| Ok Arcanum takes place in a totally new setting created specifically for this game. It's a world of magick as well as technology. So your character can be anything from powerful mage to an equally powerful gunslinger.
The character creation is not like BG so you don't have classes. You get points which you can spend on different skills and attributes. You do meet different people that can join you in a party, but you have no direct control over them like you do in BG series.
The really cool part about Arcanum, IMHO, is that you are not as restricted to play the role of the good guy. You can be comepletly evil and still pass the game, but through different means and with a different ending.
This game has an amazing replayability value in my opinion because of the different types of characters you can make, plus the many different way that you can play your character.
If you are looking for something like BG, then this is not it. But that being said in my book this game ranks in top 5 best RPGs of all time.  |