It's hard to even call this mess an RPG. It shares far more in common with modern shooters than Fallout 3/New Vegas, and you can only ever play as one character since your character is voice-acted and the choices all amount to the same things. However, there's still something here that's worth exploring if you've got nothing better to play, just don't come at expecting an RPG experience. You can literally just play it like a shooter and try not to let the incredibly shallow mechanics get your down. The main story is pretty terrible, but the world has been well-crafted and there are some interesting NPCs. I treat it more as a fan project than a canon entry to Fallout since it retcons so much of the original lore.
This is what a remake should be. This should be held as the golden example for all other developers trying to cash in on a beloved franchise by doing a remake. As a backer, I've followed the development from day one, and it was a bit troubled, but you should see those troubles as a positive, because they reversed course halfway through when we backers said it was deviating too far from the original in terms of graphics and overall feel. This backtracking added a lot of time and costs to the development, but NIGHTDIVE wanted to do it right and had the utmost respect for not only the IP, but the fans as well. KUDOS NIGHTDIVE! I've been happily playing the beta for months now, and now the full release is everything I could want it to be. The style and tone is spot on. The looks and feels exactly as it should, as a now retro-futuristic cyber hellscape. The modern quality of life features mean this is the best way to play an all time classic.
Everything THE BROTHERHOOD has put out has been far worth every penny. It's been so exciting watching this team grow their development skills over the years through each excellent game they've made. The UI is far less finicky now than it was in the original STASIS, but the mood, visuals, storytelling, and of course the fantastic Mark Morgan soundtrack are everything they should be and just what we've come to expect from this series.
It's actually an RPG, unlike Skyrim.
Owned the original for years, then got this as a free update. Play it just for the increased draw distance!
While another team is working on a Redguard Unity version, they are far away from even reaching alpha status. So if you are a user that read DustynB's comment and are confused why you can't get Redguard working in Daggerfall Unity, its because that is currently impossible. Now this game is very misunderstood. If you didn't live through the era of early 3D games, the controls are going to feel wonky to you. If, like me, you grew up on these games, the controls come back to you fast, just like riding a bike. The voice acting is very charming, but is incredibly hit or miss in terms of acting. Some of it is downright terribly over-acted, however this was common in those days. Bethesda may be a juggernaut now with thousands of employees and billion dollar budgets, but back then they were tiny, and the fact that this game was fully voice acted is a feat by itself, so appreciate that. The story and lore are the reasons to play it. You play during the reign of Tiber Septim himself, when he's uniting Tamriel! For younger gamers, this gem is absolutely worth playing. If you find the controls challenging, take a lesson from Dark Souls gamers and git gud.
First off, the achievements appear to be broken and probably have been so for the past two years at least, according my friend log in GOG Galaxy, that's how long its been since anyone on my friend list has unlocked an achievement. Not a super big deal, but that's a long time to go with such a bug. The art is beautiful, but the animations are slow, and half the time you don't really even know what the items are that you're picking up due to the art style. There are no tool tips or hover text to identify highlighted objects. Still playable, but annoying since it means there's more guess clicking. The story is pretty non-existent, but the puzzles are alright. Some are fun, only a couple are annoying. Beware, the volume levels by default are way too loud and cause digital distortion due to clipping. In order to avoid this, you must turn all the levels down to at most 50%.
No nudity, no real innuendo, it's a murder/curse thriller, lots of gore, sure, but no romance or dating sim garbage here, and certainly nothing even close to exciting for pedophiles. The Higurashi games are by far the best VN games I've ever played, very in-depth character development and lots of surprises, plus the characters are genuinely intriguing.
used to come free as bonus goodies on GOG. Jesus, they couldn't even include wallpaper as a bonus goodie, instead we're expected to pay extra for them. GOG is a far cry from what it was.
but the wallpapers too? Come on, GOG used to always include wallpapers as part of the free goodies when you bought a game. It's one of the main reasons this site was the best. Now the only thing that really differentiates GOG from Steam is DRM-free. Soundtracks used to be included when available as free goodies as well, but that's mostly gone out the window, and now some games have had their free goodies disappear from the site completely, or had the free soundtracks removed and replaced with paid soundtracks. What's even more troubling is that if you hadn't downloaded them from your library, it's too late. Even if those goodies used to be in your library, when GOG removes goodies, they disappear from your library too. That's a bit off topic since it doesn't apply to this, but I really despise this trend, and GOG has really lost it's identity.
