I've had a lot of fun with this game in the 14 hours I've played it. It's frustrating when you die unexpectedly from a critical hit or lack of attention, but fun enough to get me coming back. I'll probably play this for many more hours. Well worth the money!
I've played this game for many hours. This is generally not my type of game, but I found it different and cool. Reminded me of some games from the late 80's, but with much better graphics obviously! The fact that you can't just save and reload is something I'm not used to, but I found myself enjoying starting over and trying again with this game.
It plays like a novel, which is actually pretty cool concept. Very creative! However, I do not feel it captures the spirit of the original novel. I played through it entirely once (finished in 2 1/2 hours), but I don't know if I will again. I would not buy it again if I had the chance. I do like sci-fi, but not necessarily steampunk sci-fi, which is what it feels like. I also have never had an interest in reading a romantic novel, gay or otherwise. (How many ways can you say that he shyly peeks at you?)
I wanted to love this game. I'm a big fan of their other games, especially Fallout 1 & 2. I've played those through many times, and though those games have a few minor bugs, they are not bugs that ruin the game experience. If you could cut out the horrendous number of bugs in this game, this game could really be a great game. However, I've been playing this game for a few days now, probably put in about 20 hours of game play so far, and I'm not sure if I even want to finish it. I love RPG's and this is nothing against the actual base of the RPG itself. The leveling system and everything is interesting and the concept drew me in. The bugs started the very minute I started playing and continued growing throughout the gaming experience. For example, my character, being a mage, summons an orc champion to fight; after fighting, I decide to rest to recover my experience, and my orc champion disappears, but his icon remains in the upper left hand corner. No big deal, I think, a minor bug is all. Well, I continue playing and realize, not only will that icon never disappear, it affects my other characters. My NPC's will not fight, not even retaliate when being attacked. They would not walk with me, but would just magically appear by my side every few minutes. I could talk with them, whenever the computer decided. Later on, I manage to figure out that though invisible, I could still kill that orc champion spawned at the beginning of the game, which I do, and voila! My NPC's start working again! Ok, that's fine, I think, but even more bugs pop up, I put on a magical invisibility ring, and turn invisible; take it off again, and I remain invisible, unable to talk to any shop owners or finish my quests, because the people think it's a ghost! Some quests, when they become broken, remain in the journal, while other quests get marked as broken quests, correctly (Bring the ale quest, 1 example). Sometimes, when summoning a creature, my other NPC's get angry and start attacking me without provocation. There are tons of bugs like this. My character is a level 22, almost level 23, half-elf mage. He will probably stay that way, unless I can muster up the willpower to go in and suffer through till the end. My advice: If you haven't played the Fallout series, you're missing out. Go try that one instead.
