Tanukitsune Posted December 23, 2010 I never heard of Arcanum until I saw in on sale on GoG, but the idea of a steampunk RPG seemed worth the risk and boy did it pay out! I chose to play as a female "Mad Doctor" called... Agatha Heterodyne! :B As soon as I started... I got my ass handed to me... I killed everything and picked every item in that area, but the moment I tried to leave... I became wolf chow! I persisted and finally made it out of the area... by the skin of my teeth! By the time I finally made it out of that area I had used EVERY healing item, every attack item! This is the kind of game where it's not easy knowing what is the right thing to do and you'll usually do the wrong thing more than once! I'm surprised I accepted my "punishments" so well... In one dispute I chose the wrong side and ended up cursed and I just accepted it! I heard this was made by the same team that made Fallout and it shows by the sheer amount of decisions you can make, but I don't remember it being so harsh combat wise... I always barely made it out of each combat, but then again, I played it "nice" and only killed when attacked first... I also kinda got a "bad" ending, because I missed some critical side quests.. Oh...I was kinda disappointed with the steampunk part.. When I finally got to build a mechanical spider it was so tiny and slow I had to pick it up and throw it with each combat like a pokéball... The Tesla rod was awesome though! Why did I never hear of this game before? I can actually remember seeing their other games on the shelves in stores and all, but Arcanum? I never knew it existed until last week! I know Toblix has played this game, but what about the rest of you? Have you ever played what is essentially "Steapunk Fallout"? If you haven't.... get it while it's still on sale at GoG! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juv3nal Posted December 23, 2010 I played a lot of it but I'm pretty sure I ended up getting pissed off at some bug (it wasn't, if I remember correctly, anything that would have stopped me from finishing the game, just something that denied me the particular outcome of a quest that I had been aiming for or something) and never finished it. I don't remember the exact bug, but I do remember replaying over an hour (since the beginning of the questline) to try to get the proper outcome to "click". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted December 23, 2010 Oh, yeah! I think I encountered quite a few bugs, specially in sidequests! In one sidequest I think I was supposed to escort an elf to Tarant.... Except the option to accept this quest wouldn't appear! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asembo Posted December 23, 2010 With Fallout 1 being one of my favorite games, Arcanum seemed like a game that I would really like. My first impression was great, given that I only played it for 15 minutes. Is that co-op mod any good? I bought Arcanum yesterday along with Stonekeep and am planning to play it with a friend of mine if it's not bad/broken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted December 23, 2010 I have no idea... I never clicked on multiplayer option. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted December 23, 2010 I too greatly enjoy a bit of Arcanery. If that co-op bit is for more than 2 people, count me in. (Though I seem to remember something about it being an entirely different story with the base game, so a mod might alleviate that.) The game itself had reviews along the lines of "fresh and innovative in ways, but sadly incomplete" or something, which I was quite disappointed by. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted December 24, 2010 I haven't tried it myself, but it looks like you can host a game? The other options seem to require an account for something I doubt exists anymore... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted December 24, 2010 I have a feeling this is going to end in disappointment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted December 24, 2010 Why? I'm the pickiest when it comes to RPGs and I loved it! STEAMPUNK.... FALLOUT! NUFF' SAID! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted December 24, 2010 I'm just talking about that multiplayer venture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted December 24, 2010 Well, since it's pre-Steam the only way for us to play multiplayer would be contact everybody through some IM service and hope the connection stays stable.... And we'd probably have to set a certain time and date, like the Left4Thumbs and others... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted December 24, 2010 I'm just thinking if Arcanum had an actually functional and playable multiplayer mode we'd have heard of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted December 24, 2010 brkl said: I'm just thinking if Arcanum had an actually functional and playable multiplayer mode we'd have heard of it. Again, I think part of the reason we haven't (or it was only briefly mentioned) is that it isn't actual story-line co-op. It's a different story entirely. At least that's how it appeared when I last loaded it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
