Arcanum Review

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Written by BuckGB on October 10th, 2001

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Given Arcanum's considerable appeal, it seems almost ungracious to point out any of its failings. To be fair, it doesn't have many, and given the incredible depth of the game world it's amazing that any developer could adequately test it at all. A prolonged period of testing may have contributed to the game's dated-looking graphics and character animation. The waypoint system, a sometimes-handy contrivance that allows you to travel from point to point in towns by selecting a destination, sometimes fails to function at all. A real-time combat mode is available, but is far too unmanageable for any but the most trivial battles. Fortunately the turn based mode works just fine.

Once the world of Arcanum sucks you in and it will these little quirks start to feel less and less important. You stop worrying about waypoints and start marveling at the story and setting that unfolds before you. Enjoy it while it lasts, because role-playing games like this don't come along very often.

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