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Posted February 16, 2012
You must succeed where the greatest of heroes has failed.

It’s been a while since there has been a new RPG on GOG.com shelves, but today we offer [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/soulbringer]Soulbringer on GOG.com for only $5.99.

Let’s conduct a little thought excercise here: If you were an average person living in the mystical world of Rathenna and your father was killed and your uncle Adrus turned out to know a lot about magic, ancient warriors, and demons, would you rather:

a) ignore your crazy uncle, live on a farm, raise a family, and live a long and boring life or,
b) learn magic, learn sword-wielding, awaken your powers inherited from your past lives, and slay ancient demons, preserving the world for all?

Those of you who decided that option “a” sounds a little too dull have a chance to jump into the fantasy world of Soulbringer, an action RPG in the spirit of other classic hack and slash games of the era.

Soulbringer is one of those “hidden gems” that we love to bring up to the surface here on GOG. It was buried in an avalanche of other fantastic cRPGs released in the year 2000 (Diablo II, Icewind Dale, and Baldur’s Gate II all came out that year!), but if it had been released in a different year, it would likely also be one of the classic RPGs we all know and love. The things that make a well-crafted piece of action fantasy gaming, like a unique combat system, well-constructed magic, a long and involving storyline, and the indefinable ‘joy factor’ are all here and make Soulbringer the perfect addition to your fantasy/RPG shelf.

Soulbringer is the kind of RPG that offers a lot of action and fun and is definitely worth buying on GOG.com for only $5.99.
Posted February 20, 2012
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yavornn: Actually, in order to have that eax.dll file, you just need to install a support application called Eax Unified.

Most older games used to install Eax Unified right after game installation. I don't know if gog includes it in the installer, but you can check the game's image file which has the extension .gog in this case.

Or you could also install Eax Unified from another game and it should work with Alchemy, and respectively Soulbringer.

Anyway this just relates to the Eax discussion,and I am afraid it won't solve the crashing problems that people are having. To tell you the truth, I am also a creative user and have found out in time that disabling eax in those older games solves a lot of problems, including crashing, sound distortions, missing sound, etc. I haven't tested gog's version or, for that matter, Soulbringer, but I bet it would be more stable with eax turned off.
It's the non-eax version most are using anyway.. so if it's more stable that way I'd hate to see the eax version.
Posted February 20, 2012
Wishlisted for now, seeing that the game may or may not have problems.
Posted February 21, 2012
just to say the game works perfectly on a XP system....
Posted February 21, 2012
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meudoland: just to say the game works perfectly on a XP system....
32Bit with SP3 or?
Posted February 21, 2012
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meudoland: just to say the game works perfectly on a XP system....
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Nirth_90: 32Bit with SP3 or?
or nothing else...
Posted February 22, 2012
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RafaelLopez: Game page says the combat and magic system can be as simple or complex as I'd like. What's that mean?
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Expack: From what I've read, you can either use BUTTON SPAM DIE MONSTER!!! (e.g. using spells and different kinds of weapon attacks using different mouse buttons and/or hot-keys), or you can create special macro-attacks, which allow you to string two or more attacks and/or spells together, and bind them to a key or mouse button. Thus, in exchange for a bit of forethought and trial-and-error, you can potentially save yourself a lot of keystrokes during battle!

Of course, given as I have no practical experience with Soulbringer whatsoever, I can't vouch for the validity of the above information. Therefore, please take what I say with a grain of salt, so to speak.
Makes sense.
Posted February 23, 2012
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Expack: Of course, given as I have no practical experience with Soulbringer whatsoever, I can't vouch for the validity of the above information. Therefore, please take what I say with a grain of salt, so to speak.
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RafaelLopez: Makes sense.
actually you're totally correct - there are various weapons and spells with different effects on enemies, and you can all mix these into combos (or just choose different strikes as you like)

example: bandit - they're made of flesh (obviously) so a slash with a sword or a fire spell can do the trick. so for your combo you use "one stab", "one low slash" (go for his kneecaps! :), "two stabs" and "one fireball"... that should do the trick...

another example: skeleton - I've found out that pickaxe is extremely efficient on these, and as the pickaxe has only one possible attack, "swing above your head", you enter four or five of these into your combo and you're fine :)

(from what I recall the combo ends automatically when the opponent dies so you don't have to worry about too much items in your combo)
Posted February 23, 2012
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RafaelLopez: Makes sense.
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Kunovski: actually you're totally correct - there are various weapons and spells with different effects on enemies, and you can all mix these into combos (or just choose different strikes as you like)

example: bandit - they're made of flesh (obviously) so a slash with a sword or a fire spell can do the trick. so for your combo you use "one stab", "one low slash" (go for his kneecaps! :), "two stabs" and "one fireball"... that should do the trick...

another example: skeleton - I've found out that pickaxe is extremely efficient on these, and as the pickaxe has only one possible attack, "swing above your head", you enter four or five of these into your combo and you're fine :)

(from what I recall the combo ends automatically when the opponent dies so you don't have to worry about too much items in your combo)
Looks great really.
Posted February 23, 2012
yeah, digging into my memories, this game has a unique fantastic absorbing atmosphere.
and not to mention about the true epic quest!......
Posted February 23, 2012
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RafaelLopez: Makes sense.
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Kunovski: actually you're totally correct - there are various weapons and spells with different effects on enemies, and you can all mix these into combos (or just choose different strikes as you like)

example: bandit - they're made of flesh (obviously) so a slash with a sword or a fire spell can do the trick. so for your combo you use "one stab", "one low slash" (go for his kneecaps! :), "two stabs" and "one fireball"... that should do the trick...

another example: skeleton - I've found out that pickaxe is extremely efficient on these, and as the pickaxe has only one possible attack, "swing above your head", you enter four or five of these into your combo and you're fine :)

(from what I recall the combo ends automatically when the opponent dies so you don't have to worry about too much items in your combo)
Four or five listings of the same action is redundant.. just put one action and press the 'loop' button to the right of it.
Post edited February 23, 2012 by Tormentfan
Posted February 23, 2012
Roughly how long is this game to complete in hours?
Posted February 24, 2012
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Tormentfan: Four or five listings of the same action is redundant.. just put one action and press the 'loop' button to the right of it.
sorry, don't remember it that clearly I see...
Posted February 24, 2012
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meudoland: just to say the game works perfectly on a XP system....
Have you completed it?

It looked as if it was perfect on Win7, then it all fell apart a few hours in.
Post edited February 24, 2012 by Tormentfan
Posted February 24, 2012
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tarangwydion: Roughly how long is this game to complete in hours?
I nver finished it "back then", but iirc it is really, really long. At least 40 - 60 hours. I played it for weeks and never got the feeling I got near the end.
Posted February 24, 2012
I see. Thanks.
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