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[Yobor]

The idea for the creation of the ranger. Tolkein made it up with the Dunedain.

[Dreadlord]

Oh, now I see, so Arcanum took the kill foozle idea basicly...

[Yobor]

Yes it did and that is why Arcanum is not the greatest game ever.


This is a jump I pulled from another thread, but it brings you right to the website for anyone who wants it.
Arcanum at Sierra

[hanut]

nice to see that so many people have played Arcanum. Each person in this world is entitled to their views but as far as I am concerned, Arcanum wins hands down.


AMEN.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Sorry to revive theis thread back up, but I bought the full version of the game a couple of days back. Virgil and Magnus got wounded in some way, their PE and DX is decreased (red numbers), and I have no idea how to heal them back to normal. This sloppy excuse for a translation of a manual does no good either...

Anybody knows what should I do?

[Mad-E-Fact]

Haven't played it for a long time, but I think you need to visit a doctor then the stats will go back to normal, although it might leave some scars.

[The Fifth Horseman]

But whenever I go to a doctor, there is only option for healing my character, not the other party members...

[Frank]

Played it 5 times, never finished it...
maybe one day

[Charmed]

Well, Arcanum happens to be one of my all time favourite CRPGs.

I didn't experience any of the nasty bugs people keep complaining about, at least I don't recall. I did have the bug where the game wouldn't start, but after the patch was released every thing seemed fine.

Arcanum was about the most perfect setting for a rpg I could think of. For me it is a combination of Fallout 2 and Balur's Gate. I loved the the in game music, the graphics were well suited(I prefer hand drawn 2D graphics in 3/4 rpgs and strategy games, I don't think 3D graphics are yet at the stage to win me over, although they are getting there)

I heard there was a skill balancing issue with regards to magic being over-powered. That didn't affect me though, I didn't play a magic user.

I found the game enjoyable - Not the best rpg, but one of my favourites.

I did hate those jelly things that damage your equipment though - highly annoying when you are trying to get experience.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Completed the game
Now playing with a No-level-cap modification. :w00t:

And with a slightly better thought-out version of my old character from the first play. Just that now I managed to get the game running in full english, it's much more enjoyable.