GreedFall

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 578 Ratings

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  1. Chadpowers
    Sep 11, 2019
    5
    Visuals: 6/10
    The game looks good all around.
    The world design is decent, but big minus for invisibile walls. Also the lip sync is atrocious, which is a no-go for a story driven RPG. The equipment and factions all look very similar, which becomes very boring, very quickly. The UI looks like a more adult version of Fisher-Price. Lots of unnecessary elements and handholding there.    Visuals: 6/10
    The game looks good all around.
    The world design is decent, but big minus for invisibile walls. Also the lip sync is atrocious, which is a no-go for a story driven RPG.
    The equipment and factions all look very similar, which becomes very boring, very quickly.
    The UI looks like a more adult version of Fisher-Price. Lots of unnecessary elements and handholding there.

    Sound: 8/10
    Decent in any regard, voiceover, music, sfx... Just nothing really memorable.

    Story: 2/10
    Nope.
    Just no.
    The setting sounds interesting, but the devs didn't do anything interesting with it. The story itself is pretty much counter-productive for what makes an RPG enjoyable. The factions hardly differ from each other. The player character has no personality whatsoever. All the characters in the game are extremely one-dimensional. The game doesn't even have an interesting goal and there are hardly any real choices for the player to make.
    Also the whole story is stretched out way too long for what little content there actually is to it.
    Also, again, the lipsynch is just so bad, it destroys any possible immersion in the game when looking at their mouths while watching one of the way too many cutscenes in the game.

    Gameplay: 4/10
    Nothing new here, literally. Just a bunch of things copied from other games. There is a armor mechanic, which in essence is just another layer of hitpoints, so that doesn't count either. Even if it would, it's so minor it doesn't even matter.
    In combat the player feels disconnected from the action due to the nonsensical camera handling.
    The combat system itself is extremely simple. But it's overall workable. Just not fun enough for more than one playthrough.
    Exploration? Not for you! Invisible walls everywhere, nothing to really discover, minimap and common buildings in cities being mazes are sure to ruin any possible joy out of exploring the world.
    The companions are very annoying with their constant commentary during combat.
    The Balancing is absolutely horrible. Lots of abilities that completely negate game mechanics and also lots of abilities that are utterly pointless.
    The RPG mechanics couldn't be any more simplistic and vanilla than in this game.
    Also UI is a huge mess and destroys any possible immersion in the game.

    Summary: 5/10

    Greedfall is yet another soulless RPG made by ticking little boxes on a checklist.
    It doesn't do anything better than any other RPG.
    It doesn't have a single creative idea in it.
    It is very average in most regards and horrible in some others. Regrettably, there isn't a single thing in the game that could even be considered as above average. Except for the Sound, but that isn't exactly a reason to play game.
    It raises the question why the devs even bothered making this game... though obviously it's just a cashgrab by disillusioned devs that ran out of ideas a long time ago.

    So if you love RPGs and looking for an all in all slightly below average one, this is your game.
    Though ultimately another run of Dark Souls, Nioh, Breath of the Wild, Gothic or even Witcher or Skyrim will be more enjoyable than this.    … Expand
  2. ZONEWULF
    Feb 23, 2020
    7
    The concept, gameplay and even story is more than what I expected. This is definitely one of the most underrated games of 2019. I played on normal as a mage like character and enjoy the character and team building methods. Definitely more contact then most triple A games, but it’s far from perfect. This game is padded out and you’ll spend most of your time running around or doing stretchedThe concept, gameplay and even story is more than what I expected. This is definitely one of the most underrated games of 2019. I played on normal as a mage like character and enjoy the character and team building methods. Definitely more contact then most triple A games, but it’s far from perfect. This game is padded out and you’ll spend most of your time running around or doing stretched out side mentions. The what most mentions are setup, you have to run for along distance somewhere and than back to where you came from, but the worst part is you might have to do this several times in 1 mission. The side content can be enjoyable but it to a point where there are too many side story because they seem like all the rest. Not enough enemy variety at all and I hate the in between when traveling. Also when your done with a mission instead of fast traveling you to the nearest fast travel they make you run to it and it could be far. The way the maps are set up they want you to spend a lot of time running to make the game longer. I honestly spent about 40 hours when the game should have been 15-25 hours long, but the padded out story, running and bad map design added 10-15 hours to it and made me dread the last 10-15 hours of playing. The fighting was fun, but if you wanting to play for the story......I don’t think 40 hours is quite worth it unless you willing to indoor Death-stranding running on steroids.… Expand
  3. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    7
    I enjoyed the game its not bad at all but it has too much backtracking and some quests are just not worth it. Still the combat is fun and the final boss was very souls like but was done well. But copypasted enemies and bosses and some are not so interesting. Everything felt a little bit shallow I didnt get into it that much.
  4. Haggis_Bagpipe
    Feb 4, 2023
    5
    TL;DR- This game is a huge let down, carried mostly by its unique premise. Buy on a large sale if at all.

