There is a saying: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results" In this game it's pretty much the only strategy. This is a fun game overall, good character development, plot, the voice acting is pretty good, and the dark atmosphere makes it all very interesting. Unfortunately, because of the total randomness involved in the combat, you can build a decent strategy and have it completely ruined by a missed arrow or failed spell. I understand that this is a turn-based system based on dice-rolls and that random things will happen, it just seems to happen so much more often in this game than in any other I've played. This game is very addictive, and--when fortune favours you--can be downright satisfying finally finishing some of the more difficult battles: which for me usually involves restarting the battle after any critical failure, and just doing the same thing over and over again until I get different results. If you like a good story, are a master in the art of Zen, love difficult games that require more patience than skill, masochistic, and/or a fan of The Dark Eye series, than this game is for you. If you have a bad temper, exercise caution: Daedelic is not responsible for any damage should you throw your keyboard through your monitor. And believe me, sometimes you will want to.
