Enjoyed the graphics however the game is let down by the repetition of combat and the lousy click interface

User Rating: 6.9 | Silverfall PC
By blackcro55 | Review Date:
overall I enjoyed the game and don't regret buying it. However the game play dragged on as I found the combat to be highly repetitive. And if you restarted the game after quiting it, all the monsters are spawned afresh resulting in "more of the same" combat all over again. That's alright if you want to grind to higher levels but after a while you wind up with zero sum improvements since the game gets tougher as you level. I had focused on technology and two skills: ranged weapons with a further focus on headshot and punch weapons with a further focus on it's specialty skills. As a result, using just those two combat types for all fighting scenarios, I pretty much had to only make sure I never got surrounded or criticaled. So put effort into defense and then you are done with character development so there is no need to comtinue fighting the hordes of critters just to level since at that point (high level 20s) the game will match you for difficulty and you are not getting any necessary new skills.

Another peeve: I enjoyed using a low camera angle to move around but with the large female ogre henchman, you will select her the vast majority of the time you try to click on an opponent to hit or on terrain to move. Grrr. using shift click helped with targeting but you still have to zoom out to click on the ground to move. The story is there but it gets drawn out too long with all the fighting that you have to do. You CAN walk around lots of potential combat especially out in the open (which is weird since it looks like you are only 10 feet away from the monsters and they just ignore you).

Finally, saving is automatic, but only at the most current point. If you die, you either start at the nearest town in your skivvies, or if you purchased insurance, back at the town with all your gear. If you accept a mission that goes against your "path" (tech or nature) you get dinged even though you may not have done anything yet as I found out. And some of the tasks are not that obvious which one they favor (most are though).

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