    I really wanted to like Greedfall, it looked different to the typical fantasy RPGs. The colonial era setting isn't common, and playing as a colonising force seemed like an interesting take on the genre. In actuality, the game is unappealing and a chore to play. The controls are    TL;DR- This game is a huge let down, carried mostly by its unique premise. Buy on a large sale if at all.

    I really wanted to like Greedfall, it looked different to the typical fantasy RPGs. The colonial era setting isn't common, and playing as a colonising force seemed like an interesting take on the genre. In actuality, the game is unappealing and a chore to play. The controls are floaty and the combat is simple and unengaging. It clearly is trying to follow in the footsteps of FromSoft games, and it fails in this regard.
    Another missed step is how Greedfall attempts to mimic BioWare RPGs like Dragon Age or Mass Effect. The critical mistake is making the protagonist too fully voiced and giving no real choice. Each dialogue I encountered in the first few hours of the game played out like a cutscene, with usually a small inconsequential choice of what question to ask the NPC. Instead of just asking one thing, my character would launch into entire dialogues. It felt less like a conversation I had any control over, and more like I was in a choose your own adventure novel. I think if the developers had just taken away the choices and made the character how they wanted, it would have turned out better.

    The visuals are a letdown, because the design of the world looks good, but the game is so poorly optimised that even with a decently powerful computer, the game shudders and floats even on medium settings. The character designs are cool as well, but terrible facial animation makes cutscenes look awful, like something from the PS3 or XBOX360 at some points.

    All in all, I think this game has potential. Buy it on a big sale, try it, and if it doesn't pull you in quickly, return it. If the setting really grabs you, I hope you enjoy it. As one of the few people who enjoys Too Human, I know how much a setting and art direction can make someone love a game other people hate.    … Expand
  5. powershiftffs
    Sep 24, 2019
    6
    Not bad, but not great either. If there's anything this game reminds me of - it's Dragon Age 2. Not open world enough, but rather tunnel-like running through the levels from one quest to another without a chance to make meaningful decisions often enough. There's almost no chance to do a quest incorrectly, neither there are enough weighted moral desicions throughout the quests. FranklyNot bad, but not great either. If there's anything this game reminds me of - it's Dragon Age 2. Not open world enough, but rather tunnel-like running through the levels from one quest to another without a chance to make meaningful decisions often enough. There's almost no chance to do a quest incorrectly, neither there are enough weighted moral desicions throughout the quests. Frankly speaking, with how often the quests turned out with "native man good and wise, colonizer man bad and destructive", I started thinking that the senion designer is probably female. Wasn't wrong. Not that it's the biggest fault of this game, but it definately substracted from already linear storytelling. Combat isn't bad, but it's' not interesting either, especially with how broken the parry button is. Endings are disappointing, they probably intended for something else, but how can I tell now. Level design is, once again, most like Dragon Age 2 and that's not a particular compliment. Class level isn't engaging or distinct. RPG is lackluster, unless your intent is to play out the diplomat, which is basically the only correct option. Still, the game provides 30-40 hours of tolerable gameplay and story and a couple of meaningful decisions, so might as well recommend to pick it up, while it's on sale.… Expand
  6. Xemnuz
    Sep 13, 2019
    6
    About 12 hours into it now, level 15. As 6.5/10 a game could get. It's a stripped down version of Dragon Age Inquisition in every way. It also reminds me of Guild wars 2. The graphics can be nice but everything is very stiff. The combat is extremely basic. The characters are not very interesting. neither is the story, and all the tribes are so similar and the way they speak is disgusting.About 12 hours into it now, level 15. As 6.5/10 a game could get. It's a stripped down version of Dragon Age Inquisition in every way. It also reminds me of Guild wars 2. The graphics can be nice but everything is very stiff. The combat is extremely basic. The characters are not very interesting. neither is the story, and all the tribes are so similar and the way they speak is disgusting. Everything is very repetetive, such are all games, I guess the better ones make those repetetive tasks feel important and interesting, whereas here it's not. I hear they are a small studio so they did a great job, but it's just not more than 6.5/10. For reference to score, I put Witcher 3 at 10/10 and Dragon Age inquisition 9.5/10, Shadow of War 8/10.… Expand
  7. ClintLugert
    Sep 22, 2019
    6
    I gave this game an open mind and a lot of time but I gotta say the reviews are positive from nostalgia and wishful thinking. It feels like a great game of years gone by, in good and bad ways. Terrible AI has baddies just standing around, repetitive and fairly empty world, tons of shuttle-run missions filled with talking heads, bad physics, flat characters, and it is a little overlyI gave this game an open mind and a lot of time but I gotta say the reviews are positive from nostalgia and wishful thinking. It feels like a great game of years gone by, in good and bad ways. Terrible AI has baddies just standing around, repetitive and fairly empty world, tons of shuttle-run missions filled with talking heads, bad physics, flat characters, and it is a little overly colonial as well. Cool setting and concept - would probably make a great book, but it's just barely a good game.… Expand
  8. IvoryOwl
    Oct 19, 2019
    7
    I'm split between 6.5 and 7 for this game.

