Inquisitor - a crudely translated review
Okay - here's a randomly chosen Czech review, crudely translated to English - not edited.
Review is from per Games.cz (Tiscali.cz) web site - -
http://games.tiscali.cz/recenze/inquisitor-recenze-50138
They give only a 50% score - there are a few other reviews with higher scores (79% & 80%) but are less well written.
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November 15, 2009 0:00 - Review Author: George Brewer Comments: 0
Author: George Brewer
Published: November 15, 2009
Game Version: Final / Czech / PC
Review time: 1 week
Hunt for the witch hunt for heretics and interrogation of suspected henchmen in the tortures of hell powers, there's perhaps not. New RPG from the Dark Ages říznutého magic brings more original ideas.
God sent the plagues Ultherst empire fire and rain. Cemeteries are full of the dead, more dead people do not burn enough, half the city burned to ashes. Inquisition prosecuted witches upaluje suspects at the border, and rinsed evil demons. The gates of hell, but they are open ... Such is the introduction of the new Czech RPG and it looks like the Dark Ages really matter. Holy hell fighting powers to suggest the two of the three characters that you begin the game to choose from. Priest and paladin are best suited to him. Trinity adds clever thief who can fend for themselves in the good in bad times.
• Promising Character Creation
Rich set includes the main character be spread points to the fundamental properties and in skills. These are both common to all the characters - like the fight in the face from a distance, using armor or identification of objects - and also special for each class. A thief can improve in opening locks and collection bag mrštnému shunning enemies or verbosity, which offers more opportunities for interviews.
Paladin is a master at fighting with a shield, but can also repair damaged equipment using blacksmithing or estimating the enemy and inflict wounds him stronger. The priest in turn can learn alchemy and mixing potions, or mana restoration to be useful for adding a magical energy ... In the game of course you gain experience and improve skills and qualities. All characters can also choose the start of the book of magic; progress through the game can learn more and more.
• Shocking start
Rich options for creating character and hopefully my dark home games optimistic tune. Recording indicator slowly wind down, the game starts a. .. I expected many things, but not this. Some of the Czech game, just like lecjaký title from the former Eastern bloc, although graphically weaker than the world average, but this is really hell. Ugly, uninspired hand-drawn environments and embedded into one of the hardest heroes portrayed, I have seen in recent years. That includes freewarovek. And God forbid, if it forces the to move - tacky character rapidly oscillating topornýma down a forest path you really well nenaladí.
Each game reviewer occasionally curses his fate and railed at what kind of gibberish again got to review. I Inqusitora the jewels of Aion, and Dragon Age at first honestly hated it. But then I realized that I was obliged dokopala play the game that would otherwise discarded after two minutes. And that for me as an old school erpégéčkáře a shame. RPGs of the old school - it is exactly the case Inquisitor. If nothing else than a graphic nabušené advanced degrees are not playing, you probably do not read no further and leave the Inquisitor. But if you want to remind older titles and enjoy the original ideas, you may find this title to have its charm.
• heretics and the Inquisition
At the beginning of the game you look at a typical medieval city and you will quite quickly thrown into the role of investigator powerful Inquisition. In and around Hillbrandtu happens a lot iniquity losing themselves respectable citizens, the dead rise from the grave, dark rituals operate heretics, soldiers desert and reportedly had gone astray and honorable knight, when the foul orcs helped in the attack on the city ...
Allegedly? Yes, reportedly ... said, perhaps, perhaps. The words just now in the game you will meet quite often. Unlike many RPGs straightforward because you have a lot to verify the information from multiple sources to find evidence to refute the lies and superstitions, and specify the half-truths. Inquisitor is a lot of searching to adventurním in spirit, even when using classic RPG mechanisms, in this case collecting items and task management košatých many interviews. Truth and information are the main goal of your efforts. This is usually concerned not only with the task to "kill the bad guy and it ..." Yeah, it's the killing there of course, but first you'll have the villain to reveal themselves.
• The torture him!
