Absolutely loving every minute of this game. Great game for fans of Final Fantasy type games.
I am terrible at making reviews. So really I want to say is read the other 5 star most helpful reviews because they are spot on with what they are saying, and they are saying it better than I could. I am a huge Gothic fan, and this game really scratches that itch of wanting more games like Gothic. Also, the music in the game is fantastic, really helps with the atmosphere with in the game.
I am having so much fun with this game, I am getting lost a lot and I have been playing 4 hours on the first floor and still getting lost. I really need to get some graph paper, lol. Hatlock's review really says it best, give his upvote "Let's be honest, this is one of the greatest remaster/remakes of all time. In it's current state, the game has so many options to relive the old school experience or shave off all of the pointy (razor sharp, rusty, poisoned, level draining) edges. In the end, what made this game truly shine stand out. It was great, it's still great. Wizardry 1, already inspirational, can now show off it's great ideas and immense fun without players needing to know all of its rules and idiosyncrasies first. That said, you need to engage in the game's systems, understand each monster's peril, carefully manage your resources. What this game takes out: -Needing to create your own game guide while you play (it can still be very useful to draw your own map, but now you can cast a spell to confirm if you are correct and reveal your mistakes) -Needing to grind up a recovery team when things go wrong in the dungeon -Rerolling characters to get decent stats If you liked those things, guess what, the options are still there! What the game puts in: Basically everything from the previous definitive version (the SNES "Nintendo Power" version) including: -Better in game map -colorful enemy sprites and animations -thieves and ninja can hide from the backrow (basically allows them to attack from the back row every other turn) Things that weren't in that version: -lots more QOL features (all optional!) -sweet mini view of what the original game looked like in the bottom right corner (best feature) -mouse controls! (but the keyboard ones are very good) -Your highest party level is noted to help you recruit a recovery team (all of the financial pain of a party wipe, the thrill of the recovery, but none of the grinding). -better DUMAPIC usability and bestiary
Not really a bug, but more that they decided to put an important ability that is required in order to beat an upcoming boss to progress in the game, on an optional path to that boss, meaning you can completely miss getting that ability without even knowing it until it is too late. And because of how it is check point saving with no manual saving at all, once you get to that boss fight you are locked out from going back to get that ability. Which leaves you to having to completely restart the game from the beginning of the game, which was 3 hours into the game for me. Up to this point I really was enjoying the game, I liked the twist on fairytales, and the combat was fun. But this kind of game breaking issue is not acceptable.
Everything is great about it, the performance, the combat, the world, it's everything I expected from a sequel from Elex, and everything I expected from Piranha Bytes, which is a good thing. The storyline is a great sequel to the first game. The exploration is a lot of fun, also enjoyable to see the changes of some areas from the first game. The combat is a lot of fun. Flying with upgraded jet pack is "weeeeeeeee"!!!
It is a really fun game. I am also really digging the art style. The storyline has me captivated,
I am really enjoying this game. The combat is fun, the exploring is worth it. The performance is great, no issues at all. I'm not much for words, so I will say this, the Overall Most Helpful review by 8bitsChris is spot on, and he says it best. Also this review where the guy needed more space, I suggest reading this https://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_the_falconeer_438e9/post17 Sorry, but I am terrible at writing reviews, so I would rather point to reviews that I feel say it best. Happy flying.
This is almost like playing Rebel Galaxy, but you get to go up and down and roll, but still in big ships like Rebel Galaxy. If you liked/loved Rebel Galaxy chances are you'll like/love this game. It is a really fun game and worth the asking price.