    Greedfall is not without its flaws but it stands out as one of the more interesting RPGs to have released in recent memory. For a AA studio that is. Those who compare it to old Bioware games are not far off the mark – the story doesn't re-invent the wheel but it is interesting enough to keep you going and there are different paths and choices    I'm split between 6.5 and 7 for this game.

    Greedfall is not without its flaws but it stands out as one of the more interesting RPGs to have released in recent memory. For a AA studio that is. Those who compare it to old Bioware games are not far off the mark – the story doesn't re-invent the wheel but it is interesting enough to keep you going and there are different paths and choices you can take during quests. Your decisions bear consequences but nothing immediately obvious or extraordinaire. There are 3 different skill trees (Warrior, Technical, Magic) – Warrior is straightforward, Technical is flashy and Magic is both underwhelming and over-powered.

    The game’s weakest points lie in its combat, animations, vast yet empty world, over-used assets and an ending that was obviously rushed. Facial animations leave a lot to be desired and can be almost compared to ME:A, but it’s not critical if you can overlook such things. I, myself, grew used to them after a while. The world is, too large for what it offers, a poor design choice in all honesty, since a more condensed but meaningful experience could have proven more fruitful in the long run.

    If you’re a detail-oriented player you will notice oddly identical interiors and clones everywhere, this is particularly noticeable when you visit the governors’ manors in each town. Last but not least – the ending. It felt like the devs poured a lot of effort into the beginning and mid sections of the game only to realize they were running out of time and resources to do everything they wanted to. The ending is abrupt, followed by a slideshow depicting your choices and the consequences thereof.

    Overall, it’s not the kind of game that I'd play a second time but I did enjoy my time with it. I consider it Spiders' best title yet. I would play a sequel.

    PS: There is romance in the game, including gay options, but don’t expect it to be meaningful and deep. Although modding is a thing for Greedfall, it's not officially supported since the devs never released the tools for it, nor did they plan to. What exists and can be done, is limited.    … Expand
  9. RockerKR
    Nov 28, 2020
    5
    lllllllllllllllllll i know it was made by small studio, but combat is clunky lllllllllllll
  10. AllNewSuperfake
    Sep 11, 2019
    5
    The game gets an A for Ambition, and the studio has certainly learned since the days of the technomancer.

    And they get an AA like in "AA-game", for trying to establish that term as an excuse for the game's shortcomings. I guess from now on I'm supposed to imagine how great a game could have been, if the developers had enough money? There's a long line of AAA failures in the past year    The game gets an A for Ambition, and the studio has certainly learned since the days of the technomancer.

