Turin_Vidsmidr

Story 65% - the bastard of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic & Baldur's Gate 2. Only 2 different main endings, the path may differ. No F button. World Building and Design 45% - lacking areas, boring, generic medieval, though bugless, barely any NPCs around, underpopulated areas. Quests 45% - short and boring quests, meaningless in regard of the main story, wasted a lot of potential. Gameplay Mechanics 65% - combat is good, bugless. Bosses show caring, good design, gotta use your brain. Some puzzles lack the clues. Character Building 70% - good for such a Hack&Slash adventure RPG. Can effect some choices and looting. Nothing radical. Time and Replayability 55% - got 22 Hours carefully watching all scenes, pondering dialogue choices, being as thorough as possible, relaxed. Graphics 70% - decent, considering its age and budget. Liked the daytime shadows. Textures are sometimes ugly. Music and Sound 75% - surprisingly epic, sometimes sounds like Two Steps from Hell. Not enough soundtrack variety though. Effects are okay. 65% - it's an okay oneshot but don't expect anything great. I guess if you know the world of The Dark Eye (Das Schwarze Auge) you'll appreciate the lore, story and characters more.

A game where the gameplay is actually tedious meaningless 0/10 fetchquests is not playable. Your successes, failures, deaths, decisions have 0 impact on the story. They should have just made a movie. If you want a real intense survival horror with dark atmosphere and philosophy involved then just play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly. It's even free.