Sometimes the search easier (necromancer hungry for your blood at a cemetery for the venerable citizen issue will not), but sometimes it turns out to be the villain at first sight noble probity. To gather evidence and return in the service of the Inquisition, however, you can use any means. Just torture! This feature is truly original and I do not remember him in any such game. How does it work? Credible and realistic: if you pick up some evidence against a suspect, issue a warrant Inquisitor, the zabásnete and then you can examine in the torture chamber. The culprit is usually granted, but beware of the torture of errors: it will be a good reputation among the people really does not add.
• Villages, forests, dank dungeons
After the game world by global travel map with important locations (a la Baldur's Gate), which is fast and convenient. Check out into the towns and villages, Orc camp, mines, underground crypts, spider nests, troll infested forests and mountain giants and half turn. Altogether this is a typical medieval places that evoke the gloomy atmosphere. So - induces, if they had been well prepared. But unfortunately not. The concept of the game world a captious note: this is a world where magic and wizards is quite slow, which is pretty cool. But where the hell it takes the magical ton (probably randomly generated) objects, huh?
Besides the large variety of weapons, armor, helms, amulets and other tomfoolery you'll get a solid variety of offensive, defensive and strengthening spells, divided into several schools. Weapons and spells will enjoy abundance, as it fights in the game quite a lot. Is sufficient to simply click on the enemy and its main character begins rubato what is at hand. The first mouse button, then use a special ability, so most of the magic ... or robbing people or too clinches locks. But this is out of combat, of course.
• You're not alone
The battle will not be alone - as the game progresses, you can take on different characters into teams, some of which hate each other. Number naverbovatelných helpers depends on your rank, you can break it over time with special quests and money. A ratio model of Fallout in the team can also take on dog fighting ...
The game is sometimes even at a low difficulty choosing quite difficult. Some will fight again and try again, or leave for later. Personally, I quite annoyed at fighting a small battery cronies, whom I took to the party. Paladin, a holy warrior and a typical "bucket" Indeed, the level-upech (in which a partner can influence) does not focus specifically on improving health, which is fighting the characters quite annoying. Already some on the tenth level was my main character - a thief and a shooter, and certainly not the typical bumper - more than hitpointů nice paladin. Which is wrong. Over time, although it leveled, but smarter I would have expected improvements a partner (or the opportunity to influence their development).
• Damage horrible graphics
Not only is the hero of the struggle alive. It may also be alive to trade and vyspravovat guns, rich talk to many NPCs, or need to play dice in the tavern. The game is generally very rich, and even more sorry you mentioned poor image processing. Animation freewarovku like someone just hard to take. Otherwise, the technical aspect of the game pulled off quite well, and besides the occasional crashes on Windows (which ascribe review version of the game) I found no problems. Awards include textařům and scriptwriters, who set a really large amounts of dialogue and narrative readable and quality manual. A little friendly and could be clearer diary and a map, but the basic orientation of these devices is sufficient.
The outdated graphics, I'm surprisingly a few hours of play settled. Woeful animation and irritant to me say it, but from playing strictly discourage me. I surprised myself, as I sometimes hunt for heretics and infernal helpers entertained. And anyway: do you know how this game seems to me? As the artist sat down, came up with a lot of ideas that fell short in other RPGs, and put together a very good script and game mechanics with many original features. Programmed the game, but found that they had no professional graphics ...
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• Ordinary players, hands off
In other words, for mass-oriented gaming audience Inquisitor is totally bricked. The title not only not beautiful or even breathtaking, and he is basically not much koukatelný. Erpégéček fans who over the graphics eye přimhouří But he will come to their own - such inquisitorial investigation into a dark fantasy world does not try too often.
A language of numbers: if you belong to this group of players, feel free to total verdict Bid few tens of percent. If someone is completely stolen graphics, whether they be presented 8 / 10 ... game principles and the atmosphere is having. Maybe next time the resulting mix of great ideas and terrible treatment left with only the positives. It would be best to wait until the game is cheaper from the current 666 CZK to be half the amount before or at a magazine.