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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 6.9 hrs on record (1.7 hrs at review time)
Posted: 14 Mar @ 10:25pm

I like it so far. I've played the original games for thousands of hours, mostly about 17-18 years ago, so I know how the game works pretty well. The game functions pretty similarly, but there are some differences/annoyances I've noticed.

1. Moving items around is no longer click to toggle, you have to click and hold. This isn't a huge deal, but it doesn't feel natural if you've played the original games. An option to change this would be nice. If you have never played the FATE games before, this might not be an issue at all for you.

2. Fishing is MUCH slower than the original games. I'm almost wondering if the wait timer is tied to the framerate or something, because it feels unintentionally slow. I don't have any real evidence of this though. Hopefully this can be adjusted in an update.

3. This game doesn't appear to be anywhere near as moddable as the originals. This was one of the best features of the original games. Data files for weapons, items, enemies, and tilemaps were exposed and easily edited, allowing for some great mods back in the day. Hopefully something like this can be added in the future.

4. The biggest issue is that it's a bit buggy at the moment. The ESC key doesn't seem to work the first time you press it after closing a menu. Anti-aliasing is non-functional as the option does not actually save in the config file when you change it. Some actions don't play sounds effects or play the wrong sound effects. Quests are given after visiting a dungeon level you've already been on (this shouldn't happen) leading to many of them being impossible to complete. The game is basically unplayable if you are using Intel ARC GPUs. Monster path-finding isn't great.

With all that said, the game has been out for 3 days at the time of writing this. The developers have a very active Discord server where they are collecting suggestions and bug reports, and they seem to be invested in this. I won't be leaving a negative review because I think this game is 85-90% of the way there to being a very good remaster. Every problem I've listed can be fixed in updates.

Hopefully they will stick with it and patch things up, because this is very good otherwise.
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