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Great Idea that was Poorly Implemented
First, the good. This game uses the enviroment and gives a number of options to complete most goals using magic, stealth, or brute force. It is rather amazing to be able to utilize so much of the world as opposed to the usual eye-candy other games give you but no interaction. <
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>The bad. This game is short, very short. I bought it recently and would have been seriously angry to have paid the original retail price for this game. There are serious technical issues going on with this game which include audio stuttering, slowdowns, and hard crashes and some hotkeys just stop working. Much of this is related to the source engine and is found in other games using that source engine, but that's no exuse. The game also has a bit of challenge issue, in that it moves from incredibly easy to moments of frustratingly hard. It wouldn't be so bad if it was consistent. Also, in this date and age, games should not be this linear (there is no deviating from the main game except a few minute quests) and there is only one single male character (what no female story line?). Also the do it this one way or reload approach is not a next generation game methodology... especially when the loading times are pathetic. <
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>Lastly, the multiplayer game doesn't play anything like a the singe player. If they could have create a game that was thoughtful and challenging like the single player as opposed to the quick brawling fests of the multiplayer... then i would have given it more stars. At the price the game sells for now, sure its worth it. <
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>Hopefully, in the future the company will put more effort and technical expertise into their products... this could have been incredible.

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Not great, but not bad.
I had the same problem with this game that I had with Half Life 2 -- and no wonder, since they share the same engine: <
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>I enjoy playing other RPGs where I can apparently run in a straight line from one end of the world to the other and never face a loading screen. This game presents one roughly every 10 minutes. Sooner, if you hurry. <
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>Other than that, it's not bad. FPS meets RPG, basically. Decent combat and magic and good physics, very nice graphics, though the storyline is a bit eye-rolling, as are some of the situations it puts you in (oh, I'll just stop here in the middle of a dungeon and forge a sword, then, shall I? I'm sure those guys down the hall will never hear that!). Still, not bad. I got it for free with my video card and I suggest that this is the best way to obtain the game. Barring that, getting it in the discount bin wouldn't be bad. I think I'd have been sorely disappointed had I paid full retail price for it when it was new, though. <
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love the game
i see alot of comments on the game some are not happy with this game. <
>i love it i cant seem to get out of the start of the game without dieing but it is still a real fun time trying.the graghics are great.my computer stutters a bit with the game but overall it is fun to play and fun to die i guess lol.enjoy.