Isometric turn-based single player role-playing game, with some survival aspects. Basic gameplay includes quests, combat, puzzles and skill checks.
Very Positive
141 Steam reviews
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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 upgrade over the first game is noticeable.
Character creation has also expanded. You can now choose your character's sex (first game only had male) and there are several new skills to learn. There's also an optional hunger & thirst mechanic, and an optional equipment durability mechanic. I played with hunger & thirst on but durability off. You can customize it however you like.
The core character system remains the same. All the old skills and spells remain and work like they did in the first game, though some were buffed. Cat's Eyes is now far better at making you see while wielding a torch, for example. Weapon skills now give you a special ability for that weapon once you've invested enough points in them.
World design has been improved, too. There are now weather effects that happen randomly and impact visibility on outdoor maps, like overcast skies dimming the sunlight. In the city of Port Kuudad, there's even a guy who can give you a weather forecast! Cool little detail.
Most importantly, the movement speed, which was my biggest issue with the first game, has been increased. It's only a minor increase and it still felt a little too slow for comfort, but it's a noticeable improvement over the first game, where it felt really sluggish. Again, Cheat Engine's speedhack doesn't work (it makes your walking animation faster but the screen scrolls at the same rate), but that's not as tagic here.
Almost everything in this game is a straight up improvement over its predecessor. I only have one complaint: weapon switching was a lot simpler in the first game. You equipped a primary and secondary weapon and switched with one button. Now you can save two equipment SETS and your character changes his entire loadout with one button, which is annoying as you have to re-save your loadout every time you change one item.
Other than that, it's simply the first game but better. More quests, some of them with different outcomes (although rarely). A city filled with secrets. A challenging optional dungeon. More interesting loot, as weapons can now have enchantments. Better graphics. More polished skill system.
If you liked the first game, this is a clear recommendation. If you had some issues with the first, this might be worth checking out as it improves upon every aspect. If you didn't like the first at all, you won't like this either because it's basically just more of the same but better. Overall I quite enjoyed this and hope the third game continues the upward trajectory of improvement.
In this game, you must read the dialogues carefully. The game warns you when you enter dangerous areas, and in some of them, you can end up losing your progress. If you are a fan of the first part of this game, which is free, Eschalon: Book II will blow your mind. Just play it.
супер игра
Друга частина трилогії стала гайдом "як із скотчу та палок зробити хорошу гру". Рецепт є надзвичайно простим:
Розробник взяв все найкраще від першої частини, непогано оновив інтерфейс, додав кілька зручних фіг, написав відносно цікаву (хоча і лінійну) історію, яка продовжує пригоди першої частини, підтягнув графіку, додатково попрацював з музикою. А саме цікаве - це, звісно, нові прекрасні локації, нові монстри, нові предмети, рецепти. Додатково треба відмітити пропрацювання механіки бою (додавання своєрідного ультимейту на певному етапі прокачки зброї). Також мені сподобалося гнучке налаштування рівня складності та рейтинг героя, який ми отримуємо пілся фінальних титрів. Такий підхід породжує бажання перепройди гру іншим персонажем з іншим класом та з іншими умовами і, таким чином, покращити свої ж результати.
Окремої уаги заслуговує доповнення для високорівневих гравців - трішки більше цікавого геймплею та прокачки абсолютно безкоштовно.
Як висновок - дуже класна гра для любителів олдскульних РПГ. Точно краща за свою першу частину, але чи краща за фінальну гру серії...?
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.
Nulla di eccezionale, ma per chi, come nel mio caso, ha un debole per i giochi di ruolo a turni vecchio stile, risulterà di certo un piacevole passatempo
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 possible to build a character that is too weak to finish the game, so use your save slots wisely and learn how to min/max. I found the game fairly challenging as a melee class, with lots of reloads to counter bad RNG in the simplistic combat system.
This game is at its best when it just lets you roam the open world, finding quests and gaining XP, however the number of side quests seems fairly small in this game. The innovative automapping system from the first game is still here and is constantly tempting me to spent points in cartography instead of more combat-oriented skills.
