Paign

Paign feels like a charming little tech demo with a surprisingly strong vibe. The visuals are cute and clean, and the combat instantly gave me heavy Gothic vibes (very Gothic, with all its + and -). A couple rough edges though: I died twice in a row early on and there’s no autosave, so I ended up quicksaving (F5) every minute. An autosave after the first wolf fight (or any “first real danger” moment) would help a lot, because new players will probably die fast and redoing the intro isn’t fun. Also, the “press and hold to skip” style is a nice UX choice. I also had a bug where the dragon in the lair just stood still and didn’t move toward me on my first playthrough. Small UX stuff: let ESC close the inventory, and please remove “Buy 10” from the inventory UI since it’s not a trading screen. And the music really needs more variety, because one short track looping gets old quickly. Overall: cool visuals, combat has potential. And thank you for the Ukrainian translation, even if it’s machine-written 🙂

Clearly aimed at fans of Gothic 1 (the original), the game was made by someone who also loved that title and wanted to recreate it. Albeit with a super-low budget and popular assets from the store. Expect awful dialogue, janky controls, and a ton of heart in the the right place. So far, so good!

Für den Preis, großartig! Tolle Idee. Man merkt den starken Einfluss von Gothic. Ja, Kampfsystem ist nicht so abwechxlungsreich, aber insgesamt fantastische Arbeit!

wow it is amazing there is a lot to do and see in this game from the monsters you fight to the quests it was all so great very much a very gothic like game i recomemed it to all gothic fans and people who likes a compact bopen world

I really felt like this game was bad, but I kept playing...and kept playing...and then today a curious thing happened. I found myself wanting to play Paign more than I wanted to play my AAA titles that are arguably better. If you like games like Gothic this kind of scratches that itch, but it feels FASTER paced with LOTS of quests. I ended up at level 30 and with 125 unused learning points because I keep finding more quests and not going back to town, and I'm kind of excited to go spend those and see how strong I can get. This is a great example of a game that doesn't really look impressive, and feels kind of janky, but somehow hits a 10/10 for fun.

Ótimo jogo! Prinicpalmente para quem jogou os jogos da série Gothic e curtiu eles. Tendo zerado todos os jogos dessa série e tendo adquirido e zerado a versão para celular de Paign, posso dizer que fiquei muito feliz quando me deparei com ele aqui na loja da Steam e comprei assim que pude. Apesar da similaridade com Gothic, Paign possui uma jogabilidade com uma identidade própria, ouso dizer até que única, bastante divertida e satisfatória, na minha opinião. É um jogo bem grande, e dá para se divertir por muitas horas no mundo dele, e ainda é muito divertido rejogá-lo, mesmo já tendo zerado ele na versão para celular, que por sinal joguei quando só tinha opção de idioma em inglês. Paign é como aqueles jogos de antigamente que, apesar de graficamente simples, tem algo nele que faz com que a gente queira voltar e zerá-lo novamente!

Wow. Didn't expect so much content in a simple but thoroughly charming and entertaining game. Yeah, still playing, so much to cover yet, but already bought Paign 2, heh ! -- Annd finished. Who said simple, this game kept adding layers and quality till a satisfactory ending. 9/10 for me. ----- And finished Paign 2 too, delightful games !

"Готика" на минималках. Плюсы: - Есть русский язык (Да, корявый до невозможности, но спасибо и на том) Минусы: Хоть автор и черпал вдохновение из "Готики", но, не мудрствуя лукаво, тупо перенёс не только неудобное управление, но и некоторые квесты один в один. Пусть так, но сделал это гораздо хуже, чем в той же "Готике". - Камера при боевом режиме становится статичной, из-за чего я не могу развернуться и убежать или, запрыгнув на уступ, не могу расстрелять врага из лука, потому что я его банально не вижу. Приходится вслепую стрелять, надеясь, что я попадаю. Не видна полоска жизни врага. Она на земле. - Квесты заруинить проще простого, если случайно продать или использовать квестовый предмет. И ты даже не поймёшь, что данный, к примеру, виски нужно отнести очередному неписю, которого ты даже не запомнил, и где он находится. Также само написание диалогов ну невероятно тупое, рассчитанное на дошкольников, наверное. - Баги добили всё "удовольствие", когда пропадают при продаже соседние предметы, которые ты не собирался продавать. Ну и в конце концов игра забаговалась при открытии инвентаря, так я что не смог вызвать меню, чтобы сохранить игру (прошёл я достаточно, а перепроходить заново из-за такого бага желания не возникло).

Хорошая игра. Фанатам серии Gothic рекомендую. Прошёл с удовольствием на одном дыхании за 10 часов.

Heavy Gothic 1 vibes! Great potential, but play in English! I bought this game because an AI told me it has a similar atmosphere to the classic Gothic. My first impression? It definitely has that classic, clunky Gothic 1 feel, but after playing for a while, I can feel that this project has a lot of heart put into it. However, there is a massive downside: the Polish translation. It looks like it was done word-for-word without any context. For example, the key binding section is translated as "Połącz ponownie" (Reconnect) instead of "Sterowanie" (Controls), "Load Game" became "Obciążenie" (Weight), and "Save Game" is translated as "Ratowanie" (Rescuing). The entire menu is so broken that it’s impossible to guess what the developer meant. The in-game text isn't any better, so after 5 minutes, I had to switch the language to English. I will change my review and give a full rating after I play a bit longer in English. But for now, I can see a lot of hard work and passion here. Keeping my fingers crossed!