A great way to experience a game from your childhood (in my case). It has updated graphics, the ability to change difficulty (I was always bad at those games so big thanks to whoever decided to put Easy mode in it), and save the progress. If only it had a bit more music tracks! Other than that, it is a great way to remaster a classic game. I hope to see more titles of that era (like Duke Nukem) re-assembled the same way.
Crystal Caves was one of my first games. Unfortunately, most of "old" games these days for me are nothing but a small nostalgia pill: you pop it for an hour or two and then forget about it for another eternity. Time goes by, games change, mechanics change, tastes in games change, e.t.c. I very rarely can find an old game that I really enjoy and have the patience to play it. So I was pleasantly surprised when I fired up this one. I do like that the devs added "easy" mode and "save game" feature. Those two things make the game more accessible and enjoyable, in my opinion. I hope they will restore more classic games in the same fashion. Maybe Paganitzu, Duke Nukem or something else. P.S. The price is especially great too.
Just finished it. Wow, this game is really something. Pros: - Customization of your character. From appearance to various armors. + You can install mods! - Rather interesting main story. Not without some cliches, but still good. - Big world to explore. - Interesting classes and sub-classes. I've played as warrior, then changed vocation to Mystic Knight. - Boss battles. If you pick certain classes, you will be able to climb on them :D Cons: - No mounts. At first, you'll need to run and backtrack a lot. But once you'll get some Port Crystals, it won't be such a problem. - A lot of cool looking armor is completely useless (mainly it's about DLC armors). By the time when you'll get enough money to buy it, it will have really low stats comparing to what you'll be wearing. - If you play as a strictly melee character without the ability to climb on bosses, some of the bossfights will be really hard/impossible to complete. You can fix that by changing your vocation or skillset. - Some locations are reused a few times which is not really cool. But that's not a big deal, really. - Sometimes pawns behaviour is really strange. Overall, this is a good game. It has its own bad sides, but it's good nevertheless. There's not enough games like that on PC, so I recommend it.
