running fine in medium with 1GB, R9600XT128 and A64 3000+, note I have 2 ATA 7200rpm HDD in RAID 0 though.
However the game is not as smooth as I like...but still playable. I have to keep the post processing on, since turning it off will cause the screen to flash (very annoying) periodically.
Here's my score (I have played till level 30+ but currently replaying from scratch due to some quest bug) so far:
Performance: 3/10. The game is poorly optimized (I realized so, after applying the medium setting tweak, that my system actually can handle the game at medium, but unplayable even at low setting with the original engine setting). The game is solid stable for me so far, no crash, no corrupt save, no slowdown over long playing. So I give it 3 points for performance.
Control: 7/10. It's employing the common control scheme for FPS/3rdPS games, so it's not bad, inventory can be managed with mouse with ease. Combat control has evolved in to crazy click fest, though.
Story: 7/10. I'm still following the plot, I have a feeling there will be some plot turns and twists after meeting Xardas (I just found him in my last game before I restart), so far, I'm happy with the story.
Music: 5/10. I don't like the music, the one who played games...the main BGM contains some so called "Orchestra Climax" that many times, mislead me as the start of battle music, making me nervous all the time. I hate the composer.
Graphics: 6/10. Don't get me wrong, the graphics of G3 is great, if you got the machine with enough juice to run it at high detail. I could see that even though I'm running in medium. However, they have used some technology at the wrong place. Like the OverBloom (the first level of post processing) is meaningless, no aiding to the fun of game and consuming extra processing cycles that can be used to make the game more smooth. We are forced to enable it (if our hardware can manage it) or else you will have to endure the very annoying screen flashing problem. Besides, the overbloom is killing my eyes when I'm in the snow mountain area.
NPC interaction: good thing is all the NPCs got voice acting. Bad thing is, generic NPCs only spout one or two generic dialogs. There are some funny moments like every body (especially rebels) will assume I'm the good person and reveal their revolution plans to me, even though at one point, I decided to work for the orcs and intend to destroy one of the rebel camps... They just give me all the details so that I can reveal the spy.....
Combat: 0/10. No kidding, I HATE the guy who designed the combat system. If possible, I wanna kidnap him, tie him on a chair next to my computer, and make him watch me engage in battle. Every time I get killed by a wild boar (or whatever beasts) due to the stun bug, I'll stab his lap with a knife. I bet he will have to be amputated after 2 hours of play. Fighting against humanoid is okay, but for wild animals (anything with 4 legs) is hellishly annoying. They tend to back off constantly when you swing your weapon. You advance and it back off, so you guys will be dancing "you don't touch me" cha-cha. If there is nothing blocking the beast, you two will be dancing across the whole world map. I'll bet. However once you stop swinging, it will jump on you and lock you in a stun mode till you die. Oh, by the way, the beast will ignore obstacles like trees and such, only being blocked by rocks and cliffs. The reason for such lousy combat design is, the test players are all playing in god mode, so that the enemies won't hit him!
so far I'll rate the game overall at 6.5/10.
And yes, after getting killed 300+ times while engaged with about 80+ (yes, I do count - I kept the skins) beasts, I'm now playing in god mode, forever. Combat fun has been taken away from me forever (as if the combat is ever fun anyway)  |