Bereits getan.
Its purdy fun and can be as challenging as you want.
I want to thank the creators for this amazing experience. I really enjoyed every minute of it. The pleasant nostalgia did not leave me especially when I read the short inscriptions on the tombstones... Now I wonder and I keep thinking... I enjoy what is in front of me... the people, the villages, the forests, the abandoned ruins, the mountains, the taverns, the caves... If you don't mind, I'll wait for you so we can walk this path together again.
a fun upgrade from the first book, I really liked playing through it and finding all the details and my own cheats for this before this came to steam. I don't know how many have found both cheats that i found by mistake but it made things interesting. Though I still don't really get the ending for this or the final one.
Eschalon Book II starts out promising and a fun niche RPG, but you soon realize the RNG is just a stick for the game to beat you with repeatedly. I'm fairly certain those 33% chance to hit enemies who hit virtually all the time I might add, are invisibly buffed to do so. Whilst my 68% chance to hit, misses all the time to the point where I'm reluctant to even use melee or a bow and just rely on definite hit spells, but of course then you just run out of mana after one fight.. It's impossible to fight anything without running away to rest espcially if the enemies outnumber you, forcing you to fight 2-3 and run away constantly. And well the enemies outnumber you in every single fight lol, It just gets tedious to have to run and rest then run and rest.
Also another grating mechanic- The price to identify things.. You actually almost lose money IDing Items when selling them afterward, unless you have tons of mercantile skill which again leads to another problem the impossible to maintain at useful levels suite of too many skills. With the measly 3 skill points per level that you get and a one time book boost of 2 points, if you find the right book that is, you just don't get enough points to keep up with the game difficulty imho. Especially as you need about 10 points in every skill for them to even be useful. Example - Lockpicking, my 9th level char had about 10 lockpicking one point per level roughly and Burglar's Gloves which give +2, yet still for most EASY locks only had less than a 30-40% chance to open them, the hard locks were like 10% lol. As I said the RNG is horrible in this game and as much as I love to save scum my play time away sitting by a chest all day just to open an easy lock with a SKILLED thief,(Sarcasm) I think I'll do something more interesting with my time now and am done with The Eschalon Series.
[h1]Die Reise ist noch nicht zuende… [/h1]
Der [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/25600/Eschalon_Book_I/]erste Teil[/url] dieser kleinen Spielreihe ist mittlerweile kostenlos. Schaut euch im Zweifelsfall also lieber erst die Shopseite und vielleicht auch [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/Drakezero/recommended/25600?snr=1_5_9__402]mein dazugehöriges Review[/url] an.
[b]Gameplay[/b]
“Eschalon: Book 2” ist wie sein Vorgänger ein absolutes Old-School RPG mit isometrischerPerspektive und rundenbasierten Kampf. Wir dürfen die Spielwelt recht frei erkunden und insgesamt ist “Eschalon” sehr an dem Prinzip von Dungeons & Dragons angesiedelt, wenn natürlich auch auf Einzelspieler und Computerspiel umverändert. Wir müssen uns schon auf einen Charakter und bestimmte Fähigkeiten festlegen, auch wenn wir prinzipiell Alles lernen können. So sollten wir auch als Kämpfer zumindest die Basisfähigkeiten der Magie erlernen. Oder man wird wie ich einfach gleich ein Paladin. Selber Essen und Wasser produzieren zu können, kann da schon sehr hilfreich sein. Die Kämpfe sind auch hier sehr anspruchsvoll. Finanziell ist man zusätzlich immer recht knapp dran, auch wenn man hier durchaus tricksen kann. Gold ist auf jeden Fall wirklich was wert und ermöglicht regelrecht den Einkauf bestimmter Fähigkeiten. Ich fand den zweiten Teil allerdings deutlich langatmiger als noch den Ersten.
Wie auch beim Vorgänger gibt es kein Autosave. Das macht das Spiel zwar mehr Retro, aber solche Komfortfunktionen sind doch ganz nett. Daher: Speichern, speichern, speichern!