    And they get an AA like in "AA-game", for trying to establish that term as an excuse for the game's shortcomings. I guess from now on I'm supposed to imagine how great a game could have been, if the developers had enough money? There's a long line of AAA failures in the past year that say otherwise. And Greedfall certainly doesn't have to hide from the Anthems and Fallouts 0.76 out there.

    It's far from perfect, and it misses something to focus on, that one really *great* thing among all the mediocre writing and graphics and mechanics. Everything seems to be designed to make a good first impression, but doesn't have any depth to it. It gets stale very fast because the game is pushing every button in the first two hours, and then just stops progressing in any discipline.

    You *think* you've got a lot of RPG skills and ways to solve problems, but most of the time it comes down to which of the three doors (the locked one, the exploding wall one or the open one where you have to talk to people) you choose, and more than once I ran into at least one of the other "solutions" by accident.

    Other times you know exactly what the "solution" is going to be, but you still have to run across town several times to activate the scenario where you can get to work on that solution. You have elements like climbable walls and super obvious "blocked" doors that tell you exactly where a mission will take place and how it's going to be long before that scenario is activated. And yet they still have you backtracking across the whole city twice and more to "solve" that mystery.

    Is that how great RPGs work? No. Mediocre RPGs that bit off more than they can chew, yes. So they should really keep in mind that they have limits the next time instead of turning it into an excuse.

    And they have to do something about the facial animations OR do a LOTR game where everyone is the mouth of Sauron.    … Expand
  11. magnum482
    Sep 25, 2019
    5
    The game starts off decently enough, but one quickly realizes that it is just a repetitive slog with a mildly interesting story.

    First of all, the notion that you are exploring an island is pretty much not true. There are distinct zones that all have predetermined paths, like Dragon Age: Origins (which people are wont to compare this game to -- it doesn't come close, though). Unlike    The game starts off decently enough, but one quickly realizes that it is just a repetitive slog with a mildly interesting story.

    First of all, the notion that you are exploring an island is pretty much not true. There are distinct zones that all have predetermined paths, like Dragon Age: Origins (which people are wont to compare this game to -- it doesn't come close, though). Unlike that game, there is no interesting, choice-heavy dialogue or challenging, engaging combat. Instead, dialogue is almost completely linear, and any choices you make are essentially irrelevant. As far as combat is concerned, it is mind-numbingly easy compared to something like DA:O, even on the highest difficulty (note that difficulty in this game only affects how much damage you take). Character customization is extremely shallow. Companions cannot be customized beyond their gear. The story is decent, but considering there is virtually no player choice involved (and I mean it, there are no big decisions to make here like DA:O with the exception of the ending), I was just too bored to go on with it. This feels like a Dragon Age: Origins knock-off of decidedly lesser quality. Absolutely not worth $50 -- $20 sounds more reasonable, and even then I would hesitate purchasing.    … Expand
  12. Bobveela
    Sep 13, 2019
    7
    TLDR: The beginning of the game is fun and the amount of ways you can do quests is enjoyable. Most Characters however lack personality. About halfway through the game you realize all the quests you're getting are the same as ones you've done, and the paths the game has you take are horrible.

    The good: You really do feel like a Diplomat, trying to find a way to please everyone I    TLDR: The beginning of the game is fun and the amount of ways you can do quests is enjoyable. Most Characters however lack personality. About halfway through the game you realize all the quests you're getting are the same as ones you've done, and the paths the game has you take are horrible.

    The good:
    You really do feel like a Diplomat, trying to find a way to please everyone
    I freaking loved Petrus and the Bishops interactions together and really wish there was more character building like that
    Quests have many ways you can do things

    The bad:
    Travel times later get ridiculous on where the map sends you
    Quests get repetitive and certain story elements just don't make sense
    On the topic of the story there's no real twists that aren't predictable
    Characters for the most part have a good start, but then just kind of stagnate    … Expand
  13. saaleemshah
    Sep 13, 2019
    6
    So the game overall is good. the story progression is nice but the combat and game play needs a lot of improvement. and there is no suggestion of how difficult the quest is for a particular level or what is the recommended level for the quest. Many RPG games have it and that's a must have, in my opinion.
  14. decourcy
    Sep 9, 2019
    5
    This is not terrible, but it is mediocre.
    The facial animation might actually be worse than Andromeda.
    The writing is poor, and fetch quests galore. Combat is average, control with a pad is janky and jittery.

