This has to be one of the best games I have ever played. I have to admit, I'm a huge Roman history buff AND a Skyrim fan so I'm probably biased. I did not play the original mod. The other reviewers have explained the plot in some detail, I won't do that. I'll just tell you that this game felt amazing. It gave me that feeling of not wanting to go to bed. I played for 5 straight hours well into the night and then woke up and continued all Sunday morning till noon just to finish it. Then I went back to explore all the other endings. The game is very generous with a simple save system so you can just go back and do whatever you want. The look- amazing - the Ancient world is precisely and accurately done (we just returned from Pompeii, it looked exactly the part) with tiny details touched up to perfection. The feel - just like Skyrim. Everything feels familliar and nothing is cumbersome. UI is simple yet elegant. Feels indie-ish, not AAA, but it adds to the charm. The story - miraculous. Twists and turns and so many characters that you get to know SO WELL. My wife came up on me and asked who Claudia is and who Rufius is and I knew, by heart, so much backstory and so many details. I still remember all the characters fondly. The message - wow. The game makes you ask yourself questions about life, right and wrong, religion, ethics and so so much more. The gameplay - simple yet enticing. You won't stumble around - there are just a few mechanics and they are done well. This is a pure gem. I enjoyed it terribly. I want more. I had to install Skyrim for the 5th time just to scratch that itch. After finishing the game (12+ hours with ALL endings, some of which required me to create another save) - I endlessly talked about it all through dinner - the characters, the plot twists, the questions, the morality. Thanks so much. I didn't think a game could touch me so much again.
This was a great game. It merges mini-game mechanics with dialogue-based choices. It's smart, witty and fast. The gist of the game and the structure is perfect. It keeps you engaged, paints a very interesting dystopic world in the fictional City-State of Farca. The story itself is good, with the occasional lapse. What REALLY upset me was the character development and ending. You're basicly playing a loveable asshole. Neither of the endings satisfied me personally and I left the game feeling empty and frustrated. You do get attached to some characters and that is not always wise. Overall, the mechanics, feel, graphics and dialogue were absolutely perfect - but after finishing the game I had a sunken feeling. I did not make the choices I wanted to make and, to quote Star Trek - the world is hollow and I have touched the sky. And the sky is hollow too. So, to sum it up, absolutely 5/5 for concept and implementation, and a 1/5 for the way they wrapped up the story. Writers, this one's on you!
This game is just astoundingly good. Everything works, from the exploratoon to the combat mechanics. I can't remember the last time I felt both scared and excited to explore the open world.
This is exactly what I have been looking for. It's a 6-hour long adventure full of amazing writing, amazing dialogue and just-easy-enough puzzles to get me through. I enjoyed this immensely. The story is stunning and the world these guys created can do so much more! It can stand on its own, just like Frank Herbert's Dune. Here we are in a post-apocalyptic society - with no explanation as to why, how or when it happened, and a tough-as-nails heroine detective worthy of all the praise. This game made my evening. Play it! If you are a fan of point and click adventures, this one will surely warm your heart.
This is a 4-hour-long adventure game with ALL the charm of Monkey Island, Dragonsphere and Legend of Kyrandia. Perfectly lovely for an evening of Point'n'Click, nostalgia and cute humour. If you live a busy life and have little time to spend on long adventure games, this is DEFINITELY for you! Visiting magical kingdoms, saving magical princesses, solving riddles, riding beasts, etc. You'll enjoy this very very much. It's voice-acted, has lovely pixelated graphics and the UI is so familliar you'll need no explanation. This is for old-timer fans of Point'n'Click adventures. Nothing serious, nothing gut-wrenching and quite short. If you are looking for a long, winding, non-linear experience - look elsewhere. Short and sweet. LOVED it (well, technically still loving it, I'm in act 2/3).
This is a nostalgic story about nostalgia and retro-gaming. It is a mashup of 5 types of games and all of them are quite fun, all of them on a wonderful melodic backdrop that sounds like a Lana del Rey song meeting The Breakfast Club narrative. You can almost taste it. The games are never boring, quite fun and quite short. Controls are never amazing, but they get the job done. One of the games frustrated me to death because of the horrible controls, but most of them were alright and enjoyable. Play this if you want a quick recap of your childhood games... if you are born in 198X, of course.
This is a fantastic game. It has all the charm of Dragon Age, but it's set in a 15th/16th century setting with amazing detail and story. It also resembles Quest for Glory in its almost-perfect skill tree assignment. Most quests can have up to 5-6 different solutions, based on your abilities, your inclination, your team, etc. It's glorious!! I have been absolutely hooked for about 6 hours now.. and that is a rare treat these days, when most games, here or elsewhere, barely manage to keep me occupied for 2-3 hours before boredom sets in. The game is not combat-centric, it requires you to actually think and come up with solutions, a lot of the quests are detective stories or puzzles and not mindless "kill giant rats" tasks. I am a long time Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age and Mass Effect fan and this game manages to combine all that was glorious about these franchises and put a shiny new coat on it. The atmosphere, the dialogue, the story, the characters, everything is perfect. I rarely give 5-star reviews. This one just deserves 6.
The idea and premise are nice and quite pretty, but the delivery? Horrendous. Playing at "baby" difficulty, I had to save/load, get stuck, get killed 10-20-30 times, and the ONE time where I actually WON a battle, I won the battle by losing 2/3 of my crew and 4/5 of my train... what is the point? Horribly imbalanced. So sorry, because the game had much potential. Wasted time of my life trying to finish this.
The first screen you see is a "Control Setup" screen. Nothing you do gets you past that. I have a mouse, a keyboard and 2 controllers. Pressing any buttons on any of those activates the screen, but nothing actually starts the game. Whomever ported this did a horrendous job. I just paid 7 euros just for a dead-end screen.