Wer jemals ein RPG gespielt hat, dürfte die meisten Spielelemente kennen. Ansonsten ist ein Handbuch als PDF im Spielordner vorhanden und es gibt auch ein paar Guides für Neulinge.
[b]Story[/b]
Das zweite Buch knüpft an die Geschichte des ersten Teils an. Nachdem wir das Königreich Theramoere vor den Goblins gerettet haben, fällt es trotzdem. Waren die Goblins vielleicht doch nur ein Werkzeug? Unser Held kehrt daher aus dem vorzeitigen Ruhestand zurück und wird erneut in den Konflikt hineingezogen, wobei wir allerdings noch mehr über unsere Figur und unsere ausgelöschte Erinnerung erfahren.
Spaßig an so einem Oldschool-RPG ist, dass wir Questbelohnungen auch teils einfach klauen können oder potenzielle Questgeber stattdessen auch ausrauben können. Man stellt sich als Spieler schon selber die Frage, was für eine Figur man spielen möchte. Aber nicht falsch verstehen: Unfassbar viele Entscheidungsmöglichkeiten haben wir hier sicherlich nicht. Die meisten DnD Kampagnen werden ja als chaotic neutral gespielt. Als Paladin war ich natürlich sehr aufrecht und habe mangels Schlossknacken nur die Leute bestohlen, die ihre Truhen nicht verschlossen haben. Natürlich nur, um ihnen die Weisheit zu vermitteln, dies ab jetzt auch zu tun. Ach, ich bin schon einer von den Guten.
[b]Grafik/Sound[/b]
Das Spiel kam 3 Jahre später als sein Vorgänger raus, aber auch dafür ist es wirklich nicht zeitgemäß. Gut, da haben auch nur 3 Leute dran gearbeitet, aber wie auch beim Vorgänger ist die Auflösung ein Problem. Der erste Teil unterstützte nur 800x600, Teil 2 bringt immerhin 1024x720 ins Spiel. Auf meinem Laptop ging das ja noch, aber auf einem großen Monitor stell ich mir das anstrengend vor! Oh, und das Abenteuer ist natürlich sehr textlastig! Aber das kann ich dem Spiel jetzt wenig erankreiden, denn diesen Log gab es damals einfach.
Die Grafik ist sonst ziemlich einfach und man kann schnell mal was übersehen. Allerdings freut man sich wie kaum in einem Spiel nach einem Dungeon wieder an die helle Oberfläche zu kommen. Die Dunkelheit fühlt sich wirklich bedrohlich an und man weiß nie, was da so auf den neugierigen Abenteuer lauert, auch wenn die Leuchteffekte durchFähigkeiten und Fackeln deutlich verbessert wurden.
Wichtig ist hier noch zu erwähnen, dass das Spiel nur auf Englisch verfügbar ist!
Musikalisch ist das Spiel sehr schön gestaltet und bietet klassische Abenteuermelodien. Manche Musikstücke sind dabei stärker, andere schwächer. Man kann die Musik aber auch problemlos ausschalten. In den Bereichen, wo man wenig Dialoge führt, habe ich auch durchaus mal eine Serie geschaut, während ich dem nächsten Kerl den Kopf eingeschlagen habe.
[b]Fazit[/b]
Spätestens mit [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/]Baldur`s Gate 3[/url] sind die Dämme von Dungeon & Dragons endgültig gebrochen. Aber auch so erfreut sich Pen & Paper in den letzten Jahren einer immer größer werdenen Beliebtheit. Vielleicht lag es am schnell ablaufenden Rundenkampf, aber ansonsten kann ich eigentlich mit Dungeon Crawlern wie z.B. „Diablo“ nicht viel anfangen. Der zweite Teil von “Eschalon” hat mir besser gefallen als der Vorgänger, allerdings zieht er sich auch etwas mehr und hat ein deutlich längeres Kampfsystem, was ja schon im ersten Teil kaum noch zu steigern war. Das Spiel hat aber natürlich auch klare Schwächen: Es ist alt, es gibt kein Autosave und das Spiel ist ohnehin nur auf Englisch verfügbar. Ich habe das Spiel gerne gespielt, hab es aber irgendwann mal als Beiwerk von einem Spielepaket bekommen. Wer wirklich mal ein richtiges Old-School RPG Erlebnis sucht, wird hier auf jeden Fall fündig. Das Spiel bietet einen Flair, den man heute bei vielen Spielen vergebens sucht. Allerdings sollte man dann beim kostenlosen ersten Teil anfangen.