    If I was going to compare it to another game, it would be Dragon Age Inquisition, but with fewer choices to make in game. This is not a rpg, it is just an action game with some story.
  15. Hirsch
    Sep 15, 2019
    6
    Adult looking but childish game. All ditches loaded with loot boxes, guess there were less street trash to loot in Naples garbage crisis. "Innocent" side quests, solved by killing "angry customers" or other involved citizens without consequences. Running in houses and opening anything to pocket without any protests. Ninja combat annihilating enemy party by dropping bombs right down onAdult looking but childish game. All ditches loaded with loot boxes, guess there were less street trash to loot in Naples garbage crisis. "Innocent" side quests, solved by killing "angry customers" or other involved citizens without consequences. Running in houses and opening anything to pocket without any protests. Ninja combat annihilating enemy party by dropping bombs right down on ground - friends wont suffer. Well, at least this somewhat absolve ELEX and other Gothic clones I thought where lazy work.… Expand
  16. jekiru42
    Sep 26, 2019
    6
    I want to like this game! preorder a copy few months back because i expecting like a dragon age or skyrim experience but its not. Story got potential but never live to my expectation. Dialogue is the worst its like lip sync eh and look like they rush the game for the gameplay or battle play is very decent to me.

    Overall i gave this game a 6/10 because this game still have a chance to    I want to like this game! preorder a copy few months back because i expecting like a dragon age or skyrim experience but its not. Story got potential but never live to my expectation. Dialogue is the worst its like lip sync eh and look like they rush the game for the gameplay or battle play is very decent to me.

    Overall i gave this game a 6/10 because this game still have a chance to become better those flaws is fixable if they will do. and potential to be great is just there the only problem is a lot of good game will be out soon so they need to fix it before its too late    … Expand
  17. ZaPaAl
    Oct 18, 2019
    6
    I like Technomancer quite a bit, despite it's flaws, so I had strong hopes in their new game. But they did not deliver.
    It start's ok, with a bit of a tutorial feeling in the first big city. But afterwards in the main area of this game, this feeling never went away, it even got worse.
    This game is more like a running simulator and a fashion dress up. Good + Pretty to look it +    I like Technomancer quite a bit, despite it's flaws, so I had strong hopes in their new game. But they did not deliver.
    It start's ok, with a bit of a tutorial feeling in the first big city. But afterwards in the main area of this game, this feeling never went away, it even got worse.
    This game is more like a running simulator and a fashion dress up.

    Good
    + Pretty to look it
    + Voicing is good (I did not mind the synching)
    + Strong Setting
    + Story is kind of ok, somehow

    Bad
    - Vast and empty areas, my finger really hurt bad from keeping the sprint button permanently pressed
    - There is hardly anything to explore anyway, you should not do it unless sent
    - Towns and interiors are copy and paste, a lot of paste. Even the 3 town layouts are just basically variations. Interiors are nearly identical
    - Hardly any variation in animals and fighting ... the same groups of beast herds over and over
    - People and animals do nothing except standing around and for beasts sleeping sometimes
    - No children, makes no sense. People do nothing all day.
    - There is quite a a lot of different armor and weapons, but they always have the same stats and at some point you only want the uniques anyway
    - Gameplay and fighting is boring. I used about 2-3 magic skills as a mage. Everything died so fast, that probably one skill is enough in most cases.

