Was looking forward to this but could not get graphics to work under any include options. All kinds of glitches and
buggered up graphics. Forums are full of "don't expect this to work out of the box". Give me a break. If it doesn't work
out of the box then don't sell it on Steam. I am so disappointed in Steam re the crap they are allowing on their site.

I installed this on 3 different computers (2018 Win10 high spec, 2009 WinVista low spec and 2013 Macbook Air with Sierra OS) and it did not work (Vista and Mac did not even start up, Win10 is very buggy) while my original disc installation worked flawlessly, at least on the windows PCs. Very bad port for an otherwise very good game, try to get it elswhere. Don't buy on steam.

An excellent game from childhood, but unfortunately without any alteration for modern hardware and systems. Step to the left, step to the right and the game freezes / becomes covered with artifacts / turns into a mess of textures. I don't understand how it got into steam like that.

This is a topware game, so good luck getting it to run. Not a lot of work was put into making sure this ran on modern systems before being thrown on steam.
I can't comment on the game itsself as gorky 17 consistently blue-screens me within 30 seconds of play-- and from reading the forum, I'm definitly not alone in this.

Buyer Beware!

If Gorky 17 does not hold a cherished place in your childhood memories, I implore you to spare yourself the disappointment. The game teeters on the edge of unplayability, offering little more than a monotonous loop of uninspired combat. Its narrative is so threadbare as to be virtually nonexistent, leaving no emotional or intellectual imprint to speak of.

In a mere week, I suspect the entirety of this experience will have faded from my memory, an ephemeral shadow of mediocrity. While I can appreciate the fleeting novelty of having tried it, I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this relic to anyone unburdened by nostalgia.

At one time, the game was insanely pleasing with its atmosphere and its combat system. One thing is, textures lag well on Windows 7 and 8, it's almost impossible to play, simply because the game turns from a turn-based strategy game with rpg elements into pixel hunting, which is not at all pleasing. The game deserves its 9 out of 10 in full, but does not work on new systems.

Unplayable on Win 10, due to graphical glitches (when using Hardware acc), small resolution, and crashes to desktop. I tried using DxWnd to raise my res but i cant use software renderer then, which is ofc needed for this game. Do not buy this game if you are using Win 10. Too bad i always wanted to test it out.

Graphics are probably some of the most corrupted in my steam library. Character models disappear almost instantly

WARNING ! BROKEN ! This is from the 'Vendetta - Ravens Cry' publishers Topware Interactive, ACE. They removed the , or added it on the other account. Either way it's a pretty sketchy looking way to conduct business. (That game was originally called just Raven's Cry. So name changing seems to be a typical tactic to avoid negative associations)

This game does not work. I can at least get it to load, which is considerably more than some, however it's then the problems start. The top of the screen is consistently obscured, a minimum of 15% up to about 30% depending on just how broken the game decides it's going to be. It also hard crashed twice in the less than 15 minutes i was actually able to play the game without the top part of the screen of course.

The terrible visuals are somewhat forgivable given it's age, but the broken state it's in is not. If you don't want to fix it Topware, then stop trying to pedal it. It's the kind of thing I'd expect from two bit hack jobs on the former Greenlight, not a supposed actual professional development studio.

I have spent hours attempting to finding solutions online, none of them work for me alas. However i don't believe it should be on the customer to fix this even slightly.

How dare they even consider selling a gold edition of this, until they can make the actual game work, it's utterly disgraceful

Such a shame the game did seem appealing but not in this unplayable and unacceptable state.

The game looks nothing like the screenshots either and it's not a surprise the trailer is pre rendered featuring zero gameplay. I doubt they could get it to run and look like that, or be stable, or you know, actually just work.

Charlatans.

Old and buggy, though I feel I may have enjoyed this had I played it when it was still somewhat recent. If you have nostalgia for Gorky 17, you may be able to futz around and get it to run. Otherwise, it's probably not worth your time.