Hier muss man noch richtig als Spieler mitdenken. Ich verstehe ja den Komfort moderner Spiele, aber selber überlegen macht manchmal auch einfach wahnsinnig viel Spaß. Was ist dir lieber: Eine spannende Questbeschreibung oder einfach ein Questmarker? Auf jeden Fall kannst du in [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Drakeschool] meiner Steamgruppe[/url] oder der [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ger_steam] German Steam Community[/url] Spiele aller Arten finden!
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Так
Have all of them what can you say just great fun.
Great, even better than Book 1.
Very cool game! It's the first game I bought in Steam and not regretting it one bit.
Эшалон неплохая игра, если вас заперли на год в комнате, где у вас нет связи с внешним миром, нет окон, телефона, телека, радио, а безудержный онанизм надоел. С вами только старый жужжащий как бормашина пыльный пентиум, на котором есть косынка, сапёр и эта игра - Эшалон книга 2. Так ли уж она плоха, ведь за неё заступятся 2.5 аутиста доказывая, что вся критика в её адрес смешна и даже в такой кривой игре прямые руки решают.
Ну а на мой взгляд, перед нами филологически бедный пример, бледности лора, скупости сюжетных переплетений бреда, непродуманности мира и непоследовательности ролевой системы. Нас пытаются развлекать дряхлым как уд распутный старца сказанием про мужика который не умеет даже держать молоток, не то чтобы мир ему такому спасать, нужно ещё выполнять невозможные задания от тайной гильдии, которая сидит под камнем за городом и придумывает надёжные как швейцарские часы планы, без тени сомнения знающие, что даже если глав герой откажется от задания сейчас. Он за ним вернётся, так как ему будет просто нечем заняться. Вопросы "Зачем" и "На уд распутный?" становятся строго экзистенциальными и сами собой разумеющимися, а если так, они намертво вплетены в полотно существующей логики мира превращаясь равносильными нашим "ВОТ БЛ"ТЬ!" и "Бл...". Звучит это не как неожиданность, а как констатация факта подчеркивая то страдающее состояние брутальной реальности. И самое печальное, это невесело.
Перед нами сундук, уровня 7, надо открыть дубового, чего уж там, раз тропки привели нас к этому сокровищу, грех греховный не открыть. Какие есть варианты? Заклинание отпереть, ну... у нас его нет, да если бы и было, то герой чурбан бестолковый, даже лампочку не может над головой наколдовать. Попытаться открыть? Конечно, после раз 20ти откроем, сломав все отмычки ведь у нас Взлом равен еденице. Лишь один полудурок в игре обучает героя вскрывать замки и Попробуй до него доберись живым. Ну хорошо, тогда разобьём его. Копьём. Что, долго? Можно и молоток об сундук сломать, потом копьё, а в внутри будет "Остатки мифрильного оружия", Бронзовый топор и ещё какое-то goвно.
Я из принципа дострадаю то титров. А ведь мог например поиграть во что-то другое.
Not bad, not great.
Book 1 war besser als Book 2 bin enttäuscht
I might complete it because i'm stubborn.
But it's tedious. Playing on normal difficulty.
Book I was better. Haven't played III.
DAS TAGEBUCH DES KLAUS KLERIKER
1. Tag
Ich habe Hunger und Durst, und meine Ausrüstung nutzt sich bei Gebrauch ab. Als wäre das Leben in Eschalon bisher nicht schon schwer genug gewesen. Aber gut, wenn Gott es so will, er wird sich schon was dabei gedacht haben.
