Geneforge 1

This is kind of a mixed review. On the one hand, Geneforge is my favorite RPG series ever. I like playing Necromancer type characters, and nothing conveys the experience of having expendable NPC allies more than Geneforge does. The story is good, and the series hasn't aged badly, really. I think even someone new to the series wouldn't mind this although it would probably feel a bit janky. On the other hand, Geneforge 1 is the weakest of the series. It's not always clear what your next step is like in the other versions, so basically your strategy is just, go to an unexplored area and kill everything. If the monsters are too strong, go to another area. Sometimes there are things that get hidden behind walls with the isometric view. Treasure and monsters. The RNG... there have to be hidden modifiers to attacks or the hit chance you're given is wrong because it's just monitor smashing levels at times and I play a lot of RNG games. Stuff like 6 or 7 consecutive misses at 60+% to hit. I've seen it too often to be chance. I just came here from a ragequit where I had 7 allied monsters who could absolutely not hit anything, round after round with high hit percentages, and I don't remember the last time I ragequit a game. Allied pathfinding is pretty bad. Your monsters often get in each other's way, or lose an attack because they didn't take anything close to the optimal route to their opponent. I'm being too hard on this game maybe... it's playable and it has the same good qualities of the other games in the series, but it has bad qualities too. The dev hadn't quite mastered his craft yet. The other 4 games are great. These 5 games are sold as a set and the price for them is absurdly low, so it's an absolute recommend. I'd even recommend Geneforge 1 at the price they want for it, it just gets a bit frustrating at times. Give it a look. You'll know within 2 hours if the interface and play works for you or not.

One of the only games i have played consistently since i was like 12. Found it back in the day on RealArcade and haven't put it down since. It's a top down, turn based (only in combat tho) strategy game, where you create creatures to help you as you traverse a land forgotten by the Shapers, the magic wielding overlords of all classes. You'll traverse Sucia and decide if you want to help the Shapers and stay true to your upbringing and economic class, or help the oppressed who just want to be equals, or even the rebels who want to take down the Shapers. Your decisions WILL decide how people react, talk to, and treat you, so there's lots of variety as far as each playthrough being different. The island and areas you can explore are HUGE, with MANY secrets to be found, main quests as well as side quests, and NPCs, both friendly and hostile. I can't really think of any games to compare it to, it truly is a unique experience you'll just have to try for yourself! The ONLY complaint i have, is this game ran on like windows XP, nowadays my PC has like 50x the power, there's no reason whatsoever the cursor should be laggy when text is on the screen. That issue can be SERIOUSLY annoying, and the devs still haven't addressed it, but, if you don't mind that minor inconvenience, its fun! and there's also the MUTAGEN version, which is the same game but updated and tweaked a little.

I have this game in my library for many years (from a Humble Bundle I think?) and today, a decade later I decided to check it and in an instant one hour elapsed and I am craving for more. Great sense of mystery and exploration. I know this is an old game, but I just wish I could do more things with hotkeys instead of mouse clicking all the time.

It feels like a 90's game that released early 2000's. It's fun exploring its massive world. I feel like Geneforge's biggest selling point is its accessibility and size. I like the story-telling which doesn't overdo the amount of reading dialogue (Like many better games of its type). The combat and the UI is very straightforward too, making it easy to dive into. You will be save-scumming your way through it, it's that kind of game. [h1]The game suffers from a fatal flaw:[/h1] The biggest issue I had was that to replenish your health and mana there is no rest option. Instead you need to backtrack to a healing and mana pool, then run all the way back again. I must've ran back well over a hundred times; it's an annoying chore that cuts your exploration short all the time. This is the biggest issue with the game and will likely cause many to stop playing and not finish it. The other issue I have is that the combat isn't terribly varied or interesting, nor did it evolve much through the course of the game. You are a mage with some spells and can summon a bunch of familiars. It sounds interesting and full of potential and perhaps with a few interesting AE spells and a better system to recover your mana it could have been better. It's difficult to recommend this to many people when there are other brilliant older RPG games like EverQuest, Might & Magic 6-8, the criminally underrated Lands of Lore 3, Daggerfall or new ones like Lords of Xulima. I give it a C, which means it was fun but close to being a 'take it or leave it' kind of experience.

I got these games in a bundle, and oh man I was not prepared for how good this was. The descriptions and writing are done really well and the story is really interesting. It's old and it's not very pretty, but if you like RPGs this game is amazing!

Classic

Great role-playing game and the story for the first game would recommend playing and combat is interesting to. Also childhood game of mine Geneforge series so great again to play these five game. 10/10

Relaxing turn based RPG with lots of places to explore and quests to complete. The game is so well designed that it is almost too easy to navigate, engage in combat, level up, and keep track of any quests you need to complete. It saves progress automatically but you can still save often as you feel you need to so that getting involved in a fight too advanced for your character doesn't totally ruin your game progress. I really enjoy Spider Web games. Interesting stories with numerous factions and cultures to side with or not depending upon your chosen character's own personality, interests and beliefs.

a classic

Turn-based point-and-click RPG where you summon monsters to help you fight. There are multiple factions in the game, so some of your choices have a huge impact on the game. It's a classic.