TL;DR Great game, but with super-boring repetitive battles, do skip them with chat code or you’ll never beat the game (it’s waaaay to long) I *LOVE* the story in the game, how complex it is and how it progresses. I love how the world changes while you play. If you visit a city at some point in the game it’s political situation can be completely different later on. Heck, it can be even totally wiped out from the world map. Having said that, the game aged TERRIBLY! It’s super-long and drags forever. A proof? Check out let’s plays on YouTube. The only finished one has 137 15-minutes episodes (!!!) and I’d say the guy beat the game pretty fast (knew exactly where to go, what to do, etc). You’ll be forced to beat super-slow battles with petty enemies that you know you can easily beat over and over again (they respawn every time you go through a location). Because of that you’ll spend most of the time fighting beetles, crabs and zombies. That might be fun first few times, but believe me, you don’t want to go through essentially the same battle (just placed in a different spot on a map) for 20-th or 30-th time. Yup, it’s that bad. SO HOW TO PLAY THE GAME WITHOUT WASTING HUNDREDS OF HOURS FIGHTING BORING BATTLES OVER AND OVER AGAIN? SKIP FIGHTS WITH A CHEAT CODE! Now, I’m normally against using any cheat codes in games, but believe me, without it, you’ll get bored with repetitive battles very fast. You only need one cheat code: press Ctrl + F12 type iamarealweenie [enter] From now on press Ctrl + F3 after every battle starts. You’ll win it (getting a loot and experience points) without going through the hassle of actually fighting it. You might want to play through a boss battle and while fighting new types of enemies, but other than that, do skip at least 90% of the battles. The game will still torture you with never-ending mazes full of levers you have to pull in order to get through.
