Joseph4th

So much potential wasted. The game feels very slow, unbalanced and lacking strong direction. If you do decide to play the game, turn on the feature that allows you to save the game when ever you want, "Merciful Mode." Don't let the game fool you into playing "Unforgiving Mode" where it has one autosave and you have to start over when you die. The story, the haphazard collection of pieces that it is, has a lot of atmosphere... the first time you meander through it, but it wears thin on subsequent readings. Combat is very simple and not very good. Trading from port to port isn't financially sound. Overall I'll just say the game is balanced heavily against the player in all aspects: combat, economy, exploration, etc. to the point where it can almost be said to be punitive where it should be encouraging. Some slightly more experienced design balance, a central storyline and better pacing and this would be a great game.