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« Last post by Pixie on June 05, 2020, 03:28:07 PM »
It was good. The combat is super fun and the skills/weapons are a treat to use. Playing a mage you feel badass as hell, throwing around meteors and blizzards all willy-nilly, or you can be a fighter and cause earthquakes with your warhammer, or just murder all the things with your dual chakrams, or any number of fun options. The game world is gorgeous but cartoony - it still holds up pretty well 8 years later, but a remaster is super welcome because the textures themselves were pretty weak.
The story is written by R.A. Salvatore and is a pretty fascinating take on fate/destiny and includes a fae race with a neat concept of immortality. The world lore is *deep* and impressive and really draws you in. The factions are interesting as well, if pretty standard (mercenaries/fighters, mages, etc). The voice acting was top notch.
The game's greatest weakness was that it was too big (it was originally meant to be an MMO) and it got too easy by the end, especially if you dived into the crafting skills because you could craft way better shit than you could find. I have hopes that they've tweaked these things under their umbrella of "refined gameplay"... but even if not, it's still a great game.
Highly recommended. Super excited for this version.
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