Got the CD recently. What fool was I when I deleted this game off my hard drive years ago when I played Albion for the first time? Yes, it was very very foolish...
What a shame that modern games lack of such game world depth and style and this game have everything and much more. Memorable characters, story and very detailed alien world, a perfect blend between fantasy elements and science fiction. It goes serious without adding "dark bloody atmosphere" which is widely used nowadays whenever a game is trying to "look like serious". It's a whole new world to discover. Also unlike modern games Albion makes you patient, makes you to think and finally to read what other characters say, often you are rewarded (you may get some items for free just by asking specific topic the character may like to talk about) for that. This game will remain in my collection forever and have special place in my heart for many reasons. I bet if Albion wasn't a game it would have become one of the best sci-fi books, infact I wish there was one.
p.s. I'm so happy that this game doesn't fall down into the kiddish anime, especially with Iskai (cat-like alien race). Now I'm not really against anime, but quite frankly I'm tired of seeing all those cliche sort of "kids save the world" and so on... anyway, that's offtopic so I'm off with it.
p.p.s. sorry for my bad english, I just registered to say how I love this game, that's it.
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