GreedFall

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 578 Ratings

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  1. Gramps
    Apr 6, 2023
    8
    TL;DR - In lot of ways this game reminds me of Witcher 2, and Mass Effect 1, both in style of game, but also in sense that it feels like it would join the all time greats such as Witcher 3, and Mass Effect 2 if the team behind it had the bigger budget and capacity

    Things I disliked most: ❌Lack of environment variety - cities and open-world kind of feel the same. Unique quests do set    TL;DR - In lot of ways this game reminds me of Witcher 2, and Mass Effect 1, both in style of game, but also in sense that it feels like it would join the all time greats such as Witcher 3, and Mass Effect 2 if the team behind it had the bigger budget and capacity

    Things I disliked most:
    ❌Lack of environment variety - cities and open-world kind of feel the same. Unique quests do set them apart, but it is definitely something noticable after 10-15 hours of gameplay
    ❌ Lack of enemy variety - what I mean by this is mostly aimed at those brown bear-like creatures, there are soo many of them, and it becomes very annoying to see them for 100th time. What makes it noticable is that all of them have this dark/brown color, so even if there is different enemy, because it has same color it feels like it's same enemy.
    ❌ (small nitpick) Not being able to fast travel from anywhere - this is very small thing, but after ~15 hours it was bit annoying that I couldn't just teleport to other areas, but had to walk to the campfire and then teleport, it's not big issue but something that annoyed me

    Things I liked most:
    ✔️Ability to solve quests in multiple ways - Here is some example - you can convince guards to let you in, you can disquise yourself as sailor and walk around like in Hitman games, you can craft bomb and blow up wall, you can make sleeping pills and poison drink so guards fall a sleep, or you can just fight through. In my opinion this is essence of great RPG and this game has it! :)
    ✔️RPG mechanics - charisma, science, crafting, vigor, lockpicking etc. they aren't all feel like they have place and are useful, while at same time not feeling like they are too much
    ✔️Story, characters and quality of quests - absolute highlight of game, quests are on par with some of the best RPGs out there, very fun.
    ✔️Being able to pause time in fight and plan out next move - YES, more games need to add this, it reminds me of Dragon Age Origins
    ✔️Companions - All are unique, interesting, have well written lines, great quests associated with them, and you can romance them. They have been great addition to the journey, and they don't make game too easy, so no reason to not bring them with you.
    ✔️Boss fights are cool + combat is fun - it's not Sekiro/Elden Ring, but it's pretty good, it doesn't feel too hard, and it doesn't feel too easy, I have played as technician and combat felt balanced on Hard difficulty
    ✔️Arena - I love when RPG has arena, and this one is fun + has nice quests associated with it.

    All in all, I have enjoyed this game very much, and am excited to see what devs do for the future! I will recommend this game to anybody who enjoyed more "talk" oriented RPGs (like Witcher and Mass Effect)    … Expand
  2. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 23, 2023
    8
    Beautiful history and interesting mechanics. The game is far from be perfect, not so good as RPG and also not good as action, but solid and fun to play.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. Mandulum
    Apr 4, 2021
    7
    I enjoyed my time with Greedfall. The story was mostly simple and straight-forward without much intrigue. The combat was about the same, even magic was a lot too simple. But in spite of its simplicity I still mostly enjoyed the game, its world, and story.

    Date Completed: 2021-04-04
    Playtime: 31h
    Enjoyment: 7/10
    Recommendation: I enjoyed it well enough. Go for it.
  6. PEnchan707
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    It's an enjoyable game, with a many qualities though none of them reach great heights except the soundtrack.

    It's a pseudo-open world with many of the rpg mechanics you'd expect to find. A good all-rounder, if a little too combat heavy towards the last act.

    Pick up on a sale if you're particularly into this genre.
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. VG_Alex
    Jun 14, 2021
    7
    "GreedFall" has many weak point over all, the only advantages is graphic performance and the background setting of new land in the 17th century. If you are a RPG player please choose it carefully.

