During my years in gaming I've seen some bad games. Not many. But this one has the quality that makes even a technically smooth well running game bad - lack of inspiration. The writing here is BAD. This game lacks character almost completely. It wouldn't be fair to say it doesn't have a character. It has one and it's MEDIOCRE. I did finish it, but only because i hate to drop games or stories. I regretted every single hour I've spent at it. I wish I never pick it up. Money - they can be refunded. Time can't be. The story here is very, very bad. It could be even worse, but that's hard to imagine. It's not just that there isn't an original idea in whole of the game, I could live with that. It's just it lack any inspiration, care, love for the genre. The thing is hollow. It's meaningless, pointless. It has a bit of a plot, a bit of drama, but it's all just scraps. It would be better if it was simpla an arcade pixelated delivery simulator, as it has plot this does actually make things worse. There is no freedom in the gameplay. The gameplay itself is extremely smplistic. There is no way anyone can convince me that running around in a hover car as it's implemented here is of any interest, no, it has to be the plot, which as I said before, is very dull. I won't spoil it, but suffice to say you will have a series of linear quests, which sometimes have choices, and those will play out in a later game, but they are irrelevant to the story or your character. You have no say in anything other than those few choices and an endgame choice, which I barely cared about. The story is so removed, so general, so bland. The one thing resempling fun was a private investigator droid which communicated in (on purpose, I believe) a bad noir-novel verse. And trust me it looks better here that it is in the game. Every voice entry in this game is 3-5 times longer (and shallower) than it should have been. Ugh. I really don't recommend wasting your time.
It never happened to me, although I tried. I spend a lot of time trying to love this game back when it was released. 1/10 of it was RP, 9/10 of it was tedious grinding. For me it feels like a poor clone of M&M overal... However good the story and the world are supposed (sik!) to be, I couldn't realy get to them. It is very unfriendly game, hard to engage with. I guess it might be what they call old-schoolhardcore RP and it might be fine EXCEPT the sheer amount of filler. You can't go anywhere without fighting hordes and hordes of monsters, and even if the party is strong enough to finish it quickly (which is rare) it still wears on a player. The game may appeal to W long-standing fans from back then, newer players should beware. This game requires A LOT of time and gives very few rewards for it. Most adventures ARE better RP experience than this: character here are few and far between, you can take up to two of them with you, and don't expect much party banter or vibrant NPC or interesting quests. However, if RP for you is buildiing an ideal team and taking on hordes of enemies while you slowly advance (you can't ever "clear" areas and respawn is heavy) and you have a lot of time to burn - this might be the thing for you. Classes are interesting and there are many tricks for PCs to learn and improve, battles often call for tactical decisions. The maps are moderately interesting to explore.
