Arx Fatalis
Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Nov 11, 2002
A first-person subterranean RPG in the tradition of Ultima Underworld, Arx Fatalis takes place in a world where the surface is no longer hospitable, and follows the story of a man who awakens there with no memory of his purpose or identity.
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5 (2) 4 (0) 3 (1) 2 (1) 1 (0) 3.8 starsAverage score of 4 user reviews
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A classic 0
I started to play some days ago. The game still really neat after all these years.The universe is pretty generic but the fact that all the game take place underground add something unique to it. The atmosphere is really well crafted and the story is well written.My favourite part about this game is the fact that their's secrets everywhere. Some brick that open a wall part, secret places only accessible through magic,...Also, Arx Fatalis doesn't assume we're completely stupid (which is refreshing...
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Arx 0
Short desc of the story is that some guy has lost all memory of who and where he is and supposedly you are "the chosen one" so you got to save what is left of the world or should I say under world cuz most or should I say everybody lives under ground cuz of the sun going out so yea. Hack, slash, shoot and cast hordes of your enemies that stand in your way of getting done with your quests! Your able to pretty much kill anybody in the game so you may or may not mess up the story while playing an...
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I have seen the future, caves. 0
You know what the best part of Morrowind was? The caves. Just ask Arkane Studios' CEO Raphaël Colantonio (umlauts are the new goatee, though Raphael has both). Early on in designing Arx Fatalis, he realized that nobody wants to traipse about a large, open world filled with a variety of races, creatures, mountains, and trees. No, no, they want to wade through caves, stabbing a dozen-or-so generic types of enemies for hours on end, with none of that pesky variety to get in the way. Of course, that...
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Love It And Hate It 0
I loved Arx Fatalis. It's a broken piece of shit that can go to hell and stay there.Its setting is cool. The environments are really atmospheric and it all feels like a coherent place. For some reason I would constantly get stuck on the geometry. I had to noclip cheat out of some situations, but I'd get jammed up in simple hallways. Sometimes I'd come to areas-- hallways that you are specifically meant to be traverse-- that I couldn't walk through unless I was going backwards. It's the worst wh...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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