Kartographie habe ich Todesmutiger diesmal nicht gelernt, denn vom letztem Jahr weiß ich noch dass ich einen Kerl finden werde, der es mir für wenig Geld beibringt.
Neben den üblichen Questen mache ich mir also so mein ganz eigenes Abenteuer: finde den Kartographen ohne Karte!
Selbstredend kam ich viele Male vom Weg ab und verendete in der Wildnis.
Die Zeit zurückgedreht, endlich die große Stadt gefunden, lassen mich die Hundesöhne nicht ein! Also alles wieder zurückgelaufen und beinahe verhungert!
Und tendenziell schwächer geworden bin ich auch, ein paar Wolfsfelle aufgeladen und schon kam ich außer Puste und musste anhalten. Daheim ins Bettchen gelegt und bis zum Morgen geschlafen.
2. Tag
Das Leben in Mistfell verläuft ein bisschen anders als in Thaermore. Ich erhalte mehr Erfahrung und lerne gefühlt mehr und schneller. Auch die Händler haben mehr interessante Waren hier, die Waffen machen mehr Schaden und sind häufiger von magischer Natur. Die Lehrer sind gebildeter und können so nun etwas mehr ihrer Fähigkeiten beibringen. Ich traf außerdem auf ein paar bekannte Gesichter die mich zum Staunen und Lachen brachten.
Dann hab ich noch ein Rezeptbuch in das ich Alchemie- und Crafting-Rezepte eintrage, anstatt mich wie bisher so manchmal, anderweitig umsehen zu müssen. Das erleichtert mir die Sache erheblich. Die Welt ist größer und offener, ich habe mich heute erneut verlaufen, mehrmals. Aber immerhin kann ich jetzt immer die Schnell-Abkürzung nach Hause nehmen.
3. Tag
Ich irrte durch Dungeons, löste Rätsel, kämpfte mit Untieren und Untoten und ganz besonders mit meiner Stärke, denn die Beute die ich fand wiegt schwer. Äußerst glücklich schätze ich mich, damals den Weg des Kleriker eingeschlagen zu haben. Durch meine regelmäßige Meditation erhalte ich im Nu meine magische Kraft zurück und kann es so sogar wagen längere Rastzeiten zu riskieren. In Thaermore war das ja kaum möglich. Dadurch bin ich nicht mehr so stark darauf angewiesen meine eigenen Tränke zu brauen und es geht flott voran. Auch Hunger ist kaum noch ein Problem, mein Magen hat sich an die Kost gewöhnt und öfter als einmal täglich brauche ich nichts mehr.
4. Tag
Ich erkenne nun viel besser was mir fehlt und was mich stärkt. Zaubere ich mir zum Beispiel die Katzensicht, die mich nun tatsächlich nachts sehen lässt, spüre ich immer ganz genau wie lange ich sie noch haben werde. Auch weiß ich was Krankheiten genau verursachen oder wann ich im Schatten versteckt bin. Keine Zweifel mehr.
Aber ich fürchte ich habe meine Allgemeinbildung vernachlässigt. Ich weiß eigentlich gar nicht was ich hier so erbeute. Das sieht aus wie irgendwelche Beeren, oder? Und das, könnte das ein Schwert sein? Und das hier, vermutlich ein Federkiel, aber wer weiß?
Wenn ich mich konzentriere kann ich das meiste natürlich doch identifizieren, oder manchmal trage ich es zu einem Händler dafür. Aber Dinge auf Anhieb zu erkennen wäre schon praktisch. Ich will es lernen. Zum Glück kann ich das tun.
5. Tag
Schön lebt es sich hier! So ein Abenteuer hatte ich schon lange nicht mehr. Ich kann dem geneigten Leser natürlich hier keine Einzelheiten verraten, denn er würde mich einen Narren heißen. Meine Reise ist hier erstmal vorbei und siegestrunken genieße ich nun einige Runden meinen Triumph. Gleichzeitig ist dafür mein Vetter, Ronny Rogue, in Mistfell angekommen. Mal sehen wie er sich schlägt.
