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It's been a long time since we've been this excited by a new PC release.

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[-] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago

It's so refreshing to see an RPG that isn't afraid to be an RPG. It's not trying to twist and contort D&D into Call of Duty, it knows what it is and is proud of that. Games don't have to be dead simple and text free to be successful. Games don't have to have big in game stores or battle passes to be successful. They just have to be complete, an earnest attempt at a creative vision. I would take a game that tries something ambitious and very occasionally stumbles like this one over the most competent trend chaser any day.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's not trying to twist and contort D&D into Call of Duty

Uh... That actually sounds like it might be kinda cool. Are there actually games that have done that? I'd check 'em out if there are.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Closest I can think of is the Dark Messiah of Might and Magic game from 2006, from Arkane (who later went on to make Dishonored and more recently Prey and Deathloop). First person, you pick your class between Fighter, Wizard, and Rogue, and most of the combat involves figuring out how to use traps, physic, and magic to kill your targets. Lots of ledges to kick monsters off of or spikes to knock monsters into, or creating ice on the floor as a wizard to make enemies slip to their deaths. Holds up pretty well for a 15+ year old game.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I love that game. Probably the best Source engine game to exist that isn't made by Valve.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Dark Messiah was fuckin cool man.

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