CONS:
PROS:
List goes on and on, but sadly my fingers started to hurt :P It's a game that literally comes once in a 10 years (alongside Gothic 2, which is also amazing)
Would recommend it to anybody! Just note that it is necessary to look for mods online because it is still 2001 game and needs some additional work to make it run on modern system (Windows 7, 8, or 10). Thankfully there are some YouTubers who made this process trivial.
- Outdated graphics (understandable since game is from 2001)
- Clunky controls (you get used to it, but feels very weird at start)
- No crafting shortcuts (ex. if you want to grill 50 meat you have to go through "grilling" animation 50 times)
- Navigating through menu can be annoying
PROS:
- Great story
- Absolutely immersive
- Perfect map size (memorable world - quality>quantity approach)
- No annoying cinematics
- You can climb almost everything
- Actions have cons
- Minimal loading screens (there are almost none)
- Fighting animation improves / changes as you improve abilities (ex. at start you hold one handed sword with two hands, but after you learn ability you swing it better, and hold it with one hand)
- You learn abilities through teachers (as opposed through "magical" UI like in other RPG's *cough* skyrim *cough*)
- There are no "invisible walls" that you cannot go through, but instead map boundaries are defined by smartly placed enemies that will kill you (if you cannot kill something it means you are not ready for it, and you should go other way and get stronger)
- Map is an actual physical object that you have to buy, and some dangerous areas are left hidden in map because dangerous beasts live there so person giving you map doesn't know what is there (that section can be "unlocked" when you meet strong NPC who has been there - he draws it on your map)
- One of the only games where NPCs actually help you out a lot, to the point where you actually wish to help them, same applies in reverse, some will bully you around and you will want to take revenge later (oh boy does it feel satisfying)
- All of the side quests are carefully thought out, and are equally interesting as main quest
- You can transform into different beasts making it possible to avoid certain enemies / enter secret locations (great for speedrunners / 2nd playhtough)
- Enemies can get mad at you and stop talking to you
- Actions have consequences!
- Night and day cycle - guards have shifts, their own routine
- You can do parkour (when you unlock "acrobatics" you can dash around and jump from building to building)
- When you craft items you have to physically do whole process (ex. heating sword, hitting it with hammer, dropping it in water, and sharpening it)
- Lockpicking is very interesting - mini memory game
- Chest items are not random but carefully put in depending on how hard it is to reach it
- NPC's react when you walk into their house / pull out weapon in middle of city
- Animals don't attack you immediately, but give you warning first / chance to go back
List goes on and on, but sadly my fingers started to hurt :P It's a game that literally comes once in a 10 years (alongside Gothic 2, which is also amazing)
Would recommend it to anybody! Just note that it is necessary to look for mods online because it is still 2001 game and needs some additional work to make it run on modern system (Windows 7, 8, or 10). Thankfully there are some YouTubers who made this process trivial.