Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Arcanum: Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a role-playing video game developed by Troika Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. It was released in North America and Europe in August 2001 for PC. Debuted at the fourth position on the bestseller list with more than 234,000 copies.

Plot

The story begins with the crash of the IFS Zephyr Zeppelin, in which the protagonist of the game is the only survivor. He wanders the planet in search of answers. The game world is completely open, the gamer can travel endlessly.

Gameplay

The fascinating process consists of a constant change of location, visiting various places and interacting with NPCs, usually in real time. Sometimes minor characters need help, you can solve their problems or vice versa, do nothing. For the successful completion of the quest, you will acquire special items, experience or be able to recruit new comrades.

Tasks can be completed in several ways, depending on your style of play, it may consist of constant battles, theft or bribery. In the end, you will still face opponents. The developers have added three battle modes:

1. A real-time fight.
2. Turn-based strategy.
3. Accelerated version of the second mode.

Arcanum's combat design has received criticism, as all gamers refer to the fact that it is poorly balanced.

The characteristics and capabilities of the main character are largely regulated by skills and weapons. The attack is performed automatically when you click on the enemy, provided that he is in the strike zone. There are several types of skills available. For example, melee weapons with an additional "puncture" skill aimed at invisible monsters; archery and firearms; a large number of spells that de