Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

Jogo mais simples que os famosos CRPG's, e com dificuldade baixa. Joguei todo na maior dificuldade possivel e apenas alguns boss apresentaram algum desafio. É um jogo gostoso de jogar, as há variedade de habilidades e da para ter uma variaçao de "roles" para os personagens. Talvez não seja para todos, principalmente se for comparar com outros titulos. Mas vale a pena jogar sem muita expectativa.

Considering this game is the first game made by the studio, it is not bad despite some of the content could definitely have been better. Don't let the unpolished beating animation at 0:02 and walking animation at 0:23 in the first trailer turn you off; the game is worth trying. Think of it as a simpler version of Balder's Gate 1. By the way, I suggest that players set the difficulty as at least Veteran; combats in lower-tier difficulties might be a bit too easy.

[b]A fun CRPG that feels straight from the 2000s.[/b] It is very nostalgic, from its sound design, loading screens, to area layouts, and quests. Its not afraid to be little bit weird and adhere to the rule of cool in ways that most modern games don't bother with. The down side to that is some of the quests are confusing and its easy to miss quest giving NPCs with some them hidden of the second stories of generic sounding buildings and looking exactly like the surrounding NPCs. You think to check every building but there are so many houses with just a barrel or nothing in them until a quest makes the inhabitants appear that this is a real chore. you can mess up quests before you get given them by selling or removing items before the quest. There was also a few times where the quest had a next step that felt very out of left field and I had to consult an online guide to figure out for instance, that "finding information" in a location meant robbing a museum. The Greed system leaves a bit to be desired, I was playing as generous but I felt no need or temptation to be greedy because gold was so easy to come across. I plan to do a second playthrough at some point going full greed to see how it compares as there are some interesting characters on the greed side. [b]There are a few areas for improvement which I think would improve the game a lot and home the devs implement if they ever do another patch.[/b] Have an opening cutscene explaining who you are and what you are doing in Lord Espen's estate. The information that is in your compendium is what should be told to you before the character creation scene. More information in the Compendium, after finishing I am still confused by how many gods there are and what their domains are. There are those statues in the capital and on the cliffs with a bunch of statues, are those all the gods I don't know they aren't interactable. What is with that dome in the north? Got from NPCs it was but there to stop a war but what? huh? Make the ending slides, slides instead of the scroller, I'm a fast reader and it was painfully slow to wait. edit: minor add-on for something I remembered. I played as a necromancer and it was cool I got special dialog with Jade because of it but it made it more jarring when I could only react negativitly to The Sea Hag been undead, bit of an oversight there. I have said a lot of criticism for a positive review but it is despite everything really fun, if you like CRPGs please give Black Geyser a go and I am really looking forward to seeing more of the world that GrapeOcean had made.

Black Geyser delivers a solid classic cRPG experience that I genuinely enjoyed, its RTwP combat evoke nostalgic Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 vibes. My issue is the lack of quality-of-life features like repositioning AoE spells mid-cast is frustrating, as all enemies often evade them before the slow casting animation completes, rendering most AoE spells ineffective.

Copilot said: Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness – Kurze Rezension Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness orientiert sich klar an den großen isometrischen CRPG-Klassikern wie Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale oder Pillars of Eternity. Auf dem Papier klingt das vielversprechend: eine klassische Fantasy-Welt, eine Gruppensteuerung in Echtzeit mit Pause und rund 45 Stunden Spielzeit inklusive DLC. Leider scheitert das Spiel in vielen Bereichen an der Umsetzung. Zwar gibt es immer wieder Passagen, die Spaß machen und den Charme alter CRPGs aufleben lassen, doch insgesamt wirkt Black Geyser technisch und spielerisch unausgereift. Die Grafik ist altbacken, mit langweiligen Umgebungen, hölzernen Charakteranimationen und einer durchweg schwachen Präsentation. Besonders problematisch ist die Performance: In einigen Kämpfen kam es bei mir zu massiven Framerate-Einbrüchen bis in den einstelligen Bereich, einmal wurde ich sogar komplett aus dem Spiel geworfen. Auch die Ladezeiten sind eine Katastrophe. Nach etwa jeder Stunde Spielzeit musste ich das Spiel neu starten, um nicht auf Ladebildschirme von ein bis zwei Minuten Länge warten zu müssen. Zusätzlich lief das Inventarmenü bereits träge, und mit den später verfügbaren Taschen verschlechterte sich die Performance noch weiter. Das Kampfsystem wirkt unausgegoren. Charaktere reagieren häufig nur verzögert oder gar nicht auf Befehle, und oft ist nur schwer zu erkennen, welche Figur aktuell ausgewählt ist. Der Endkampf des DLCs war bei mir sogar so stark verbuggt, dass ich keine meiner Figuren mehr direkt steuern oder das Spiel pausieren konnte. Glücklicherweise hatte ich die rudimentäre KI so eingestellt, dass die Gruppe eigenständig kämpfen und Zauber wirken konnte, wodurch der Kampf trotzdem gewonnen wurde. Auch die Story und die Begleiter bleiben größtenteils oberflächlich und wenig interessant. Einige Quests sind zudem schlecht erklärt, sodass oft unklar bleibt, wie man vorankommen soll. Zahlreiche Übersetzungsfehler verschärfen dieses Problem zusätzlich. Unterm Strich bietet Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness zwar einige Stunden solide Unterhaltung für Fans klassischer CRPGs, erreicht aber nie die Qualität seiner Vorbilder. Zu viele technische Probleme, ein schwaches Kampfsystem und eine wenig packende Geschichte verhindern, dass das Spiel mehr als Mittelmaß wird. Wertung: 3/10 Ein gelegentlich unterhaltsames CRPG mit viel Potenzial, das jedoch in einem deutlich unausgereiften Zustand bleibt und den Vergleich mit seinen Vorbildern klar verliert.

It's not quite Baldur's Gate I or II, but it's got the same spirit. It was fun.

Great game that reminded me of Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale, with some quality-of-life features like a fast walk mode outside of combat. The graphics are great, and the exploration and gearing were fun. The main game + expansion took about 28 hours to complete. I love the way the world map works, like in Baldur’s Gate. My only gripe was the load times. I had to restart periodically when it got too bad. There are some QoL improvements to mitigate this, like being able to instantly go to certain quest NPCs or to the world map. Fully recommended. Please keep making great games like this!

It started fine, but later in the game, the bugs are plenty, the plot is uninspired and the gameplay is boring.

The beginning was slow at first but after around chapter 2 it picks up you can tell they were influenced alot by the original Baldurs Gate series. Fine by me bring me some more. Respect the FLAIL