三部我全部买了。但是实话实说，这个游戏，没有 avernum 好玩。只有一点比 avernum 强，就是这游戏不是回合制。
Honestly, it was a good experience. Its definitely difficult and ive died from some dumb reasons, but this game is a relic of what used to be. Genuinely suggest you pick it up and give it a try!
I loved Eschalon Book I, its one of my favorites RPGs, but I don't like this one. The story is incomplete (it doesn't finish its main storyline, and finishing the game on a cliff hanger). During all the game there's one evil race, the Taurax, then, in the middle of the game you hear something about an even greater evil, buy you never hear from that again... until the end... from not begin important in the plot to be the main bad guy in just 3 seconds. Horribly executed.
On gameplay it identical to the first one... except that here I firmly believe that the enemies are way too unbalance during all the game. They have hit too hard, and you don't have lots of chance of hitting them. I finished at level 19 and honestly it was a punishment for the most time.
idk, I want to like it, but I not. I hope Book III is better.
This series is sort of a niche thing and not for everyone, but if you miss old school turn-based RPGs these are the games for you. Its real strength is in game mechanics, the graphics are about 30 years out of date and the story is sort of underwhelming but the mechanics are a pretty faithful adaptation of a tabletop RPG system and it's fun to play if that's what you're into. I've certainly gotten a lot of enjoyment out of this game and its (very similar) predecessor.
Yet another isomorphic fantasy game, except you don't have a squad of companions to protect your back. When I played the game there was plenty of places to explore, but navigating the map was irritating.
The game does have a meaningful character creation. By choosing origin and belief system you will affect your stats. By picking your skills you will affect what you can do on your play thru. As with all these fantasy games, you will choose among the usual fighter/thief/mage classes.
Where the game really stands out from the normal fantasy games are the optional game mechanics. Choose survival mode. Choose equipment deterioration. Choose limited save options. Be really challenged. Or not. Since I think every game should be as realistic as possible, I find these reasons enough to make it worth the half dozen Washingtons I spent.
Nagyon hangulatos, többször végigjátszható, csak ajánlani tudom.
I played this when it came out many years ago and loved it.
it has aged fine with the exception of the inability to speed up walking.
gui is better than in book 1 which is a bonus.
I've done an archer build super viable and crazy fun and a mage build.
if you like old school crpgs... this is a bargain.
Definitely an improvement compared to the first game , I've discovered the hiding in shadows perk is nerfed incredibly in this game. Other than that I'm liking it so far
probably the best of the series
archaic unplayable trash
Um dos Melhores jogos de mundo aberto clássico, com dificuldade elevada, trilha sonora maravilhosa e gameplay diferenciada com um sistema único!
I loved Eschalon: Book II, the interesting open world, the sprawling wilderness, the remnants of civilization, the dungeons and more. The only thing that I feel was a solid miss was the conclusion. It went from a fantasy adventure to science fiction delve into the twilight zone. I won't reveal any more, but for me it really broke the immersion of the fantasy experience and it's really a shame. It doesn't take away from all of the other amazing things that make this game a magical experience, so i still recommend it.
nothing special, just revisit for the nostalgic moments
Great story telling
Great series, still replay from time to time, and this part is my favorite of all three.
