Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call

It is a game that is very generic but not in a bad sense at least imho. It crashed once but it think it{s because I had it set to upscale with FSR which does not work well with a lot of games either way. The story is interesting enough to keep you wanting more and the gameplay although a bit rough, it{s charming. I honestly thought I{d return it after 2 hours but I kept playing because it felt familiar. The magic system is simple, the melee combat feels pretty rough, and bow and arrow is actually kind of good. Cannot swim, which means instant death in the water (kind of stupid). Overall is a 7/10 game. Just play it if you are bored and can catch it on a discount.

This game is really awesome! its very nostalgic! Alot of loot to gather. I do have one critic, I have noticed that wearing armor verse wearing none has little effect minus stamina. I tried both ways with armor and without armor several times to ensure I wasn't lacking and to my knowledge besides stamina I didn't see any change really. So i played the other half of the game with no armor and found it to be easier. Other than this the game was pretty awesome!!

A little on the simple side so far at about 3 hours in. Enjoying the exploration, and level design so far. Feels like a "Fable lite" so far.

I'm a little less than 8 hours into the game but I've spent the entire time in the first chapter just exploring these maps. The design is genuinely great, always urging me to check every nook and cranny because even if you're just finding junk you can dismantle it for valuable crafting materials or sell it for a ton of cash. You can find side quests sitting around that lead you to even more areas in a map you thought you fully explored. Combat is great though I've seen complaints in many reviews that almost made me not buy the game. That would have been a tragedy. People seem to have expected Elden Ring, but the combat in this works much like it did back in the 360 era action RPGs like Kingdoms of Amalur. It allows you to kite enemies, take cheap shots and generally use the systems to your advantage. It's not about learning the enemy attack patterns, it's about playing with the game's systems. Ignore the fact that it has a stamina and a dodge roll, they work well in this game and add a little depth to the combat. But this is NOT a souls-like, and shouldn't be. We have enough of those. Impressive as well is the art direction. It's not the most realistic game ever made, nor are the graphics perfect, but the uniform artistic direction makes the world itself immersive. It's also easy to read and easy to see, as in traversing levels and spotting enemies is effortless. Despite how many areas wrap in upon themselves and generate almost mazes, at no point did I feel lost because everything appears unique, and the art direction and map design lend themselves well to understanding where you are. No performance issues at all running on Epic settings. I'm thoroughly impressed, and even more so that this was crafted by 7 people. I will update if the game begins to disappoint me as I've not yet finished it, but with how much fun I've been having I figured this deserved a positive review. UPDATE: Just beat it. What a game. Though I will say that enemy variety is an issue, the last boss ended up being interesting and unique compared to all previous bosses, and that developer room was a treat. Shoutouts to Lewis Newnham for the incredible level design, I remained impressed with his work throughout the game. The music was also a treat, and the track at the last level playing during the rain was perfectly melancholy. I'm sure I'll be replaying it after the expected melee update, and I hope it doesn't change the combat too much.

Замечательная смесь fable и souls like игр

Overall a fun experience with some flaws. There are 9 chapters, a finale, and an epilogue. The epilogue gives you access to a dev room, they left notes and fun things to look at, which I loved. The first 70% of the game were the best. Sidequests, mobs to hunt, chests to find, lots to see and explore. A good mix of weapons and magic and potions to use. You can make your own potions! With different effects. And you name and color it. I liked that. If I had to compare it with other games, I'd say Fable and Tainted Grail and Skyrim had this as a baby. But after the fun times, the last 30% show that it is made by small team and that there were limits to their budget. The last sets of dungeons appear to be maze-like, but when you actually walk through them, they become veeery linear. Also, the mobs repeat in the end a lot, lots of zombie like blob creatures. I admit I ran through some sections, because I didn't feel like fighting the same thing for the 10th time. I played this on normal and sometimes on easy, when I died too much to a boss near the end. Towards the end there were no story sidequests, or I wasn't able to find any. I enjoyed the music, voices and story, everything was fitting. The only thing I hated was the jumping. It's weird. Sometimes you have minor platforming sections, but it drove me nuts at times. It seemed momentum based? This is the only thing I wish the devs would look into again.

Кратко бы я описал игру Fable, но если бы Питер Молинье не был ♥♥♥♥аболом, из разрабов у него два статиста и один художник, а бюджет состоит из пару банок Балтики и 500 рублей. Главные проблемы в игре это убитый баланс луков и магии, и отсюда вытекающий убитый челлендж. В начале игры можно вкачать кровоток стрелы... и все. Любой босс (даже финальный) дохнут с 5-6 стрел на маскисальном уровне сложности. Добавьте к этому файрбол который доступен в начале игры. Статус эффекты просто убивает весь кор геймплей. Зачем танчить кривые хитбоксы бомжей в мили, если можно отойти на максимально дальнюю дистанцию или залесть на уступ (ии не может пользоваться лестницами и вообще прыгать, он там ♥♥♥♥♥♥ какой тупой) и расстрелять из лука? Из врагов доступно только 4 вида врагов: бомж, бомж-дальник, бомж потолще, и бомж которого выгоднее расстрелять из лука, так как в мили теряешь с ним 2/3 полоски. Боссов от силы 4-5 с кривыми мувсетами, остальные вышеперечисленные бомжи с полоской хп на HUD-е В игре нет ни одного запоминающегося квеста или персонажа, история и лор проходняк. При таком визуале вообще отстуствует какой либо юмор. В Fable были и сходки задротов, в квесте которых надо было быть их миниатюрной фигуркой в их настолке, заставлять призрака дописать ♥♥♥♥♥♥ пьесу, бордели открывать. Ну а тут... 4 квеста на убийство мобов и стрельба в смеющихся гномов. Видимо поэтому фантазии не хватило и после 4 главы сайдквестов нет и игра становится линейной Я не хочу ставить диз, по причине того что ну с того что это первая игра у разраба. Судя по всему он 4 года ♥♥♥♥♥♥ над ней, да и такой ненависти она не заслужила. Я бы на его месте еще года 2 покавырялся над ней, но судя по всему он сдулся и все косяки будут устранять патчами со временем.