Of Orcs And Men

A fantastic game in every sense of the word. I loved every part of it especially Styx. I absolutely love him!!!! He made me laugh the whole time. I’m so glad he has his own games where he’s the main character and I can’t wait to play them! The game sadly is a bit too linear, unfortunately. It’s mostly a cycle of moving forward, fighting a bunch of enemies and reaching your destination. Rinse and repeat 🥲 Still, it’s an excellent game overall, and the soundtrack is amazing. Of course it is!!! It’s composed by Olivier Deriviere, one of my favorite composers of all time! As for Arkail, he was frustrating and honestly got on my nerves lmao. He’s the stereotypical angry orc protagonist, and I just didn’t like him. To be honest I kind of wish he had died at the end as a sacrifice or something 😙 Anyway, I’m really devastated and heartbroken about what happened to Spiders. I’ll always love this studio for creating so many of my favorite games 💔

its very funny and the writing is top tier

Bought this game in my quest to find a good game made by the studio Spiders (only tried Bound by Flame up to this point, didn't like it). At first I noticed the same issues in connecting the controller and the same start menu and in game menu as in Bound by Flame, released 2 years later. But then I noticed the goblin Styx, from the stealth trilogy I have yet to try, only to later find out that this game is his first appearance and Cyanide Studio decided to repurpose him in his own spin-off, so I decided to stay a little more. Of Orcs And Men is really interesting from the start, simple and interesting in its premise, tackling moral and racial themes from the "villain" perspective, the oppression of the orcs and greenskins in general. The writing is rough around the edges and with some unnecessary swearing and edgy banter between the characters, but decent overall and moderately focused on worldbuilding that doesn't feel overwhelming. The gameplay is pretty streamlined, with instanced zones and maps, long corridors mostly, guiding you through the story with some minor and not really that important (most of the time) decisions through dialogue. The gameplay itself is a weird dyn…

Nice AA game. Story rich, good combat and generally a fun game. Can feel dated at times but it's worth your time and money when on sale

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 t…

This game simply has no rights being that good, a 10/10 classic in my book ! ! !