GreedFall

Canceled The creators of Greedfall have undoubtedly had the heart in the right place in the creation of the game, as it has much of what such a game should have.

Unfortunately, there are many annoyances, such as the lack of cutscenes or sequences in addition to just talking and walking, as well as many illogical limitations in its course.

The big plus of this game is the use of diplomacy, rather than pulling weapons in all situations.

I can't really recommend this one. While the under-utilised historical influences are pleasant and the voice acting is strong, the negatives outweigh the positives.

One of the first things to draw my attention was the basic errors in subtitles' spelling and grammar. Two examples I noted were the misspelling 'sollicit', and the use of 'rebel rousers' instead of 'rabble rousers' - amateurish, easily correctable mistakes.

Some of the side-quests are fairly interesting, but a large amount of your questing time will be spent running between NPCs. This has driven me from other games in the past, and it's done so once again with GreedFall.

The lore has some potential, but I don't think it is introduced very effectively to the player. The term 'lore dump' would be an apposite description of what the player is subjected to in the first minutes of gameplay. A more informative opening cinematic would help here.

The combat is serviceable but becomes repetitive fairly quickly, and dialogue sequences are consistently verbose.

All things considered, the interaction of 17th-century New World and European fantasy aesthetics is very refreshing, but as an RPG GreedFall quickly falls flat.

Much like Cyanide, Spiders is an ambitious developer which usually bites off more than it can chew. With GreedFall, however, Spiders finally delivered. A cocktail between BioWare games like Dragon Age: Inquisition and the Risen series, this action-RPG instantly captured my attention for its neat setting, inspired by 17th century colonialism.

After a prologue/tutorial, the young protagonist (customizable in gender and appearance) leaves his baroque city to explore an exotic island colonized by his countrymen and other factions, seeking for the cure to a deadly plague.

The game is a bit rough around the edges but there many things to like: solid writing, serviceable gameplay, a semi-open world with some pretty locations, interesting and likable party members, factions conflicting with each other, a character system with different skills and talents (magic, firearms, crafting...), quests with multiple solutions (combat, stealth, disguise, diplomacy...) and moral choices.

There are flaws. While acting is fine, lip-syncing is off. Colonies are often populated by scores of identical NPCs who are invulnerable and don't react to attacks. There isn't a theft system, so you can take everything you find without repercussions. The three main colonies look nice and distinctive but there isn't a lot to do in them apart from a few places of interest; ironically, wilderness maps are more eventful. Combat is competent but unbalanced in favor of ranged attacks (magic and guns), while melee is much harder. It is entirely possible to create hybrid classes though.

Overall, this was a pleasant surprise. I enjoyed the characters and the setting and appreciated that quests often have a narrative twist to make them more interesting and unpredictable.

Fantastic game. I went in having no idea what to expect but was still blown away. The length of the game was great, it never felt like it was dragging on so I was constantly and consistently enjoying it. Several games give you way too much to do, quest-wise, leaving you overwhelmed. At no point in this game did I feel like that. The squad you put together has diverse character with different personalities and all were great additions to complement your character and playing style. The story was original and fresh complete with several good twists and turns. It drew me in completely and I was always looking forward to turning on the Xbox and playing it. Yes, the animation was kinda wonky sometimes but never detracted from the legit quality of the game. I'm just surprised it doesn't have a higher rating overall.

Greedfall is a good RPG with great visuals and great writing! It's an open world game with a good story and some of the locations are look really well and other are copy and paste and the combat is kinda weird. The game gives you 3 different ways of combat (Guns, magic and crafting) the game also use the same NPCs for so there isn't a lot of variety. Your main character is customizable with gender and appearance. The game follows a faction System where depending on your choices they will like you or hate you. And the game also gives you very likeable followers as well. And there is always different approaches to every mission (going in guns blazing, stealth, Diplomacy) overall very good game I really enjoyed it but very underrated and not a lot of things to do after the game Is over.