By Nydia Tungsten
The game is set in 17th century-styled fantasy setting, and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox GreedFall is an action role-playing game developed by Spiders and published by Focus Home Interax One on September 10, 2019. Wikipedia”
That is how Wikipedia is describing it, and on their own website they say :
The Old World is dying. The continent is polluted, overpopulated, and plagued by a deadly, incurable disease. Its weary population grows desperate.
But there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon – an Island, remote and hidden, has been discovered. Teer Fradee... a land spared by the Malichor plague, a haven of life, wild and untampered by mankind. It is the promise of riches, but also represents the best hope for mankind to find a cure to the Malichor. On the hunt for the cure, explore a fresh new world as, alongside settlers, mercenaries and treasure hunters, you set foot on this remote island seeping with magic.
In GreedFall, situations are not always resolved by spilling blood. The wits of you and your companions are just as important as your prowess with a blade, and wise diplomacy, stealth, science or a well-used skill may negate the need for combat.
The world of GreedFall is home to numerous factions, each with their own beliefs, territories, goals, allies and enemies. You will forge and break alliances, weaving your way through an intricate reputation system. Every decision you make has the potential to please or anger these factions and their leading figures, as well your companions. Your ability to handle diplomatic encounters, the two party members you choose to bring to encounters, and who you will decide to help or fight, will ultimately impact the geopolitical landscape of the island.
That is all from their site. Now let me tell you “my” experience.
I am not a hard core gamer by any means, but I think that most of us aren’t. So with that in mind, let me tell this from a point of view most of you can relate to.
The voice acting is done really well as is the story, very easy to follow along and be taken into it.
There are six different factions - The Bridge Alliance, The Coin Guard, The Congregation of Merchants, Theleme, Nauts, and Yecht Fradi. Each one of them has its own views.
And you will find they are easy enough to follow who they are and what their goals are and be taken in to the point that you really want to help, or you would really love to see them wiped on the earth and not just the island.
So just for the joy, and anger, the story brings I will give it high marks and love it……. If only everything was so grand….
I am maybe half way through it, and have found a lot wrong with it, the aesthetics leave a lot to be desired. Some of the speaking animations kind of remind me of someone trying to talk with a leaf blower blowing into their mouth.
The citizen NPCs AI’s are bad… not just bad but God awful, they will either stand still in the street, or walk back and forth in a 10 foot radius, or 20 foot if you are lucky. And in the buildings in is not unusual to see on go stand in a corner after you speak to them.
And sometimes when you speak to some of the main arc characters in a convo they glow, not sure how or why but they do, and it tends to draw your attention to it.
Also, the clipping, you will see a lot of the outfits that are worn, and not just the NPC’s but sometimes you as well, you will notice bodies clipping through the clothing. And it takes a lot out of the immersion from the story.
Something else I have found just distracting as hell is when you are given something, there is no animation for it, none. The screen goes black then comes back up and you have whatever it is in your inventory.
Something else I have noticed, there are only maybe a dozen faces being used in the entire game so far, you can get an NPC with the exact same face as one of your followers.
And if you get into a fight in town, 99 times out of 100 none of the citizens will react, they just walk on by and sometimes through it.
They have lock picking as a skill, and I wonder why? I think it was just to add something to the skills tree, of which there are 3. You point a point into it and you can pick anything up to the next level of lockpicking. And if you are in a NPC’s home, you can lock pick their chest right next to them and they don’t even care.
As for the skill trees themselves I find them very confusing on when you get points into what. You gain a level, but only gain one point in one skill, and they don’t even alternate. So you never know what skill point you will get when.
The UI isn’t very clear either. It took me a while to find out how to switch from using spells to using a sword, and I still haven’t a clue on how to draw my gun. I go into options or settings and it tells me nothing, so if you know how, please let me know.
The Graphics are great in some areas and severely lacking in most of the others
See the hairy starfish, that's supposed grass. I have not seen something like that since the first “Everquest” game
If you hate invisible walls as much as I do, I am sorry to say you will become as frustrated as I have. You will be exploring, looking for resources then BAM were it looks clear you just can't go any farther for whatever reason. I hate that part of it.
This is an example of them just standing in a corner or against the wall
Now while it does have a great story, the feeling I get from playing it is that is is still in alpha, unfinished and sorely lacking in many areas and I certainly hope the devs will fix this “Rush job” of a game with updates ASAP. because right now, if I am being totally honest, Skyrim is better.
Would I recommend this game? Hmm… I would have to say yes, because of the storyline, but only when it is on sale for at least %50 off.
I hope I was able to help you with your choices and as always
GOOD GAMING TO YOU!
Nydia Tungsten
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