    Review of ‘Greed Fall ’

    Graphic/Art: 7.5

    Music: 7

    Narrative:7

    Gameplay: 6

    Score: 6.5
  12. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    7
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  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. DesmanaMoschata
    Nov 15, 2019
    7
    Someone called it "new Witcher3" - come on! It's even not near. Why?
    1. Battles are.... Boring! U have no need to control space, no use of traps - too small agro range. w3 - block/dodge/hit was hard and fun
    2. A lot of sidequest - yes, but... No!!! And the worst thing - u have to run. Why not to make travelpoint near palace? 40-50% of the game - running between locations. 3. Main story -    Someone called it "new Witcher3" - come on! It's even not near. Why?
    1. Battles are.... Boring! U have no need to control space, no use of traps - too small agro range. w3 - block/dodge/hit was hard and fun
    2. A lot of sidequest - yes, but... No!!! And the worst thing - u have to run. Why not to make travelpoint near palace? 40-50% of the game - running between locations.
    3. Main story - not good at all. Start was good, but aftwe middle - no need to spoiler, it's clear.
    As a result - something good and gives hope, but hope dies in a 30-40% of the game.    … Expand
  18. Jckovacks
    Dec 15, 2019
    7
    RPG espectacular, una autentica sorpresa. Creo que si hubiera tenido más presupuesto para pulir algunas mecánicas y decisiones de escenarios podríamos hablar de un candidato al juego del año.
    La historia principal es tremenda y todo el sistema RPG (compañeros, localizaciones, equipo, toma de decisiones...)funciona a las mil maravillas. Mención a parte para las secundarias, de lo mejor que    RPG espectacular, una autentica sorpresa. Creo que si hubiera tenido más presupuesto para pulir algunas mecánicas y decisiones de escenarios podríamos hablar de un candidato al juego del año.
    La historia principal es tremenda y todo el sistema RPG (compañeros, localizaciones, equipo, toma de decisiones...)funciona a las mil maravillas. Mención a parte para las secundarias, de lo mejor que he visto. Nada de ser recaderos, aquí cada secundaria se engloba dentro de una sub-trama y cada una te deriva a otra del mismo hilo, teniendo todas relación con la historia principal, muy similar a lo visto en los mass effect (misiones de compañeros y de "clanes") pero sin abusar de estas huyendo del relleno (como si pasaba en mass effect Andrómeda)

    Como puntos negativos hay que nombrar, el sistema semiabierto (tipo DQ XI), este juego hubiera ganado muchos enteros siendo un mundo abierto completo, la escasez de variedad de enemigos y sobre todo su sistema de combate, el cual si bien cumple, es bastante mediocre y no resulta tan satisfactorio como otros juegos. Echo en falta alguna ejecución, violencia, algo menos de caos visual contra grupos de enemigos...

    En resumen, juego muy recomendable que te meterá en su mundo de lleno y del que querrás completar al 100% sin forzarte a ello.    … Expand
  19. 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.
  20. Sepherim
    Jun 15, 2020
    7
    Greedfall es un juego entretenido, pero que promete más de lo que ofrece. El problema es que quiere hacer demasiadas cosas, y no todas las hace igual de bien. Por ejemplo, hay varias carreras para el personaje, pero a la hora de desarrollarlo con las subidas de niveles, el progreso es bastante lineal y deja poco espacio para crear cada uno su build. Y la trama, está muy bien y plantea unGreedfall es un juego entretenido, pero que promete más de lo que ofrece. El problema es que quiere hacer demasiadas cosas, y no todas las hace igual de bien. Por ejemplo, hay varias carreras para el personaje, pero a la hora de desarrollarlo con las subidas de niveles, el progreso es bastante lineal y deja poco espacio para crear cada uno su build. Y la trama, está muy bien y plantea un mundo interesante, pero está narrada de un modo que hace difícil apasionarse por ella. Con los compañeros pasa un poco lo mismo, aportan a la jugabilidad y a la trama, pero no puedes personalizarlos demasiado y a menudo aportan menos en combate de lo esperado. Y el combate es entretenido, sin duda, pero sigue un modelo visto muchas veces y en ocasiones se siente algo ortopédico. El sigilo falla bastante a la hora de proporcionar diversión, pero en cambio el sistema de diálogos y decisiones hacen que realmente se sienta el impacto de lo que decidimos. Y sin duda la ambientación estética está muy guay, dado que pocos son los juegos que nos permiten explorar la estética del siglo XVI con elementos mágicos y misticismo.

