Posted October 16, 2018
GRAPHICS:
And by that - as others mentioned, load times. And lag. So when the game first installed, it installed with HIGH settings for _everything_. When I turned it would take anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds to see the movement. So I went into the settings changed it to MEDIUM for almost everything, leaving a few things High. No change. Changed it all to MEDIUM. No change. Changed it all to LOW, and now I can move, but the graphics look atrocious.
LOAD TIMES:
As others have said - the load times can take anywhere from a minute to three minutes. And this is not an exaggeration.
MOVEMENT:
This might be something in the game that I've not figured out yet - but some monsters can move back a space - so that certain attacks you have can't reach. It's easy enough to move side to side, but the fact that you can't move forward while in combat to attack monsters is annoying. Maybe there's a way to move forward during, but if there is - I've not found it.
CUSTOMIZATION OF CHARACTERS:
One of the great thing about RPGs these days is being able to customize your character. Their looks/height/hair/eyes/etc. - this game has none of that. You pick a class, then a Race - and depending on the region you're given one specific look. This is trivial, yes, but it was disappointing that I could not change my hero to look how I wanted to them.
THE GOOD:
It's not all bad. With my graphics turned to LOW and waiting for load times; I did find that the game was enjoyable from what little I played before my patience wore thin. Some aspects remind me of THIEF ("Stick to the shadows so you're not seen!").
CONCLUSION:
Hoping an update comes out to fix some of these things, but until then it's too much waiting and being pulled out of the game, because you get bored and read a book or comic until the screen loads. And the forced LOW graphics don't make the game visually pleasing.
And by that - as others mentioned, load times. And lag. So when the game first installed, it installed with HIGH settings for _everything_. When I turned it would take anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds to see the movement. So I went into the settings changed it to MEDIUM for almost everything, leaving a few things High. No change. Changed it all to MEDIUM. No change. Changed it all to LOW, and now I can move, but the graphics look atrocious.
LOAD TIMES:
As others have said - the load times can take anywhere from a minute to three minutes. And this is not an exaggeration.
MOVEMENT:
This might be something in the game that I've not figured out yet - but some monsters can move back a space - so that certain attacks you have can't reach. It's easy enough to move side to side, but the fact that you can't move forward while in combat to attack monsters is annoying. Maybe there's a way to move forward during, but if there is - I've not found it.
CUSTOMIZATION OF CHARACTERS:
One of the great thing about RPGs these days is being able to customize your character. Their looks/height/hair/eyes/etc. - this game has none of that. You pick a class, then a Race - and depending on the region you're given one specific look. This is trivial, yes, but it was disappointing that I could not change my hero to look how I wanted to them.
THE GOOD:
It's not all bad. With my graphics turned to LOW and waiting for load times; I did find that the game was enjoyable from what little I played before my patience wore thin. Some aspects remind me of THIEF ("Stick to the shadows so you're not seen!").
CONCLUSION:
Hoping an update comes out to fix some of these things, but until then it's too much waiting and being pulled out of the game, because you get bored and read a book or comic until the screen loads. And the forced LOW graphics don't make the game visually pleasing.
