Well I like the first game and I haven’t played the second one yet.
So I will only talk about the first game.
I like the fact that there are a lot of quests even though they are not very rewarding. I put an emphasis on “a lot”. There are plenty of secondary quests and you have to go around finding them. If you like exploration and enjoy doing something extra than the main story you will like the amount of quest going on about. None of the quests are repeatable, which is a plus in my book. I also like that there is a lot to do. You can gamble, fistfight, meddle in alchemy and fight monsters. And it isn’t farmers friendly, because if you intend to farm it will take a lot of time. One last thing, I know it’s not really something important but it is a plus. Your character can have sex with quite a few of the female characters in the game, if you speak with everyone, and he is a bad ass.
What I don’t like is mainly the combat system. It is a bit stiff and it doesn’t allow a lot of flexibility when fighting. For me this is not an enormous disadvantage because on last difficulty it still stays somewhat hard and I occupy myself with thoughts on how to survive without spending a lot of money on alchemy. Another thing that some might consider a down side is the fact that there is no fast travel. If you need to go somewhere you go there on foot and that is that.
The graphics and sound are very good for a 2007 game and I find them enjoyable. If they find it within themselves to forgive the almost constant clipping of Gerald’s (your character) hair through the sword on his back, there isn’t much that people won’t like graphic wise. The sound helps set the atmosphere and the overall appearance of the medieval world is well made. I like that they have tried to keep it realistic when making the designs for the levels and buildings.
The graphics and sound are very good for a 2007 game and I find them enjoyable. If they find it within themselves to forgive the almost constant clipping of Gerald’s (your character) hair through the sword on his back, there isn’t much that people won’t like graphic wise. The sound helps set the atmosphere and the overall appearance of the medieval world is well made. I like that they have tried to keep it realistic when making the designs for the levels and buildings.
Lastly if you like the first game and want to play the second game as well, save your save files because you can import them into the second game.
As for mods for Arcanum.
http://www.terra-arcanum.com/downloads/section/arcanumI use the main module expansion, the high resolution patch and the unofficial patch.
