I find the combat extremely tedious and it kills a lot of my enjoyment. Also, the lack of weapon and armor choices is extreme. This game feels like an indie made for $50,000 to me. I've been letting Bones kill everything while I just wander around once they lose aggro on me. I grabbed that item that Joxer mentions in the spoiler thread on fog island and wandered around there a bit, but I'm heading back to the Crab Coast now. After I finish off exploring it, I'll try to go get Crystal Magic in Tyranis. If magic isn't much better than melee, this will be another PB game that ends up on the shelf.
Exploration is just wonderful in the game, but I can't seem to use 90% of the loot I find until later. I haven't found a locked chest yet that I can open as the game seems to expect all of your stats to be in the 50's range and so you're supposed the spend the first 30 hours of the game doing boring melee. Not for me; at all. I've never been a button masher. I like to kill from stealth; impossible in the game as far as I can tell. Ranged weapons have a range of like 10 feet. I haven't found a longbow, crossbow or rifle that allows for distance killing. The game should give you all 3 ways of killing right in the beginning. Give me a magic missile spell that I can spam instead of playing whack a mole. Gonna visit the mages and see if I can find a fun way to fight. If not, time to uninstall and move on.
Exploration is just wonderful in the game, but I can't seem to use 90% of the loot I find until later. I haven't found a locked chest yet that I can open as the game seems to expect all of your stats to be in the 50's range and so you're supposed the spend the first 30 hours of the game doing boring melee. Not for me; at all. I've never been a button masher. I like to kill from stealth; impossible in the game as far as I can tell. Ranged weapons have a range of like 10 feet. I haven't found a longbow, crossbow or rifle that allows for distance killing. The game should give you all 3 ways of killing right in the beginning. Give me a magic missile spell that I can spam instead of playing whack a mole. Gonna visit the mages and see if I can find a fun way to fight. If not, time to uninstall and move on.
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