    I think they made the mistake of going for a big, open world, with pretty visuals.
    They tried to keep the story and the voicing high, but they ultimatly failed on size, at interesting details, with game mechanics and with delivering motivation to play.    … Expand
  18. wanque
    Sep 21, 2019
    7
    It is a great rpg game.You can feel almost independent in the game in terms of choices.But map design is boring,confusing and takes a lot of time to travel.Most importantly you can not continue playing after the last mission.
  19. Camparini
    Sep 11, 2019
    5
    Realmente aprecio ambição dos produtores em trazer para o público uma obra grandiosa com um baixo orçamento. Ja joguei o game por 22 horas, e acredito que já consigo fazer algumas considerações sobre o mesmo.
    Prós:
    1. Atmosfera imersiva e única. Realmente, eles criaram um mundo próprio, com algumas poucas influências mas muita originalidade. 2. Bom sistema de loot e de habilidades, com    Realmente aprecio ambição dos produtores em trazer para o público uma obra grandiosa com um baixo orçamento. Ja joguei o game por 22 horas, e acredito que já consigo fazer algumas considerações sobre o mesmo.
    Prós:
    1. Atmosfera imersiva e única. Realmente, eles criaram um mundo próprio, com algumas poucas influências mas muita originalidade.
    2. Bom sistema de loot e de habilidades, com bastante variação de possíveis focos para o personagem. Stealth, Guerreiro pesado, guerreiro leve, mago, tático, etc.
    3. Bom sistema de companions, onde cada um representa uma facção. Você pode fazer aliados e inimigos, tudo depende das suas escolhas.
    Contras:
    1. Missões secundárias repetitivas. As vezes me sinto um mensageiro: vai na cidade A, fala com fulano. Depois passa na cidade B e passa o recado do fulano para sicrano. E isso se repete várias e várias vezes.
    2. Grande área para explorar, porém sem profundidade. Você anda por enormes áreas vazias, com apenas alguns monstros repetidos em várias outras partes da ilha,encontra um acampamento aqui e alí e...é só isso.
    3. De forma geral, o game tenta passar uma boa impressão, mas vai passando o tempo e você percebe que não há profundidade em nada.    … Expand
  20. StatikXaj
    Oct 3, 2019
    5
    Для любителей убить время игра прекрасно зайдёт. В игре множество уголков и интересная атмосфера. Но если объективно, то все квесты шаблонные, диалоги унылые и долгие. Интерфейсно непонятно сколько времени, а задания требуют это время. Непонятно сколько вложил очков в репутацию каждой из организаций, или персонажа. Все мобы одинаковые и ИИ их отвратительно тупое. Коллизии на предметыДля любителей убить время игра прекрасно зайдёт. В игре множество уголков и интересная атмосфера. Но если объективно, то все квесты шаблонные, диалоги унылые и долгие. Интерфейсно непонятно сколько времени, а задания требуют это время. Непонятно сколько вложил очков в репутацию каждой из организаций, или персонажа. Все мобы одинаковые и ИИ их отвратительно тупое. Коллизии на предметы раскидывали просто тяп-ляп, в связи с чем, либо ты застреваешь просто на каждом лепестке, либо мобы не могут обойти столб. Сюжет откровенное гов*о. Весь сюжет тезисно уложится на лист формата А4. И даже прекрасный подход к племенам на острове подошли халтурно, выдав всем одинаковые лица, одежду, дома, манеры и задания. Только Боссы вытянули игру на 5.0. Точнее не сами боссы (механика), а визуальное исполнение. тут художникам респект!… Expand
  21. Imperius147
    Sep 10, 2019
    7
    Pro:
    -storytelling
    -gameplay
    -unique universe atmosphere
    -spirit of Dragon Age- inqisition,Witcher and Mass Effect
    -graphic
    -no denuvo

    Cons:
    -sometimes AI companions
    -terrible ,really terrible face animations.its 2019 not 2009
  22. Syrona7
    Sep 10, 2019
    6
    Played it for like 20 minutes and decided that I can't be bothered with how complicated and clunky combat is. Well that on top of how average the game is, because I would have put up with the crappy combat controls on PC if the game was blowing me away.

