02-27-2005, 08:50 AM
Thecla,Feb 12 2005, 06:48 PM Wrote:Did anyone get it yet? If so, what do you think?
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It's - Nice. I got $AU20 off for pre-ordering, and I think if I didn't, I would have felt a bit ripped off. There are several significant issues.
*Minor Spoilers?*
1. In a few places you are forced into solo areas/forced to progress. This leads to you looting everyone as they die, because you aren't sure whether you'll be able to come back and pick over remains after a big battle, or, and this is a big one, complete quests. Another issue is the random loot, which can be an issue if you get bad rolls, OTOH, it is quite easy to get powerful. I also had no real problems finding some quite powerful loot.
2. The game is a little buggy. Scripting errors, jarring transitions, and a general lack of polish in some areas. In a few parts of the game, an area transition will slow the game to a crawl, and to fix it you must change and apply an option on the video card to flush its buffer. Influence can be hard to juggle, but then, it is supposed to be that way. The odd quest is a bit broken, but nothing too serious.
3. The plot was criminally slaughtered by the decision to ship the game for christmas. For those who have completed the game, here is a summary of material in the game that was cut which would have made the ending far more satisfying. It really does make you hope that Obsidian will be able to afford to put a patch out to fix this... but I wouldn't hold out much hope. Damn.
Overall, enjoyable, though flawed.