{"id":3848,"date":"2017-10-22T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T14:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2020-08-20T05:42:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T05:42:31","slug":"arcania-fall-of-setarrif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/arcania-fall-of-setarrif\/","title":{"rendered":"ArcaniA: FALL of SETARRIF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thoughts while playing the stand-alone expansion<\/a> to ArcaniA<\/a>:<\/p>\n

– Huh. The graphics look slightly improved.
\n– Character animations have definitely improved.
\n– The geography has changed. Weird.
\n– All of my skills, equipment, and inventory were imported. Nice.
\n– A few items have changed stats; Belial’s Scythe is mage-focused now.
\n– What’s with this odd procession of fighting every single creature in the main game?
\n– Oh no, not more dungeon tunnels.
\n– Lockpick mechanic is gone… not that it matters.
\n– Why is there so much powerful loot just lying around?
\n– I guess it’s there for new characters.
\n– Oh good, there’s more to this than endess red-lit tunnels.
\n– Harpies huh… guess they didn’t want that female demon model to go to waste.
\n– Panthers! Guess this wasn’t a total copy\/paste job after all.
\n– What a bizarre city layout.
\n– I wonder if there are any merchants in this expansion.
\n– If the antagonist never sent so much free XP at the hero, do you think they would win more often?
\n– Ah, the ol’ “collect a bunch of crap scattered across the area to continue” quest. Yay.
\n– A trader! Who sells… nothing but bandages and arrows. What the hell.
\n– Playing as other pre-made characters as a change of pace is pretty gimmicky at the best of times.
\n– This is not the best of times.
\n– Oh, two more silent traders. I’m starting to think it would’ve been better without them.
\n– I liked my old armor better. The things I do to kill enemies with a single Firebolt….
\n– Possessed enemies can apparently melee attack through walls. Spooky.
\n– A spoiled rich girl… can this day get any worse?
\n– Rhetorical question; of course it can.
\n– Lester’s voice acting has taken a major dive.
\n– Actually, all the character’s personalities have taken hits as well.
\n– Maybe all those people complaining about VA and characterizations were confusing this with the main game?
\n– So. Many. Tunnels.
\n– At least the trader in this mine sells something (potentially) useful.
\n– So. Tunnels. First red tunnels, then gray tunnels and now… green tunnels. Such variety.
\n– Why is it, again, that all these temple guardians are attacking the goddess’ chosen one?
\n– Oh, it’s because a demon has corrupted them. When\/how did that get down here?
\n– Through the perfectly accessible back entrance staffed with two silent vendors of course!
\n– “Is it my hair!?<\/em>“. Maybe this was worth playing after all.
\n– What color tunnel will it be this time? M-multi-colored!?
\n– Traps! How unexpected.
\n– Nice to see that Slay still works on trolls.
\n– Sure am glad I maxed out Inferno damage. Nothing like killing 5+ enemies from across the screen.
\n– What, no villain monologue? Weak.
\n– It uses the same moveset as the last endboss! And the ending is just as abrupt!<\/p>\n

Yeah… so… don’t buy this unless you really<\/em> like the combat system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thoughts while playing the stand-alone expansion to ArcaniA: – Huh. The graphics look slightly improved. – Character animations have definitely improved. – The geography has changed. Weird. – All of my skills, equipment, and inventory were imported. Nice. – A few items have changed stats; Belial’s Scythe is mage-focused now. – What’s with this odd procession of fighting every single creature in the main game? – Oh no, not more dungeon tunnels. – Lockpick mechanic is gone… not that it matters. – Why is there so much powerful loot just lying around? – I guess it’s there for new characters. – Oh good, there’s more to this than endess red-lit tunnels. – Harpies huh… guess they didn’t want that female demon model to go to waste. – Panthers! Guess this wasn’t a total copy\/paste job after all. – What a bizarre city layout. – I wonder if there are any merchants in this expansion. – If the antagonist never sent so much free XP at the hero, do you think they would win more often? – Ah, the ol’ “collect a bunch of crap scattered across the area to continue” quest. Yay. – A trader! Who sells… nothing but bandages […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,7],"tags":[148,28,168,473],"class_list":["post-3848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc","category-video-game-related","tag-action-rpg","tag-fantasy","tag-gothic","tag-third-person-perspective"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}