    Perhaps the experience is better with a controller but I'm a PC pleb who isn't using one nor intends to.
  23. daftshadow
    Sep 10, 2019
    7
    If you enjoyed playing games like Gothic, Risen, and ELEX, then you might like this game as well. Despite the weird lip-syncing voice over, I find the game playable so far and I would give a 7/10. I've put in about 3 hours, doing as much as I can in the beginning area including all the side-quests (harbour). As far as performance goes, it is quite actually really well optimized.
  24. Trypsinogen
    Sep 30, 2019
    7
    It's like a Victorian era fantasy Witcher or Dragon Age game but it doesn't manage to do anything particularly well and it does a lot poorly. I would love to love it, because I wish there were more games like this made, but alas I just can't bring myself to. At best, it's wholly mediocre overall. They didn't have a large budget AND THEY MANAGE TO MAKE THIS EXTREMELY OBVIOUS. Some of theirIt's like a Victorian era fantasy Witcher or Dragon Age game but it doesn't manage to do anything particularly well and it does a lot poorly. I would love to love it, because I wish there were more games like this made, but alas I just can't bring myself to. At best, it's wholly mediocre overall. They didn't have a large budget AND THEY MANAGE TO MAKE THIS EXTREMELY OBVIOUS. Some of their failings though can not be attributed to a small budget but just to bad design and poor execution. Terrible animations, bland combat (a lot of it is just M1 spam), boring/uninteresting loot, humdrum uncompelling world and narrative which railroads you for the most part with few to no interesting choices to make. The entire game world looks mostly the same with many overly reused assets (almost as bad as the attrocities commited by Dragon Age 2), there is very little enemy diversity, and quests can be quite tedious with a lot of running back and forth.

