I feel bad because I never found Strife on my own searching, but after watching Ross's Game Dungeon video about it, I tried it out and it was seriously an experience. It's far from perfect and can actually get pretty tedious at times, but there are so many little things that a lot of games take cues from today and a lot of great gameplay that a lot of shooters still aren't able to capture despite our leaps and bounds in programming. You can watch Ross's Game Dungeon review of Strife here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrU7LSqiX0
L:B is one of the more disappointing games I've played. Are there isometric RPGs where you can play as a wizard? Plenty. Are there MMORPGs? You bet, almost every last one of 'em. First-Person Action Wizardry? Hope you enjoy playing Heretic & Hexen because they're still the kings, even with their age & flaws. Some of the great parts of Lichdom include: - Voice Acting for NPCs and Enemies. It doesn't sound like your average throwaway indie game with store-bought standing microphones and poor (not so bad it's good) amateur voice acting. I'm pretty sure they even got Cree Summers to voice one of the enemies. - CryEngine 3 plays a decent part in making this game look good. Detailed environments, big flashes from fireball explosions, lots of sparkly particles, etc. - NECROMANCY. You can finally have a skeleton posse of you very own, not just some hackney zombies **coughTorchlight 2cough**. Unfortunately the posse you can retain is limited to 3 but during standing combat that number can grow. Some of the worst parts of Lichdom: - The player character and his ally are boring and poorly voiced in comparison to the rest of the cast. The only defining trait about the MC regardless of which gender you pick is that they're snarky and condescending. They might as well have a permanent Dreamworks face. Jen Taylor is so typecast and has no vocal variation because of it; your ally is Zoey, Cortana, take your pick at whatever characters she's voiced. - Poor enemy variety. Spellcaster, swordsman, wolf for living. For undead: Crossbow zombie, Light and Medium melee zombie, floating zombie ghost, light skeleton. Nothing new, nothing old with a twist. - Story. "Muh Vengeance" and "Muh Power". Might as well have a barebones or no story. - 2 attack types: projectile and AoE drop. - Long, boring, linear. - Useless inventory system. Improving player combat would have been a better use of devlopment time than having an inventory, loot, and crafting system. Save your money, even on sale.
