Hard to be a God Review

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Written by BuckGB on June 2nd, 2008

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As with most RPG's in Hard to be a God you are often required to venture in to areas where you are less then welcome and the game employs a pretty solid disguise system that allows you to trick your would be enemies into thinking you're one of them, they will even fight along side you if you are being hunted down by a nasty that maybe lurking in the undergrowth.

Despite the use of disguises being solid there are times in which you have no option other then to fight, whether it be against man or beast. Thankfully the game features a rather good combat system that utilises both the mouse buttons giving you two different attacks speed and power. The system works well and makes a change from simply repeatedly clicking away on the mouse. The game also offers a range of melee and ranged weapons adding to the variation of the combat system although when using ranged weapons you will often have to quickly switch to your melee weapon as enemies tend to bear down on your position. Enemies themselves provide little challenge and can easily be disposed of usually by simply tapping the mouse button which takes away some of the finesse of the games combat system. However, enemies will often attack in groups and this usually results in your death and can be the cause of a lot of frustration, as the game features a stamina bar which once depleted removes your ability to defend yourself. So you may find it easy to dispose of one enemy but when there's a group you will often find yourself at their mercy meaning you will need to reload your last save. This happens on a fairly regular basis and really does spoil the enjoyment of this title.

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