    The only one strong point I can think of is that a lot of the voice acting is quite well done (with a strong exception in the companion Siora) - but this just makes it even more tragic that everything they're saying is trash in terms of quality story telling. The content of what they're actually saying is mostly a snorefest, but at least they sound good saying it (and it's too bad their character models' mouths and expressions don't match at all either).    … Expand
  25. ignore78
    Sep 18, 2019
    6
    Amazing graphics! Horrid controls! Could not care about the story. This is a no for me.
  26. p1menta
    Oct 22, 2019
    6
    I need to play anotherRPG to check if i'm the one that don't like rpg anymore, or if it is this type of rpg that made me feel like scooby doo gang in the 17th century; mission: talk to this guy to blablablabla *you talk to they guy* its not me, talk to this other guy to blablabalabla *you talk to the other guy* not me either, etc. i felt like a fool running stupid errands for blend people,I need to play anotherRPG to check if i'm the one that don't like rpg anymore, or if it is this type of rpg that made me feel like scooby doo gang in the 17th century; mission: talk to this guy to blablablabla *you talk to they guy* its not me, talk to this other guy to blablabalabla *you talk to the other guy* not me either, etc. i felt like a fool running stupid errands for blend people, in a pretty beautiful but pretty isolate world with like 4 kinds of different enemies, bumping into objects and being stuck, on them.
    talking about enemies, damn, the combact system is so bad, i was actually sad about it. i thought maybe i'd have lots of fun fighting, like with many differentattacks and powers and whatever, but meh, quite boring and frustrating.    … Expand
  27. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 30, 2019
    7
    GreedFall
    Full of Potential
    Greedfall is an open worldish rpg where you play as your own created character as they set out to find a cure for a plague taking over the lands… And im gonna get right to the point.. the story here is sooo boring, it wont pull you through this 19 hour adventure at all… I couldn’t tell your character names or plots.. I just couldn’t bother to care… except    GreedFall
    Full of Potential
    Greedfall is an open worldish rpg where you play as your own created character as they set out to find a cure for a plague taking over the lands…
    And im gonna get right to the point.. the story here is sooo boring, it wont pull you through this 19 hour adventure at all… I couldn’t tell your character names or plots.. I just couldn’t bother to care…
    except for of course my character and my characters cousin…
    So naturally the game must rely on its gameplay… and thankfully this is where Greedfall shines.
    GreeFall very quickly reminded me of Dragon Age Origins with a slight hint of assassins creed and the witcher…
    As you progress the game youll gain a party with hteir own quests, you can equip them with better items and gear throughout your journey….
    structure wise the game is the same from start to finish.. run to a travel marker or campfire.. fast travel to the quest location.. run to the spot on the map while you fight enemies in between, listen to some boring dialog… rinse and repeat until you get to an exciting boss battle…
    If you’ve played 2 hours of GreedFall you’ve played all hours of greedfall… nothing changes.
    But there was just something about it that kept me hook, icouldnt put this game down…
    Im not quite sure what It is… but despite the gamplay not changing up, and the story being so boring.. I couldn’t help but want to see this journey through to its end…
    it had some sortve spell on me…
    Despite all of its problems..
    There are essentially 2 different section to the world.. city and forest…
    Every city, every forest look and feel nearly identical from the outside to the insides
    enemies are few and far between.. but the hook was there.. leveling up… dumping my skills into a tree, making my character stronger and stronger… which does bring me to the biggest issue I have with this game…
    Leveling here is painfully slow…
    Sadly you kind of have to stick to one thing and one thing only per playthrough…
    You cant have a character that can carry powerful weapons and have heavy armor for example.. you just cant…
    Due to how slow points are given for each of the 3 trees, you have to really specialize in one thing which I don’t mind too much… but that was until the game was basically forcing me to choose certain skilsl towards the end of the story.. youre forced to craft items only about 4 times in the story.. but still to craft those 4 items you have no choice but to dump two skill points into areas you may otherwise not care to build upon..
    If im a warrior I shouldn’t be forced to dump my skills into science if im not crafting potions the whole game…
    This breaks the otherwise feeling of freedom the game has…
    Youre free to treat character in this game any way youd like, there are no fail states to missions… if youre detected when youre told not to you just have to fight your way through and figure things out from there…
    But forcing you to spend your points in a game that rarely hands those points out just really bothered me.. if youre going to make item crafting necessary for story progression, you shouldn’t also tie it to a skill and force me to use my remapping crystals.
    All in all though GreedFall has so much potential…
    With more incentive to explore, less item binding to certain skills or at the very least more points to spend as you level and a better story I believe GreedFall 2 or whatever spyder decides to do next could be even better…
    I give GreedFall
    a 7/10    … Expand
  28. Anastasyah
    Sep 22, 2019
    7
    Just finished game at 38 lvl. The game is not bad. But after the second part, it becomes boring. Boring plot and too easy fighting. Even on the hardest difficulty. I like the ending, thanks for the possibility to choose. Also, the design of all 3 cities is great. Haven't seen this before. So overall, the game is great, BUT toooo long, it must have been ended much earlier.
  29. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    7
    ====================IIIIIIIIII GAME SCORE : 70 IIIIIIIIII====================
  30. KibouHope21
    Oct 7, 2019
    7
    Do you like Old RPG such as Dragon age: origin? or Risen? if so, this game will be your good choice. there are a ton of side quests, lore telling, item gathering. and A LOT OF TALKING. they don't hold back on giving information. there will be sometimes that you find yourself walking around just talking. however, the story is interesting, not the best, but enough for you to cling on it.Do you like Old RPG such as Dragon age: origin? or Risen? if so, this game will be your good choice. there are a ton of side quests, lore telling, item gathering. and A LOT OF TALKING. they don't hold back on giving information. there will be sometimes that you find yourself walking around just talking. however, the story is interesting, not the best, but enough for you to cling on it. combat system is so old school, slash, shortcut for skill. there are plenty of skill to play around. not much though. the choices in the game matters.

    if you like the game I mention (plus King dom of Amalur: reckoning) this game is a good choice) if not I suggested you to try those game first. some system of this kind of games can be annoying for some people. ENJOY    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. GameGrin
    Aug 8, 2022
    70
    GreedFall boasts a unique, semi-open world in which to immerse yourself, but is held back by the limitations of its game engine.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    60
    The Spiders studio didn´t take players‘ comments on the previous titles seriously, and they repeat the same mistakes. GreedFall offers an interesting world, full of amazing characters and ideas, but lacks in other aspects. [Issue#298]
  3. Worth Playing
    Dec 10, 2019
    70
    Greedfall is a tough game to judge. It's neither bad nor great. It comes staggeringly close to greatness in a number of areas, but it just lacks the polish or ambition to go further. If you're looking for a nostalgic trip back to the mid-2000s style of WRPGs, then you'll find a lot to like in Greedfall. It's worth a shot if you're a fan of that style of games. In a year that gave us titles like Disco Elysium, it's difficult to be particularly impressed by something that is merely standard.
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