I liked this much more than original Crysis and almost as much as Far Cry. In fact, it's measurably better than the latter except for being only 6 hours long. Still, when on sale for $5, it's a bargain for all the variety of action and environments. Definitely worth adding to one's classic FPS collection.
It's like Prince of Persia set in Tamriel. 😉
The ships look good and the basic movements are intuitive. But the visuals are low grade, the voice acting is amateurish, and the story is like that of a cheaply made, early 2000s, TV sci-fi series. Instead, play Rebel Galaxy. It's light years better than this.
This has to be the biggest catch GOG has ever managed to snag. ✨
I regret buying this game even though it looks amazing and fun on YouTube. After using every fix here at GOG and on discussion boards and videos, nothing allows it to fully launch more than 1 time out of every half dozen or more attempts. It's now way past the refund window. Very disappointing. So all I can suggest is to install it as soon as possible after purchase and apply for a refund within the limit should you have issues.
Early fans of The Elder Scrolls know about the open version of Daggerfall which greatly improves the playability and graphics of the original game file. A project to do likewise for The Elder Scrolls Arena is progressing well. Details and preview video can be found below. https://github.com/afritz1/OpenTESArena/releases/tag/opentesarena-0.14.0
For an 11 year old title, its quite demanding. The controls are smooth and the default bindings are typical for mainstream FPSes. The story and presentation are well done but the graphics are desaturated and the atmosphere is gloomy. This isn't Far Cry or Halo CE. Recommended for horror FPS fans only.
I guess one must be a fan of fantasy to appreciate this and other titles like it. I've played Morrowind for 3-4 hours and find it tedious and hard to read the tiny text even when a low resolution is set to make the visuals larger. And on my PC (11th gen Core i5) it crashes without warning. Clearly the game is highly detailed for fans of this genre who enjoy spending dozens or hundreds of hours roaming around and taking on missions. But, it's just not for me. I've given RPGs a shot and it's back to Far Cry.
If there's one word to describe Rebel Galaxy, it's cool. I learned of it years ago, back when I only had Intel HD Graphics that could barely play it with everything set down to minimum. To this day few games offer the player an opportunity to buy, upgrade, charter, and engage in serious ship-to-ship combat in his own full size spacecraft. Being partly procedurally generated, Rebel Galaxy has considerable replay value and I've completed it a few times especially now with new Xe-based Intel UHD Graphics that can sustain frame rates in the 70 range. The design is photo realistic and fun and the battles are superb both visually and in terms of audio. I've never experienced such awesome looking and sounding explosions and they're highly satisfying to inflict on other spacecraft. Even better played with headphones. If you're into naval style space games and tired of flying X-Wing fighters, grab Rebel Galaxy, give your ship a name, and take on space prates, cargo missions, and solve a fascinating campaign mystery.
