What the title says. Seriously, take everything you ever hated about IE/2.5D/isometric era RPG games and combine them all into one place. Which is a real pity too, since the world that has been crafted and the lore is top-notch. Think of it as Age of Empires meets Fallout. Beautiful. Simply beautiful. So why the one star? All of course, obscured under the most horrifying game design choices, mechanics and philosophies that the entire industry (including Obsidian, inXile, and Larian, the current masters of cRPG) abandoned as obsolete and outdated, and made every point and pain to avoid. This is one world I hope is acquired by Obsidian or inXile so that it can grow as a proper franchise and game series. That's the highest complement I can give this game. That someone save it from its own developer and his cult of "fans". For now, if you want your fix of cRPG post-apocalyptic goodiness, I suggest you fire up Arcanum for another spin or wait for inXile's Torment to come out.
One of the most legendary and greatest games ever created. Right up there on top with the likes of Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, System Shock 2, Baldur's Gate, Planescape, Diablo, Dragon Age Origins, Fallout, Neverwinter Nights and so on. If you want to see truly why it is still so relevant, look no further than Deus Ex: Human Revolution itself, and the upcoming Mankind Divided. This 2000 game was an inspiring and critically universally acclaimed franchise with a cult following strong enough that it spawned a AAA franchise a decade after its original release. The graphics may be dated, but the gameplay mechanics remain as fantastic as ever, level design is still inspirational for modern day games and the story has been acknowledged as one of the greatest ever written. The story is complex and so strongly woven with reality and philosophy you would be hard pressed not to suddenly find yourself shivering when you emerge from the game world and compare it to modern day current world events and realities. For anyone who is even remotely a RPG gamer: Play this game. You owe it to yourself to explore the greatest cyberpunk video game ever produced.
