Of Orcs And Men

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Кайф, че Боевка спорная очень, но прикольная. Сюжет хоть и не остроумный, но интересный. По скидке за 60р самое то на пару вечеров.

Is it the best game I've ever played? Not by a long shot. The combat mechanics are frustrating, as the characters don't always do what you're trying to make them do. The writing could also have benefited from a few more editing passes; the quips get exhausting at times, and here and there the main characters will say and do things that are inconsistent with something that just happened. That being said, the setup is interesting, Styx's japes are on occasion actually funny, and the story got quite engaging after the second chapter. The game may not have fully lived up to its potential, but overall I had a good time with it.

Sadly, I can't recommend it.. the controls and combat are terrible and even on easy it can be painful. 5/10

Of Orcs and Men is a low quality linear RPG that is ambitious yet very flawed. Inverting the typical dark fantasy tropes on their head, the best compliment I can give this game is that it has you play as an Orc and a Goblin fighting against an evil human empire that's subjugating its people rather than the other way around. Of Orcs and Men alternates between very rudimentary, yet more enjoyable than the primary combat, stealth sections where Styx assassinates and sneaks around, and a real time strategy weapon-wheel-action-queuing-combat-system perhaps akin to something like Final Fantasy XII. The characters, Arkail and Styx, are very solidly developed and voice acted, with both, especially Styx being likable and crudely charming by the end of the game. The majority of the other voice actors are rough however, and most of their characters weakly written. The story and writing is all right, as well as the music which I think is overrated by this game's fans. There is a laundry list of issues I had with this game though, so let's list it out: - Combat was needlessly frustrating because I wasn't able to use the revive power as soon as one of my dudes went down because of...? (who the ♥♥♥♥ knows) - this resulted in my other character dying - while I paused and unpaused the game waiting for it to become available (there was no indication/mention of a cooldown or why that was) - needlessly, instead of allowing me to keep the fight going and brute-force an impossible section. Combat also sucked because hits from weapons that didn't touch my character registered and did damage (I realize that's due to the fact that this is an action RPG game but it's a very poorly made one and should've just been an action game instead {mechanically and gameplay-wise at least} so I'm glad they honed in on the stealth in the later games. - There was missing audio and awkward pauses; rough edgy writing in many spots; very limited animations that were repeated to the point of exhaustion (like Styx pointing down); the fact that there is fake RPG decision making in dialogue (it's typically linear and just leads back to the same endpoint or has little to no impact on the game if there is a real choice); the dialogue options are like Fallout 4 in that you have no idea what you're going to say half the time; there are innumerable invisible walls; and finally characters don't react to seeing dead bodies. {I'm sure I missed a few things, but that should give you an idea}. - This final issue is on me for not knowing that you couldn't change the difficulty once you begin a playthrough, because I wanted to play on hard but once I reached the end of a gladiator section at the beginning of chapter 2 I found it essentially impossible to beat the enemies. This is despite having done all of the side content up to this point. Maybe I suck, or I hadn't properly placed my skill and attribute points into the right places, but I was being murdered so ruthlessly, that after trying for an hour or two I gave in and decided to increase my health and damage levels to beat the game on easy and bypass the atrocious combat - this is the first game that has driven me to install and use cheat engine by the way, and I've played a number of challenging games, the difference here is I just think it's poor design. Someone on reddit put it best: it's an interesting concept on paper, but the combat falls short because it tries to copy something like Kotor but with only a party of 2 and a far more limited skill set and leveling potential. In short, Of Orcs and Men's general rough edges and lack of polish that created a needlessly frustrating and unfun experience make this game difficult to recommend unless you want to experience the story, because you're a fan of Styx or like to play series in release order when you can, like me; in that case though I would recommend playing on the easiest difficulty or watching a playthrough because the combat is pointlessly tedious and not rewarding for the extra time spent.

Хм. Ну и название. Нехорошо, нехорошо. Прикольная игра, пластмассовая такая, она победила мое уныние.

it's okay, it's nice to get styx backstory and new characters. just hope blades of greed or the next styx game will show past characters for world building. if your a casual gamer and not a styx fan than i don't recommend it, there are better games out there, but if your a styx fan or play games a lot than i do recommend it.

Przyzwoity, średniobudżetowy RPG z ciekawym systemem walki. Historia została dobrze opowiedziana i potrafi wciągnąć. Muzyka stoi na wysokim poziomie. Niestety całość jest bardzo liniowa.

Yep, it was good for me, taking back memories.

Решил как то купить Of Orcs And Men по скидке, игра прошла мимо меня и я ее не заметил (СОБСТВЕННО КАК И МНОГОЕ ДРУГИЕ ПОЛЬЗОВАТЕЛИ STRAM). Скажу сразу, игра не для всех. На 2012 игра выглядела сырой и устаревшей. Сюжет интересный, мне понравился, анимации и кат сцены очень криво и топорно сделаны. Про боёвку я молчу (ОНА СТРАННАЯ И Я ДОЛГО ПЫТАЛСЯ ЕЕ ПОНЯТЬ). Брать на свой страх и риск, возможно вы захотите вернуть за нее деньги. Брать только по 90% скидке. Оценка:5/10