I'm playing a dwarf noble fighter and having tons of fun. I just returned to my starting location and it's fun to see how the story proceeds with what happened there in mind. I also know that if I were playing an elf, say, I would get a different story presented there.
So far I started on Hard, but had to notch it down to normal difficulty. I notice that spellcasters have the advantage in this game. My dwarf noble is a 2 handed specialist that deals tons of damage, but without the constant stream of healing from the mage it would be over very fast. I think it's a shame that I need a spellcaster just for healing.
But the game is fun, the story a bit cliche, but the character interactions are great, the combat sometimes mindnumbingly hard (which I like) and the adult theme also is refreshing with the dubious moral choices I sometimes have to make which really affect the world. Fought my first dragon, or tried to, but had to make a hasty retreat to an earlier save and delay that fight a while. Also did some "weird" levels in the fade which were... weird.
What really draws me in is the adult and gritty themes. I haven't had a romance (yet, dwarf males get few possible companions it seems) but the copious ammounts of blood, the damright bastardly anti-hero choices that present themselves as viable and adult art (desire demon anyone?) are refreshing compared to other games out there. They should have made warhammer online like this.
So far I started on Hard, but had to notch it down to normal difficulty. I notice that spellcasters have the advantage in this game. My dwarf noble is a 2 handed specialist that deals tons of damage, but without the constant stream of healing from the mage it would be over very fast. I think it's a shame that I need a spellcaster just for healing.
But the game is fun, the story a bit cliche, but the character interactions are great, the combat sometimes mindnumbingly hard (which I like) and the adult theme also is refreshing with the dubious moral choices I sometimes have to make which really affect the world. Fought my first dragon, or tried to, but had to make a hasty retreat to an earlier save and delay that fight a while. Also did some "weird" levels in the fade which were... weird.
What really draws me in is the adult and gritty themes. I haven't had a romance (yet, dwarf males get few possible companions it seems) but the copious ammounts of blood, the damright bastardly anti-hero choices that present themselves as viable and adult art (desire demon anyone?) are refreshing compared to other games out there. They should have made warhammer online like this.
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When in deadly danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
When in deadly danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.