Full Throttle is an amazing game, awesome story, great voice acting, amazing soundtrack.
I LOVE Shadow Warrior, both the original and now this new one. The great thing about this game is, like it's predecessor, it holds true to having great gameplay AND keeping you engaged with some awesome dialogue. This game has some awesome Shadow Warrior style jokes, but doesn't try and rely entirely on that to keep people playing the game. The combat system is really great, it does an amazing job of making use of the Katana Sword, which you'd think in a shooter would be just a weapon you'd use when you run out of ammo. Where as even with full ammo, I found myself using the Katana just for the fun factor. Whether your new to the series, or someone like myself who played the original, I'd strongly recommend this game.
Legacy of Kain: Defiance has everything going for it, solid graphics, amazing story, great game play, as well as some of the best voice acting period. If you are a fan of any of the previous Legacy of Kain games, you will not be disappointed.
Amazing game that does a wonderful job of carrying the series further. It'd be great for them to complete the whole series on here, especially with Blood Omen where it all began.
Ok so I absolutely LOVE this game. I am the type of gamer who gets tired of games VERY quickly. I have such a short attention span, that on average, even when I think a game is pretty good, I only play it for 20 minutes to an hour, then quit it and never get around to playing it ever again. So when I tell you that Arx Fatalis is a game that I've played for a year, you should get an idea of how impressive this game is. First off I bought this game on Xbox, then I got it on Steam, but that version didn't work with Windows 7 64 bit. Luckily GOG has this game and it does work on Windows 7 64 bit off of here, I remember reading on a forum some where that they put in a patch helps it run just fine (was a GOG exclusive patch). So after spending the past 3-4 months not playing Arx Fatalis, I am back to playing it again haha. This game has by far the greatest sense of humor I have ever come across in any game. The characters in the game have a lot of funny dialogue. To give you an idea of how funny it is, my girlfriend who doesnt play video games has been around me so much while I'm playing it, that she quotes Arx Fatalis all the time now haha. So it's the type of funny conversations that go on where you actually are enjoying what people are saying. The voice acting is pretty awesome. You'll find that all the races have awesome voices, and that the sound effects are very well done. The gameplay in Arx Fatalis is like nothing you have ever seen. The magic actually feels like your casting spells. You hold the control key, and you draw ancient runes across the screen. You have a book to refer to for each spell incase you forget what they are. But no joke, when you get into it you'll find that you remember a crapton of the spells your always using in no time. I just logged into the game today after not playing it for like 4 months, and right away I was casting spells off the top of my head. So it's totally unique to this game. Also the combat is great because you can actually keep a distance and move back and forth between mobs. So in the event your dealing with something that can dominate you in a few hits, you have the chance to rush back and work out a magical attack, or rush in and swing and rush out before the attacker can kill you. Also just an fyi, no one play through has to ever be the same. The first time I went through the game I went all Warrior. Then the next time I went thief, and following that I went Thief/Mage. But the cool thing is there are no actual classes, just stat points that you build a character in the direction of a certain class. So like you have Strength, Dexterity, Mental and Constitution. Then you have sub stat points into things like melee combat, archery, magic, sneak, ect. You place your points where ever you want to determine the type of character you have. So go all strength if you like Warriors, ect. Have you ever played a game to death, and you found yourself going after the meaningless stuff in the game world, just because you didnt want the experience to end? Like you know your done, but you still have that connection to the game. That is what Arx Fatalis is all about. It's about you hating the fact that this game didnt have some wicked crazy expansion that gave you a crapton more stuff to do. That is literally my only complaint about Arx Fatalis, is that after you clock in about 80 to a 100 hours of gameplay (you could go through it way faster, but I took my time because I love it) you'll find you've done everything there is to do.
This is a game I've owned for a while. I bought it on my old computer, and noticed right away that there were certain points in the game where it would freeze up or lag on me. Due to how beautiful this game world is, and how far the world is shown to you, I attributed it to my computer not being powerful enough to run the game. Then I built my own PC at the end of 2011, and I ran into the same problem. However I can honestly say, despite the hiccups in the games faulty engine, it is a good game. Although not made by the original team who worked on the Gothic games prior to, its by no means a terrible game. Yes it's not as open ended or anything, but I still feel it's a solid RPG experience. If you've never played a Gothic game, but are looking for something to compare the combat system to, think of Risen. The graphics in this game are very impressive, and the music is really good.