    A nivel gráfico el juego cumple, sin demasiados alardes, pero cumple bien. Quizás la mayor pega sea en los escenarios que, pese a estar bien hechos, acaban resultando demasiado similares. El sonido por su parte cumple sin ningun tipo de problema pero sin nada destacado tampoco. Y en cuanto a bugs y eso, al menos en mi experiencia, tiene algunos pero no son demasiado graves, si no contamos con que podría haberse optimizado para que funcionase de modo más fluido.

    El resultado de todo ello es un juego que podría haber dado más de si, que promete mucho pero acaba por no dar todo lo que podría haber dado de si, quedando como una preciosa promesa que se queda corta. Un 7.
    … Expand
  21. Billnobi
    Apr 30, 2020
    7
    An RPG with an excellent atmosphere and a decent roll playing experience. The beginning is superb, with a decrepit atmosphere and a decaying world, then quickly runs out of steam. Give it a try. It is buggy and it is a little on the lower budget side of things, but it might be some people's niche. Overall, its not bad, but not great either.
  22. ahrek
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    this is a solid game, nice to look at, with lots to explore. it is not extraordinary, but it has potential. could have done a bit more in some places like conversations between companions. they rarely talk to each other, like happens all the time in games like mass effect. but offers a good foundation, were the developers to make more games set in this world.
  23. dannygrooves
    Sep 21, 2020
    7
    What you expect from a solid RPG adventure the game does very well, however there isn't anything groundbreaking or new about it. It's a wonderfully crafted story that really seems affected by your choices. The fighting system is satisfying although seemingly too easy. I had a fun time playing thru the main story and exploring the (mostly) open world, but found myself wanting a littleWhat you expect from a solid RPG adventure the game does very well, however there isn't anything groundbreaking or new about it. It's a wonderfully crafted story that really seems affected by your choices. The fighting system is satisfying although seemingly too easy. I had a fun time playing thru the main story and exploring the (mostly) open world, but found myself wanting a little more out of the experience.… Expand
  24. Murzinio
    Dec 23, 2020
    7
    Good story driven RPG but with some major shortcomings - you can tell it's an indie game. Still I enjoyed it, it's worth checking out if you're a fan of this genre but get it on sale rather than for full price. I paid around 20£ and it's good value for this game.
  25. Bioreactor1987
    Oct 19, 2021
    7
    Игра понравилась, но много сомнительных моментов. Следующую их игру определенно жду и надеюсь, что они будут развиваться и дальше в этом направлении.
  26. zyllus
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    Its a RPG game based on a fictional island with London like cities in the 1700. There are three factions and each of them are very grounded and have a goal and drive to achieve what they want. The morality is thin in the world which makes you take tough choices and live with the consequences and the game doesn't punish you but rather encourages you to carve your own destiny. The combat isIts a RPG game based on a fictional island with London like cities in the 1700. There are three factions and each of them are very grounded and have a goal and drive to achieve what they want. The morality is thin in the world which makes you take tough choices and live with the consequences and the game doesn't punish you but rather encourages you to carve your own destiny. The combat is a combination of guns and swords. You often take a NPC with you on missions to help you out and some of the forest creatures and boss battles are very tough. The graphics and glitches are annoying and the world feels semi-open world as you have to run around everywhere but its an overall good game.… Expand
  27. CausticMisery
    Jan 28, 2023
    7
    A decent Bioware-lite that is bogged down by too many boring side activities and backtracking.
  28. TastieToasty
    Jun 13, 2023
    7
    Solid game.

    I just hope the game improves what the first one did good. It just needed to be more darker. the big problem i had with the game were the moral choices. there is only good and bad. you good choices will have NO consequences. (that is really unrealistic) good music AMAZING Heavy armor!! good looking swords and guns. I just wish that they would make Greedfall 2    Solid game.

    I just hope the game improves what the first one did good.
    It just needed to be more darker.
    the big problem i had with the game were the moral choices.

    there is only good and bad.
    you good choices will have NO consequences. (that is really unrealistic)

    good music
    AMAZING Heavy armor!!
    good looking swords and guns.

    I just wish that they would make Greedfall 2 more darker and grim.    … Expand
  29. 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
  30. ignore78
    Sep 18, 2019
    6
    Amazing graphics! Horrid controls! Could not care about the story. This is a no for me.
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#25 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019

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72

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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