Balrum - Review @ CRPG Revisiting

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Dark Savant spotted this Balrum review from the CRPG Revisting blog:

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I had very fun with this game and felt hooked from the beginning. I love the slow progress, the open world and the tough opponents. When you succeed you really feel enjoyment. The game is easy to play. The world is unexplored and black and it is easy to sink several hours into it at once. It reminds me a little about Eschalon and/or the Avadon games but this game is unique in its own. I am looking forward to a sequel but would like them balance the classes more, allowing for better items to be sold and improving the story a bit.

Section
Rating
Gameworld & Story
3
Economy
3
NPC & Interactions
2
Monsters, tactics & combat system
3
Magic system
2
Character generation & development
3
Map design
4
Manual
3
Graphics, Sound and Interface
3
Summary CRPG value
26




Gameplay
4

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[Saxon1974]

Backed this but no time to play yet. Sounds like lots of farming/resource gathering...not interested in much of that.

 

[Saxon1974]

Backed this but no time to play yet. Sounds like lots of farming/resource gathering...not interested in much of that.

 

[Swann]

I quit playing because you need to eat and drink every pair of minutes.

 

[crpgnut]

They fixed that ages ago, Swann. You eat and drink about once a day now. Farming and building are optional. You'll be more powerful if you do it, but you can play this as a straight crpg without any of that stuff. I didn't farm at all and only built a house big enough to store excess loot and have a place to sleep. There are dozens of dungeons and a nice little story to play through. This is a good game compared to most of the dross being released nowadays.

 

[Swann]

Ah, good news then. Perhaps I´ll give a second try - i refunded it.

 

[Carnifex]

I played this last year and really enjoyed it. I didn't do much of the crafting/farming, but the exploration was really top notch. If I wind up refunding Telepath Tactics, I just might revisit this game.