Yup, i finished it yesterday. Awesome game, should be recommended to anyone, regardless they've played an RPG or not before. At the end, my character had the following stats:
STR: 14
DEX 10
CON: 12
INT: 18
WIS: 24
CHA: 20
Lawful Good, apparantly i got the best ending
Now, further on with the review.
- Story
Should be no suprise if i tell you it's the best ever in a computer/console game. The dialogue, the writing, the whole idea of mortality and its influence on the nature of man. Superb, excellent, magnificent.
- Setting
Very interesting and it suits the story well IMO, since i find the regular DnD world of dwarfes, elves and trolls to be boring. How can a world divided into different planes NOT be interesting? A tour around Sigil meeting one wacky character after the other really pushed the player forward.
- Characters
A wise-cracking skull, a succubi that's bored with sex, a floating mage which is constantly on fire and so on. They all had their different reasons on why they joined the Nameless One's quest for his identity, filled with different banters against you and against one another.
- Combat
Err, not so good. Very clunky indeed, but it wasn't so bad that it stopped me from playing though. Now i understand why no one praises this game for its combat though
- Soundtrack
Very moody, with Annah's and Deionarra's theme standing out as classics. Otherwise, the rest of the songs where ok, but forgettable.
- Graphics
Pretty good, considering it's an RPG from 1999. Again, it certainly didn't stop me from finishing it.
- Artwork
Very good. It really captured the whole grim feel planescape in terms of symbols, places(ravel maze, pillar of skulls, Sigil) and overall feel of how the planes should look like. (I missed the higher planes though).
- Overall
- Best RPG ever? YES!
- Best story ever? YES!
- Best combat/gameplay ever? Nope.
- Best GAME ever? Haven't decided yet, definately in my top 3.
P.S. I wish to thank Chris Avellone for writing and story. Excellent work.