Loved playing Baldurs gate as a Kid and glad to snag this on sale but it inexplicably doesn't work on my computer. I get a non specific error code with instruction to contact beamdog support. I haven't heard back.
While this game gets many things right the difficulty can be just a little too fickle a great deal of the time. It has a great feel and good game mechanics but after playing it for a while I feel like luck has a lot to do with the outcomes. You definitely get better at playing and as the game suggests "death is part of the fun" but much too often you'll run into a ship that just annihilates you. I understand running away is part of the game but you don't even have a chance to do that. Apparently this was the intent of the developers but after a while it is simply frustrating when out of no where you get your ass handed to you. I am not a hardcore gamer and it seems not everyone has the same problems I do. Initially very enjoyable especially for $10 but can get frustrating pretty quickly.
There is some really tight game-play here but even after going on the forums and getting the recommended updates the game still starts to lag after I play a couple levels. It gives it a slow mo effect which is kind of cool but takes away most of the challenge. Think Max Payne with unlimited bullet time.
This reminds me of Return to Castle Wolfenstein minus tight controls and gameplay. I'm not a huge FPS player but I do enjoy the nostalgia of games that worked really well within their limitations but this just isn't fun. Without responsive controls or hit detection it just feels like a grind (call me crazy but when I shoot a guy in the face repeatedly I think it should do something) Could be that I'm spoiled by more modern games but I'm sort of using Return to Castle Wolfenstein as a reference point and it just doesn't stack up. Not downright awful but not really fun either. I'd only recommend this if you were into the historical aspects or just really liked the series. Your $10 is much better spent on Farcry or really anything else.
This game just really isn't very good. You can see how some of the elements might have come together for an entertaining experience but that doesn't happen here. I honestly can't see why someone would have given a positive rating on this one. The level design is repetative, the enemies are bland, the combat doesn't work very well, and the "bullet time" mechanic just doesn't add anything other than the chance not to have your butt handed to you by earily accurate gunshots. Seriously not fun, you'll resent yourself for even bothering to trudge through this one. I gave it 2 stars because it still works, it just basically sucks.
