Eschalon: Book II

(Follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42150626-Jarl's-Game-Treasury/]my curator[/url] for more reviews like this) I reviewed the first game [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/jarlfrank/recommended/25600?snr=1_5_9__402]here[/url] recently. I had some issues with it, but played the sequel right after - and it's a clear improvement in pretty much every way. It simply has more of everything and feels a lot more polished. The most obvious difference is that it's a little longer. The first game took me around 9 hours to finish. This took 13. The world is larger, there are a few optional areas and dungeons, lots of side quests, and a large city with plenty of content. If you liked the first game, you can stop reading here and just get the game: it's more of the same in a good way. The second most obvious difference is the graphics. The original's resolution was a mere 800x600. This has been increased to 1024x786, which is still a low res for modern standards but allows far more visual detail and larger fonts. The game looks great for a solo dev indie title, with various landscapes, vegetation, monsters, etc. Visually everything is well-designed and easy on the eyes. The u…

Yah.

Ancient single player game ported over to Steam. It has been out over 10 years, so look stuff up if you're interested. It's fun.

Good sequel to the first game.

nice ass game

An old-school CRPG that is certainly not going to be to everyone's tastes This is an older games and has a lot of the limitations that comes with it but I still found myself compelled to play through this more than some newer titles. NOTE: The game is limited to 1024x768 resolution which is stretched when shown fullscreen on a widescreen monitor or is a very tiny window on a 1440p desktop. This game does introduce a few new innovations over the first game, such as combat stances, which is welcome for combat classes where combat is basically 'I hit, you hit, repeat', with little opportunity for tactics other than positioning. The ending is quite goofy and didn't really appeal to me however I could see they could write a similar ending with a small replacement and make it make sense. Just like the first game you are going to want to learn all the exploits to survive this game which is somewhat hard: - save/reload to disarm traps/open chests with 100% success rate - use the edge of maps to rest and recover mid-combat - save/reload to get good loot from chests - save/reload to pay to identify items before deciding whether to use or vendor them etc Note: it is pos…