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Gedonia - Open World RPG

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I was worried that the northern kingdoms would be like that. The enchanted forest was very sparse for content too. Decent biome with lots of potential, but mostly empty.

Edit: I messed around in the game for a bit. I like the two new arcane skills. One is surge of magic missiles on a cooldown and another is a passive blink ability. Both are good additions. I really wish they'd have an arcane element for basic attacks. They changed Arcane Overload to remove the stacks. Before it was always optimal to max out the stacks, so I get why the removed stacking have just have it be a single charge. I went through all the other magic skills. In general magic was buffed, but the changes to arcane overload is a massive nerf. The holy tree is more powerful now, which was needed. I do not like the change to the elemental capstone ability. It used to be an elemental that was very useful. Now it's a kinda of dumb archon ability where you transform into an element and wreak some havoc. It's not nearly as good.

Companions got buffed. They were actually able to kill things and contribute. That was desperately needed. I tried the bard tree as well. It works as described and is pretty neat. Gets use out of the CHA stat which is the most neglected of all the stats. My biggest problem with it is that you cannot use non-barding skills simultaneously. That makes the tree a dead end, i think. It's not good enough to forgo all other skills.
 
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lukaszek

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there is this hook ability that when upgraded it allows you to play like a spiderman. 10/10
 

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
So i started this and apparently, it's fun???

Using magic is sorta like outward like combine different element and evocative effect to provide different outcome. Combat is surprisingly reactive and attacks and blocking have good response.

Exploration is actually good and some quests, while mostly simple have some twist and even a little cnc.

The whole unity asset thing is the only thing that's sometimes distracting especially the character model, but this is actually a pretty good game with decent synergies between the "classes".

I am really looking forward for gedonia 2 now.
 

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Hmmm..... he has a list of other games. Entire bundle is just below $5. I'll look at a few reviews.
 

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Visually this game is hideous to me, but for so cheap, if it even comes close to a Gothic-like experience I suppose it's worth giving a shot.
 

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Thanks for the heads-up, everyone. I'm going to try it too.
By the way, I never understood, how does it work for the developer when games are on sale? Do they get their "full share" while Steam covers the sale, or is it the other way around?
 

xuerebx

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Thanks for the heads-up, everyone. I'm going to try it too.
By the way, I never understood, how does it work for the developer when games are on sale? Do they get their "full share" while Steam covers the sale, or is it the other way around?
I'm pretty sure the devs get a share of the discounted price, not the full price.
 

HoboForEternity

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
Visually this game is hideous to me, but for so cheap, if it even comes close to a Gothic-like experience I suppose it's worth giving a shot.
It is worth it at this price, i guess. After 20 hours it kinda bore me because of lack of variety, i did finish the main quest and a lot of the sidequests but i dont want to push forward anymore, it felt like "been there, done that" even when entering a new area
 
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Ignore the plot. It's very bad. The cut scenes are cringe distilled down to is purest form. Just explore. It's really good for that. The character building is straightforward without being dumb. Combat is amusing enough if simple. I highly recommend playing as a mage and using flight.
 

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I ran the game for the first time today, and I really didn't expect this. For such an inconspicuous game the build trees seem truly generous.
 

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Spike

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I ran the game for the first time today, and I really didn't expect this. For such an inconspicuous game the build trees seem truly generous.
I first read that as "I ran for the first time today" and given where we're at it almost wasn't too surprising.
 

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
i tried the demo of gedonia 2 and it's more or less the same. i had hope they at least improved the quest design and writing but it's just the same with more or less better graphics. should be fun at discounted price. the demo still have stutter issue though
 

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