I played this on Windows 11, so the original version works, but I encountered a graphic bug that made some textures completely black or includes black frames around many textures. So, install Arx libertatis and enjoy, wish I'd known about this before I spent some hours playing the original version. The best part of the game is the magic casting system and also it's the worst part of the game to me, because it's very cumbersome to try and draw runes in the middle of the fight. Also, this game doesn't hold your hand like games these days, which is a good or a bad thing depending on the player. I had to check how to pre-cast spells, because the game does awful job explaining it -or leaves these kind of details completely out, including many mission related details. Thank Akbaa for the quick-save and quick load. But if you loved Morrowind, you'll probably love this game too. I know I did.
I absolutely loved both Kain and Soul reaver games back in the PSone/PS2 era, but for some reason I missed this one completely. So what a nice surprise it was to find it here with a brilliant discount and bought it to wait for the perfect day, so I could merge myself into this game's dark fantasy world. I read some reviews here and there, got the impression that the camera is not very good... "SO WHAT!" -I thought to myself. "How bad could it be to play this with keyboard and mouse, it can't be that BAD?" Yes it can. Believe the warnings from the other reviews. No matter how well you map your controls to fit your playstyle, it doesn't matter. The camera screws your jumps up most of the time and combined with instant death places, the game is just pure frustration. The amount of camera-stuttering made me nauseous on the first hour and trying to find the character in a hectic fight situation is pure pain +the traps that the camera hides all the time when entering rooms. This game was meant to play with a controller and it is just mind-boggling how this game passed any tests before being released on pc -if there was any. I'm off to watch how this game ends from youtube, because I really want to know. Too bad that they didn't give a s*it about their own game, it could've been good with a decent camera. I tried to play this game as far as I could, but a bug/glitch decided to halt my progress. It was a clear sign not to touch this garbage of a game ever again.
