What I don't like about this game is that it is VERY linear, but try not to be, so the story elements are not that good, and the sidequest are almost all fed-ex type quest, where you have to go fetch things for people.
The first time around. I created mage, and got in the first city, then I went to the old kingdom and got bored with my mage and tried a gunner. The non-existent storyline bored me very fast, As I had nothing to do beside fetching tings for people for a few coins, and that's pretty boring.
In my latest game, I created a thief, and I had lots of fun stealing everything in the world. But eventually that got boring too, so I thought I would do more quests. But there is no big quest at all. That's all "go kill that guy", "go give/get that" or "go kill those monsters in that small dungeons". I solved most quests in advance because everytime I got in a new city, I went in at night at stole everybody. Then all I had to do was try to find who wanted what items.
The game try not to be linear so there is no big story element, or big plots or npc interaction. The main quests are few and very boring. The problem is that the main quests are all there is to do, beside kiling a few random monsters in some small dungeon all over the map or fetching tings.
If you want to make a non-linear game, then give me plenty of fun FUN and DIFFERENT things to do!!
I am sorry, but running around in the world distributing and fetching things for people, and killing a few pointless monsters, is hardly my idea of a non-linear game. There is really only one thing you can do, and that is follow the main quest. Too bad it suck.
Really, you get the ring, and then need to learn about it. And all you have to do is go to the city, pickpocket the clerk for the key, open the door in front of him, he won't mind, kill a few monsters, and face 3 mages. Wow! That was so "fun".
Then, you need to go see that inventor. Well... all you have to do is talk to the jealous guy, he propose you to blow up the factory, tell it to the manor guard, and he let you in. Another quest solved!
And what about npd "quest". I have not completed the game, but I can already guess what is magnus's clan just by having talked to the inventor.
I hope I will be able to find some more interest and manage to finish it, but so far it is not very likely. I got my fair share of useless quests, so all I would dois the main quest, but it is not good at all so far either.
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