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| PLATFORM: | Xbox |
| AGE GROUP: | 17 years and up |
| CATEGORY: | Video Games |
| MANUFACTURER: | Dream Catcher Interactive |
| ESRB RATING: | Mature |
| FEATURES: | First-person fantasy role-playing game, Intriging story, deep envirnment, high level of interactivity, user-friendly interface, Weild over 20 powerfully crushing weapons while encountering hundreds of characters, Realistic first-person combat, real-time spell-casting system, character creation, For 1 player |
| TYPE: | Video Games, Xbox (x box), Microsoft, Action, Adventure |
| MEDIA: | Video Game |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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Customer Reviews of Arx Fatalis
Doesn't quite make the grade I like a good story, a good premise. This is Arx Fatalis' stronger point (society gone underground after the death of the sun / goblins, trolls, men and such sharing the limited space and resources of the underworld). I must however admit that I have been spoiled by contemporary graphics. This is Arx Fatalis' weak point; the graphics are drab, choppy, and far from creating the illusion of 3-dimensional. They are simply outdated.
Voice acting is interesting (even funny at times) and the ability to mix items together creatively is nice (you can bake bread; this is inexplicably satisfying) but the automap is very poor (I spent much too much time lost with no way of getting found except running over the same ground repeatedly with almost no regenerating opponents to challenge me, for, well, I don't know how many hours).
Not to sound shallow but graphics are important when you are trying to submerge yourself into an environment. If I wanted ONLY a good story I'd read a book. If they took their story, their creative ideas, and attached them to updated graphics and sound, they would have had an outstanding game.
If you like Ultima Underworld this is your game!!!
The kingdoms of the earth have moved underground as the Sun has been destroyed. The entire game plays out as one huge dungeon with beautiful interconnecting levels. The game is first-person like Morrowind but much different. This game was obviously inspired by Ultima Underworld 1&2.
The magic system is killer. You collect runes and have a spellbook. You look in the spell-book which shows you street-fighter style combos to perform with your d-pad to cast your spells. This makes the game like a pen&paper rpg and adds tons of strategy.
Music is very dark & ambient and the game heavily relies on sound-effects. The first time you run into a Lich-Lord you will be scared to death.
Storyline is very dark. There are no dialouge options.
Graphics are very good...just not good by xbox standards. A little sub par compared to Morrowind.
This is an excellent first game developed by French Arkane Studios. The sequal is rumored to be using the Half-Life 2 engine.
The major flaws with this game would be the cumbersome inventory system(think Diablo instead of encumbrance). And you HAVE to have a FAQ to figure this game out. www.rpgdot.com has a really good one. Also NPC audio has lots of echo.
But you really should see the item-creation system. You can make pies, roast-chicken, potions, swords, a fishing pole.
All in all expect about 30 - 40 hours of game play with a FAQ. Without a FAQ you will NEVER complete this game!!!