HIGH A lengthy, high quality Japanese-inspired RPG with plenty of modern amenities.
LOW A few frustrating enemy encounters and a sometimes-confused story.
WTF Why does everyone hate the little fish people so much?
HIGH The end of the ‘assemble a skeleton’ quest.
LOW Realizing that I’d played so badly that the game had become unbeatable.
WTF The research-focused magician who’s just a step away from realizing she’s in a videogame.
HIGH The fusion of two strategy types is a joy.
LOW A 97% chance to hit means nothing.
WTF Goblins of the world unite.
HIGH Shooting golden turds via toilet gun.
LOW Trying to jump behind objects.
WTF Shooting golden tur- wait, did I already say that?
HIGH It’s more Wasteland 3. That’s great!
LOW Most of the new additions and ideas sound interesting but don’t really work out.
WTF There’s no way to stop companions from slaughtering factory workers?
HIGH Solving a mission that ends with a great boss fight.
LOW Wandering around for thirty minutes trying to figure out what to do.
WTF How exactly are these towns trapped inside the artifacts!?
HIGH It feels so good to be back in this world.
LOW Some slight padding.
WTF Did a werewolf just maul me to death?
HIGH Finally figuring out how to find new members for the team.
LOW Being wiped out in random encounters.
WTF Having to read a short story in the ‘story’ tab instead of seeing it play out.
TRANSCRIPT: Hi everyone! Eugene Sax here with another Preview from GameCritics.com. The Hand of Merlin is a roguelike turn based tactics game that takes Arthurian legend and throws it up against cosmic horror. Mortal heroes must take up the quest where King Arthur failed: take the holy grail to Jerusalem […]
HIGH Compelling setting and world.
LOW Constant random battles.
WTF The DLC isn’t included for a game this old?!?
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