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Graziel
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game impressions

#1 Post by Graziel »

hi im new to game(just a few days of playing it), but ive played other RLs(mostly ADOM)

im not very talkative so ill go straight to the point

what i like in game:
+no spell stock
+no food need
+good class balance
+overall good balance
+i play mostly mages and this is first RL i really feel like one : D
+unlockables (otherwise i would never tried Alchemist and few others, but still Mage FTW!)
+achievements
+i can play using mouse!
+some graphics(basic for now but still)
+music!!(love it)
+online profiles for now nothing but it sounds neat!

now to the "not so good"
-interface (overlapping text in shops, first time when i pressed accidentaly PgUp i didnt know what happend)
-lack of basic tutorial
-i accidentaly discovered that you can use Right click to trigger spells
-lack of Wiki( but also maybe for good that you have to discover it yourself)
-autosave ( ? what for? you die its end... simple and its irritating to moving while game is running like snail)
-game sometimes slows...and by much(like something "i want but i cant" )
-autotargeting (im using mouse and autotarget is annoying because i miss target sometimes in crucial times while using beam spells)
-lack of ARTIFACTS - in general i dont feel that items are artifacts... its just some pimped items, artifacts should grant you special power something like( "it enables you to target preciesly spells" - spells like Freeze, Corrosive Vapour, etc. isnt blocked by monsters but you still have to see field where you are aiming at; or "it lowers damage done by manavortex by 50%" - for now disruption shield down = death) but again i may not have them unlocked or didnt found them.
-lack of description( like Disruption shield - how much damage it has stored?; scroll of shield - how much?, how long?; saves - what do they do? did i make saving throw? and probably a lot of others i forgot)
-mage - and there is a lack of skill that lowers mana consumption/max mana?(or i just didnt unlocked it : P)
-AI is sometimes poor(escort quests ... at least let us have basic interaction - wait here; come; , AI mages suck : P, hordes of enemies just going for ya just to be slaughtered)
-after changeing resolution or display mode some of textures disappeared( turned to white blocks)
-forum activation mail went to SPAM i had some problems finding it : P, dunno why usually it goes to correct folder( im using GMail)

it looks like there is more bad than good but i just dont feel like describing good : P i love them and i dont feel like chaning them.

EDIT:
-targeting enemies offscreen you can do it but still screen should auto scroll while doing that...
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greycat
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Re: game impressions

#2 Post by greycat »

There is a wiki at http://wiki.te4.org/ but it's not exactly swarming with content at the moment, and perhaps it could be made easier to find. (I can get to it by going http://tome.te4.org/ -> Community -> Wiki.)

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Re: game impressions

#3 Post by darkgod »

Welcome!

Thanks for your feedback.

For some of your points:
- tutorial: there is a tutorial mode in the works, it should be there in some beta :)
- autosave: it saves the zone you left not everything, this is needed
- targetting off screen: good idea ;)
- artifacts: ther eare quite a few and I'm adding more every beta
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