ESCMag review

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  1. Saint_Proverbius

    Saint_Proverbius New Member

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    <a href="http://www.escmag.com/">ESCMag</a> has posted a rather humorous <A href="http://www.escmag.com/reviews/arcanum.cfm">review</a> of <a href="http://www.arcanum1.com/">Arcanum</a>. By <i>humorous</i>, I mean, <i>erroneous</i>. The guy gave it a <b>7/10</b>, but there's a number of facts he just got wrong. For example:<p><blockquote><br>The first patch was released the day the game hit the shelves, with a second following almost a week afterwards.<br></blockquote><p>The first patch came out a week after the game did, the second patch came out the same day. <p><blockquote><br>The video card bug is especially confusing, because none of the graphics in Arcanum are particularly breathtaking. The maps seem to be dominated with low buildings, and are awash in gray, brown and dark green. I'm sure this is at least partially to invoke the sootiness of the Victorian age, but even the interiors of the more opulent buildings really only have the feel of a single-level dungeon. Even the characters aren't granted that much of their own detail -- costume or armor changes will give them a different look, but at one point I had a hard time telling one of my party members from a town guardsman who happened to be passing by. For a world that's supposed to be locked in conflict between the forces of magick and technology, you'd think that there'd be a little more, well, <i>variety</i>.<br></blockquote><p>Someone, please, making the hurting stop. <i>Variety</i>? I doubt this guy can count as high as the number of sprites in the game.<p>Spotted over at <a href="http://www.bluesnews.com/">Blues</a>.
     
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