Played Drakensang, Geneforge 5, King's Bounty, Mount and Blade, all of them decent games but wow is that a poor year. Really, really poor.
We got a decent game based on a pen and paper system, Drakensang, which is good enough but not stellar. The sequel River of Time was better.
We got a sequel, Geneforge 5, which is one of the best of its series but it's also the last worthwhile game Vogel made up to now. His last high point before he declined into re-making his remakes and trying to ape Bioware with Avadon.
King's Bounty is essentially a resurrection of an old DOS game. It's a fun game, but the best in the series was Armored Princess. Good game tho.
Mount and Blade is fun for a while before it becomes repetitive, but luckily there are boatloads of mods to add longevity to the game. Mods are this game's lifeblood. Just like King's Bounty and Drakensang, however, this game is surpassed by its sequel... although Warband does more than just surpass the original M&B, it completely obsoletes it. There's no reason to play it over Warband, unless you want to try an old mod that hasn't been ported over.
Most of the others I haven't played, but SoZ is an expansion to an already existing game so I don't know how well we can count this as its own game.
Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods is an insult to every Gothic fan out there. Gothic 3 was buggy, but there was a good game beneath the bugs. This, however... this is pure shit. It's like a bunch of Indians went from their designated shitting streets into an office bulding, crapped on a DVD, and then sold the result as a game. Which may very well be what happened here.
Sacred 2 is an average Diablo clone that doesn't quite reach the quality of its predecessor, Sacred 1. Meh.
Space Siege is one of the most boring Diablo clones ever made, and I'm a guy who actually enjoyed Dungeon Siege 1 and 2. But this? Wow this is bland.
Terrible year overall.
We got a decent game based on a pen and paper system, Drakensang, which is good enough but not stellar. The sequel River of Time was better.
We got a sequel, Geneforge 5, which is one of the best of its series but it's also the last worthwhile game Vogel made up to now. His last high point before he declined into re-making his remakes and trying to ape Bioware with Avadon.
King's Bounty is essentially a resurrection of an old DOS game. It's a fun game, but the best in the series was Armored Princess. Good game tho.
Mount and Blade is fun for a while before it becomes repetitive, but luckily there are boatloads of mods to add longevity to the game. Mods are this game's lifeblood. Just like King's Bounty and Drakensang, however, this game is surpassed by its sequel... although Warband does more than just surpass the original M&B, it completely obsoletes it. There's no reason to play it over Warband, unless you want to try an old mod that hasn't been ported over.
Most of the others I haven't played, but SoZ is an expansion to an already existing game so I don't know how well we can count this as its own game.
Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods is an insult to every Gothic fan out there. Gothic 3 was buggy, but there was a good game beneath the bugs. This, however... this is pure shit. It's like a bunch of Indians went from their designated shitting streets into an office bulding, crapped on a DVD, and then sold the result as a game. Which may very well be what happened here.
Sacred 2 is an average Diablo clone that doesn't quite reach the quality of its predecessor, Sacred 1. Meh.
Space Siege is one of the most boring Diablo clones ever made, and I'm a guy who actually enjoyed Dungeon Siege 1 and 2. But this? Wow this is bland.
Terrible year overall.
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.Really liked the final boss from river of time,it was really nasty battle with a few stages,it remained me of the lizard asshole from the first game.River of time have more use for skills in dialogues,also a few fun side quest.
