain was off. My graphic card was suddenly no longer good enough for the game. The game is, however, well worth a pc upgrade. I hope to have the money to build myself a better computer this year. You inherit a little häuslein from you father on a small island. You become a builder, creating your own workshop. The workshop will allow you to create useful items, including furniture, but also some pieces of clothing. You can also raise crops and livestock, as well as buying or renting horses. There are town events periodically in which you can participate. They are optional, though. You can dig for minerals and "artifacts". You can romance another character. If you work at it, you can even gain a pet. During the game, you expand your house and workshop, as well as the piece of land you own. There's also a camera for you to take pictures. You will receive quests, and you can spend points on character development. There are merchants in town for you to buy materials or finished items from. You can befriend all of the NPCs, except one, who serves as your nemisis. The storyline is a bit hateful, based on the assumption that you will immediately assume the worst of him. It manages to not ruin the game, however. Beware! Once I picked where to locate my workshop, I could never change it, even if I started a new game. :-( In the beginning, they offer you by the sea, near the woods, etc. Choose carefully. This is a wonderfully relaxing game. I don't miss the noise that another user feels is missing. This is great for keeping your blood pressure down.
This game is out of Austria and is based on the apprenticeship system here in Germany. Too bad we don't adopt it there in the US. Anyhow, this is a truly excellent game! I've never played this in English, so I will have to sort of translate what I know from German into my mother tongue. You choose a town to start in and a task - or free play. You can also choose to have the news be historical or randomized, etc. Each town has more or less space to build new establishments, as well as various difficulty levels. You choose your first and last name, your gender and your religion. You may then choose your mother and father's profession and allot a few extra points to your 5 skills. There are 5 possible fathers and 4 mothers. The mothers are: thief, poet, craftswoman or trader. The fathers are the same, but include a soldier. The skills affect your bargaining skills, crafting of products, rhetoric, thieving/assassin abilities and fighting skills. Each of the classes available for your parents influences these various skills as well. You also get to choose the avatar that will represent you. Lastly, you choose your profession. There is a tutorial available from the main menu. I would recommend using it the first time you play. You will start with a business and a house. Which business you start with is determined by your profession. The list of professions is much more detailed here than in the Guild 2. You can buy better titles for your family (this will be conferred upon all family members). Your title dictates the level of house you can have. Each level of house and business adds additional advantages. Choose your partner with care. When your husband or wife dies, you inherit all of their properties and money IF they did not have children before they married you. Try to pick a partner from whom you can get children!! If they do not like you much, you will not get children. You can use a poem on your partner periodically if necessary to get them to like you better. The advent of children is not within your control in this game. Guild 2 has given you some control over this. If you die, you will be prompted to continue the game with one of your children. They must be at least 13 years old. Why? The old laws here in Germany allowed a person to take work as of 14 years old. You still only have to have 9 years of schooling here to get the lowest level high school diploma and start an apprenticeship - even with the recent changes to the school system. If you never have tried the challenge of marrying 5 times within one lifetime, I highly recommend it! It is great fun!!! :-) This is considered a very hard task when choosing your tasks in starting a new game.
