12/16/2023 0 Comments Arcania gothic 4 ps3 reviewThe lack of polish, new ideas and raft of technical issues would be easier to forgive if the storytelling was any good, but here, Arcania: The Complete Tale is arguably at its worst. ![]() You can do everything you would expect from a fantasy RPG and most of it works, but none of it is especially exciting and absolutely nothing found here hasn’t been done better (usually a lot better) somewhere else. It works from a purely technical perspective (just about), but it’s never what you might call fun and certainly doesn’t come anywhere near matching the genre standard and is a million miles away from the quality of combat found in the totally underrated, Dragon’s Dogma (note: play Dragon’s Dogma instead – it’s fantastic).įor all of its content, the fact of the matter is, none of it is actually very good. Yes, the usual array of equipment and collectibles does imbue the experience with a degree of addictiveness and the third person perspective does allow you to see the gains of your exploits (something I always appreciate), but sadly, any enjoyment gained from the collection of such goodies is usually offset by the rather terrible combat. If you’re not fetching something, you’re killing something, and if you’re not doing either of those, well, you’re probably playing another game. What is here isn’t terrible, and it’s world is arguably its greatest strength, but in comparison to the big hitters of the genre, feels decidedly two dimensional and is once again let down by its technical deficiencies.įor those that can look past the glitches, the questionable audio and poor visuals, there is certainly plenty of content to be found between the main game and add-on, but even here, despite a collection of relatively interesting story missions, the whole experience is weighed down by a lack of imagination and an overt reliance on fetch quests. Packed to the rafters with all the staples of the fantasy genre and a world that, on the surface at least, appears large enough to challenge the all-encompassing Skyrim, Arcania and its standalone add-on pack, Fall of Setarrif provide a vast, but ultimately shallow world filled with invisible walls and an array of glitches that will keep you from straying too far off the beaten track. I don’t like to shit on games, but with so many fantastic fantasy RPGs available, there really is no excuse to play this decidedly shoddy take on the genre. In fact, despite the intervening years, the PS3 release is somehow glitchier and uglier than the already bug-filled 2010 release.Īrcania: Gothic 4 was a relatively poor game back in 2010, but since then, the industry has seen the release of the genre defining Skrim and Witcher 2, two games that make this previously poor game, look like a rather embarrassing one by current standards. Has it improved? Has the intervening three years given the development team time to polish this buggy, poorly written and rather ugly fantasy RPG? Well, no. ![]() Now, three years later, it has magically reappeared on PS3, complete with previously PC exclusive DLC, Fall of Setarrif. ![]() Arcania: Gothic 4 was released on Xbox 360 and PC back in 2010.
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