After reading reviews, I was quite excited to try it... However, disappointment struck in 15 minutes

User Rating: 5.5 | Eschalon: Book I PC
By draqos05 | Review Date:
I have to tell you I was bored to death after playing for 2 hrs. People, c'mon, it's year 2008, and although I find flashy graphics to be encumbering from time to time, the extreme lack of graphic detail in this game is unacceptable. I mean, Diablo I, released 13 yrs ago, had better graphics.
I have games on my mobile phone that look a lot better, and when I see the system requirements for this game I have to really question the sense of reality of the developer.

Also, I was disappointed o how the game starts - in what concerns character creation your choices are very limited, to the point of having no choices at all. The skills are the basic ones, and leveling up is done via the standard skill points way.

I am sorry, I cannot review the quest or the world, because I just could not get passed the looks, so I did not finish any quests at all. For me, it is unplayable.
Advice: try the demo first to get a feeling on it - it's available for free.

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