Recent reviews by Aranica

This is an gem. The animations are cute, The music is excellent and the gameplay is addictive (in a good way) This is a good game to introduce you into the 4x genre. The scenarios/campaign is really, really hard. But freemode/sandbox makes up for it! :) This was well worth the purchase! :D

My review may be a little biased because I backed this title on kickstarter.

I just finished the available Early Access Campaign, and you can colour me impressed.

In it's current state, you have a fair amount of options available to you when it comes down to outfitting your ship. The story draws you in, NPC's are easy to both love and hate, and they don't feel one-dimentional. The music is soothing, the combat gratifying, the nuclear explotions get your blood pumping, and the risk of losing your crew (permanently) due to hulldamage or during the boarding of an enemy ship is an everpresent stressfactor.

I can recommend playing on Permadeath mode - you get to keep what you have stashed and your blueprints aswell. It may sound crazy to you, but it encourages a more interresting approach to both conversations and the ship-to-ship combat.

This is a diamond in the rough. The team at Isolated Games, you can feel their passion for this game shine through. This is a game for gamers by gamers!

There are some bugs still, but they are being fixed on the fly. If you feel unsure about the game, download the demo, and take that for a spin. The 19.99€ may feel a little much for what you are getting right now, but consider it an investment into what the game eventually will become. On full release the price will most likely go up, so may aswell grab it now.

I know this is very early to write a recommendation, but maan.. I am dissapointed! There may be several reasons for this: I just came from the 3 week old Divinity: Original Sin, a masterpiece in its own genre, and wanted to have a blast in an aRPG like sacred. I grabbed the game for 50 euro and 8 euros worth first-day dlc aswell. Downloaded 18gigs of game and threw myself at it. I had an expectation of some openworld freedom alike Sacred 1 & 2, lootdrops, any basic kind of character customization and I hoped for an engaging story.. this is not what I got - at all. These first 45 minuttes in the game made me angry, so angry and dissapointed that im going out for a walk now.

Never have I ever wanted to ask for a refund for a game, but this.. this is a justified request. the layout is but a given path, with a few stairs. thats it. You left/right-click everything to death, and are given 2! abilities to bring to use. it seems like you can swap them around later on though. there is no strategy, no tactical gameplay given, just a bloody 1 track pathway to walk down. It feels like supermario in a nice package & an unbelievable high pricetag.

I would not ask you to neglect this game, just get a firm grasp of what it is you are getting for your money. My expectations were completely elsewhere and thus I cannot recommend this game.

TL:DR This games only similarity to the sacred franchise is the lore. NOTHING ELSE!! do not grab this title if you expect openworld and lootdrops!

The X-Com: Enemy Unknown as it should have been! Will be the best game of 2013/2014! Back it & Grab it <3