Am i the only one who really, really enjoyed arcanum? I loved that game so much i followed the story, i LOVED the characters, and i was actually good at it. It was an amazing games and one of the few LARGE games that i have actually completed. So, am i the only one?
It was definetly enjoyable, although I started to lose interest towards the end of the game. My main beef with it was that the real time and turn based modes were unbalanced.
NO YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE! Wow...one of my absolute favorite games ever. I just loved that world. It completely sucked me in, and the whole Steampunk aspect was great. Now I feel like playing it again... Such a classic. I would really love a remake, as long as they don't botch it like so many remakes do...
I tried to play it twice. The first time I didn't get very far, I got tired pretty fast.
The second time i played the game I got pretty far, I think. Anyway, it got really boring, most of the stuff you could get through the tech/magick tree seemed useless and the fights were really dull. Also, the graphics sometimes made me physically sick, I mean I love the Fallout and Baldurs Gate graphics, but this game was really, really ugly.Â
I bought it when it first came out and never really got in to it..And then acouple months ago, I saw it laying around and decided to try it. I'm not very far, But it's deffently kept my intrest alot more than before. A very good game.
Oh no, Arcanum has many fans. I am a huge fan of games with a melancoly mood and Arcanum was full of themes of regret and redemption. I grow kind of tired of the "Kill the EVIL people" theme, which tends to grow out of games and movies with poor character developement. Many games have hit on the steampunk concept, but Arcanum is one of the most successful with it in my opinion.
 Well, its been said a few times before, but The Fallout series is surprisingly similar. You can find both of them wrapped together, and they both run on Windows XP. Fallout has a 1950s scifi motif, and it is full of factions with the kind of conflicts of that you find of Arcanum. Planescape is an even better game, but I dont think it runs on XP.
Good concept but poor refinement. The gamplay needed some tweaking and there were some serious issues with class balance, combat, and the way xp was handled. I still liked it though.
Good concept but poor refinement. The gamplay needed some tweaking and there were some serious issues with class balance, combat, and the way xp was handled. I still liked it though.bogaty
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I agree. Interesting Concept...but boy the game had a terrible combat system...really ugly as well....
I am playing Baldur's Gate 2 at the moment...and it is just sooo much better in terms of polishing.
I'm one of the most rabid fans of Arcanum on this board, I think. It was definitely buggy and had its share of problems, but overall, I love this game.
It's one of my favorite RPGs. Sure, some of the bigger budget games may have prettier graphics and a little more polish but Arcanum has a lot more charm. It's definitely has my favorite setting for a RPG.
I just recently picked it up and liked it a lot, except the combat system. But unfortunately I installed and played it on my older PC which I then formatted, and forgot to backup saved games.
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