Nenaraz

I registered here out of a revolt to the topic. Why would you hate this beautiful game? In a sea of overused, overpriced bullcrap games and so few PC titles nowadays which are completely Indie-based spawns, you bash on it's best attribute - the system. You know, the writing is so amazing that I didn't even think about the System itself until you wrote about it, but here I am, registered and wanting to say that it's absolutely fluid in regards to a game like this. Art-wise it reminds me of Sacred Gold games, that particular feat alone is amazing. I got so happy to actually play this wonderful game where people with talent actually DID something great for the "ol skul" enthusiasts and here you are - bragging NOT about how the game wants you to think and use Stealthy actions, but in fact how the ENTIRE RPG SYSTEM sucks. Obvious troll, but still gets me revolted. Joking around with this is what I'd consider vaguely banal and immature to the point of disappointment. I started playing it on Easy. First thing - I like the level of freedom. Instant-reminder of Temple of Elemental Evil that I so enjoy. BIG + As for the Pause system, it doesn't give you 29348679356193864 commands to execute for each member, you have to use your skills proportionally. It's very nicely done to the point where it feels like a simple, yet complex cRPG. Different mechanics for damage types, nice. Mathematics work, yep yep yep. Rogue looks amazing, probably is going to be OP with the given mechanics but then again I choose a Wizard. It's exactly how I wanted him to be. NO RUSHING, enjoying each moment of the game. Slowly moving behind a tree in the dark, feeling the atmosphere, immersing myself into the story. YES, THIS IS cRPG! IT FEELS GOOD. And then the writing comes. Oh, yes, the writing is one of the best I've seen in YEARS. Instantaneously got me reminded of Lone Wolf series followed by the amazing eloquence used in Legacy of Kain series, and more. Gave me so much inspiration and energy. Do you know what new game can accomplish that? There's no such a game. I consider myself having some pretty high demands for a game for it to be called "A VIDEO GAME" by me and this falls into a category of a VIDEO-GAME. It has aesthetics, it has a character, it has its own place on a cRPG pedestal, it's a classic already and I'm going to give it to anyone who's even remotely interested in books, fantasy novels, epic fantasy in all honesty and so much more. Then the replayability comes to my mind, so many different options which DON'T FEEL like forced railroading as seen in, I don't know, games like Vampire the Masquerade? I don't want to feel like my actions will lead to a very scripted and already evident course of action. I mean, I started talking to a bandit leader about LORE and HISTORY, telling about the religion and its ways and in such a despair I could sense that he got angry for me ruining his traditional and blindfolded convictions where he did what was a precipice of his life - attack me and die violently by a stab of a Rogue I just saved. But then, the stories are written as they go, there's that randomness that doesn't feel forced or sandboxed - wow I said, this really has that dark yet happy sensation I felt when played Silver on Dreamcast. You know, bashing on this game is quite possibly the last thing you'd want to do as a PC gamer. A Proper PC gamer. Farewell.