Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

[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.

Sentymentalny powrót do pierwszych BaldurGate.

I'll be honest - I was not exactly expecting Pillars of Eternity, but this game does not even come close. The interfaces are clunky, the transparency in combat is not there, the plot is boring and the mechanics are just very obscure. This feels like Baldur's Gate 1 on its original release 25 years ago more than anything else, sadly. Non-existent QoL, clunky movement, boring abilities, boring class design, boring itemisation, it is simply just a bad game. Extremely disappointing.

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

Gra w która chciałem zagrać od 2 lat ale widziałem sporo opinii na temat dopracowania` gry ,mechanik i optymalizacji. Chcialem zagrac ,bo wiele razy w róznych opiniach ludzie wymieniali ten tytuł przy Baldur Gate PIllarsach czy serii Divinity. W listopadzie wyszedł bardzo pozytywnie oceniany dodatek a wczesniej duzy patch, przyszla wiec pora na spróbowanie tego tytułu , zwłaszcza ,że była bardzo fajna promocja tytułu. Cóż nie zawiodłem sie , jest to bardzo przyjemna gra.Mocno mechanikami przypomina BG2 i pierwsze Pillarsy , doświadczony gracz CRPG od razu zrozumie mechanike gry. Pierwsze wrazenie było dość srednie ale po pierwszym rozdziale wkreciłem sie na dobre . Gre skończyłem w ciagu 40 godzin .Gralem na hard ale nie stanowiło to zadnego problemu , spociłem sie moze w 4-5 walkach i przez dluzszy czas gry nawet nie zginałem. Pare razy w końcówce / Gra jest dośc prosta dla doświadczonych graczy. Radze wydawac kase na najlepszy sprzet dla bohaterów- , kasy bedzie na tyle duzo zeby nie oszczedzac na niczym . Generalnie - Sam system awansu mogłbyc lepszy, bronie moglby byc lepsze, zaklecia mogly byc lepsze , fabuła jest ok i ---> Tez mogla byc lepsza, ale najważniejsze ze te elementy są lepsze niz niejedna gra tego typu. Dla ludzi którzy nie znaja CRPG to ocena 6/10 ale dla fanów tego genre mocna osemeczka. Polecam zwlaszcza na promocji i z dodatkiem ktory daje wieksze wyzwania w walkach oraz kilka nowych questów oraz miejsc W grze jest kilka fajnych opcji które widziałbym w innych grach, przy itemach wiemy skad je mamy i gdzie je znależlismy ,jezeli jest przepis jest informacja czy juz go mamy i mozemy sprzedac scroll czy jeszcze nie jest zapisany i fajnie jest jak po skonczeniu warunków questa jesty szybka podróz do NPC który nam go dał \ Dlatego gra nie zabiera czasu bezsensownym chodzeniem , fabuła idzie szybko a zagadki których jest tez parę sa banalne. . Z optymalizacja nie było problemu ale do czasu . Po koniec gry od 4 aktu gra czasami potrafiła sie sciac lekko i miec spory drop klatek przy wiekszych bitwach - co w sumie przy konfiguracji z RTX5080 nie powinno miec miejsca. Natomiast ten drop nie sprawił problemu z ukonczeniem i w 95% gra była płynna. Gralem na ultra ustawieniach. Czekam na kolejna gre tych twórców, to małe wegierskie studio Indie oraz polski scenarzysta. Warto wesprzec,kupić i ograć bo takich gier jest mało a widać ,że to są pasjonaci, Larian tez zaczynał od takich gier,

I like this game. It looks like Baldur's Gate and plays in a very similar way, which is great for me because we don't get many RPGs like this anymore. Yes, the game has some flaws. Some systems aren't well balanced, the new mechanics feel quite basic, and the graphics do their job but aren't particularly impressive. However, the overall experience is enjoyable. It's not just nostalgia, I genuinely enjoyed playing Black Geyser, completing quests, and going through the DLC because the core gameplay loop is fun. The main issue, and probably my biggest complaint, is the optimization. Loading screens are far too long, and after every two or three hours of gameplay, you have to restart the game. For a game that doesn't have especially demanding graphics, that feels very strange. The interface also isn't great. It clearly takes inspiration from the Infinity Engine games, but the huge amount of loot makes inventory management tedious. Everything else - the story, quests, and gameplay is good. It's not a masterpiece, but it's a solid RPG that should appeal to anyone who enjoys the classic Infinity Engine games and old-school party-based RPGs. I can definitely recommend this game. I had a great time with it, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the developers create next.

A decent game if you like BG1 and PoE1 I didn't expect to enjoy the game this much. I wish there was more fighting and epic boss battles.

Eu me surpreendi muito. O jogo embora não tenha visuais impressionantes tem um jeitinho de ser criativo com algumas mecânicas e a forma que explora a ganância. O texto e a forma como isso é feito fica bem óbvio (absurdamente bom ou vilão de desenho), mas é divertido ainda assim. Também gostei de ver outras raças e as artes demonstrando cada uma delas com suas classes. É médio, mas é bem divertido!