c'est super
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Eschalon: Book II вторая часть трилогии про склеротика спасающего мир. В этот раз мы опять почти все забыли и снова стали дохляком. Отправившись на заслуженный отдых в более спокойную часть Эшелона, мы заводим собственный домик с колодцем и хотим жить спокойной жизнью... Но не тут-то было... Минотавры готовятся к нападению, а тут еще неожиданное письмо от старого знакомого... Вообщем дома сидеть не получится. А дальше все как и в первой книге - бегаем по миру, выполняем задания, качаемся, спасаем мир. Из новенького - добавили жажду и голод и еще несколько фишек усложняюших игру, но это все настраивается при старте и можно играть как по простому, так и на полном хардкоре. Сама игра стала раза в 2 длинее, хотя опять же можно было и лучше. Графика не поменялась, оружия, заклинания и тп все старенькое. История меня не затянула и играл только ради того чтобы поскорее добраться до финала и пройти всю трилогию. Гномы, остров бандитов, такое чувство, что делали на скорую руку - просто чтобы было... Порадовало бесплатное дополнение с подземельем Фартумака (или как там его). Не порадовал открытый финал... В целом интересно и конечно рекомендую, но игра точно не на высшие баллы.
[h1]Оценка: 7/10[/h1]
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After witnessing a mysterious murder, you get unwillingly involved in an epic quest full of intrigue, swords and magic.
Eschalon: Book 2 is a good successor for the first installment of the game, with extra spice. The RPG system remains mostly unchanged, with minor tweaks only. This time around you can enable handicaps (e.g. cannot save when enemy is around) for some extra challenge. However, I found that the game is already intrinsically challenging: enemies do not respawn, which makes power-levelling much harder. Maybe I borked my build, but the last dungeon required some reloads on "normal" difficulty.
The downside is that the plot line is super cliché, linear and predictable, and that your dialogue choices matter little or nothing. However, Eschalon is a game series trying to appeal to that nostalgic feeling, and that they do well.
No achievements. Linux port is better this time around, but the window cannot be resized.
The best book of the Eschalon series.
Cool
相比起一代，二代可以选主角性别了，而且窗口更大了，这不错。但是二代有个问题，为啥我的人物没有动作？走路是平移，连人物朝向都不会变。然而有一天我突然发现这个问题自己修复了，我还没高兴几天，发现问题又出现了。这是什么原理？我不知道。3代我也完了，没有人物动作缺失的问题，为啥就2代有？
Good game for those who like oldschool turn-based RPGs.
SPOILER:
There is a "secret" level (quite easy to find) that is better than the final dungeon. Also this level almost spoils the "big suprise" than is to be revealed at the end - it's the aliens!
Great game, but Linux users take note.
This works with Ubuntu 12.04, later versions it will crash (18.04).
Work around to this is to run the Windows version via Proton. This works consistently.
*You take a sip from your trusty water skin pouch*
I played the first Book when it came out and almost forgot about this series. Now I've found this game again and I want to finish the series.
I like the charm of this old-school game, especially the fact, that every move, every action in this game is a round, you don't need to pause the game, you just have to leave the game alone. Perfect for me, cause I love turn based games so much! :)
Btw. I bought this game at the same time I bought Cyberpunk2077 and I am currently playing this game. haha
A wonderful game that improves upon Book I in pretty much every way. Since it's basically Eschalon: Book 1, but improved in every way and Book 1 is free, the simplest review I can write is to try out Book 1. As long as you don't outright hate it for some reason (and i mean that in the sense of you don't like a particular thing such as everything is turnbased where nothing happens until you move or something like that), it should be fine particularly if you don't mind Indie RPGs.
My favorite Eschalon game by a rather large margin. It builds on the systems, abilities and lore of the first game well, and improves on that core in all ways. (And gives plenty of clever methods to exploit the populace financially if you invest a few points in the right skills!)
The vast terrain to explore and many points of interest in Book II made for the longest section of the game and I enjoyed taking my time to find as much as I could before moving on. The second part of any trilogy risks stumbling into the pitfall of being a stop-gap time sink between introduction and conclusion, but it's the opposite at play here. Book II is the true high point of Eshalon and contains the most accessible landmasses on the planet of all 3 games. It might even be as large as I + III combined.
I'd say the shrouded, mysterious challenge of the Fathamurk dungeon was my favorite area of the whole trilogy. Though the story and world building is a bit brief I was really fascinated by the Orakur and wanted to know more about them. (I will say the actual truth about them that was revealed in III was -not- what I expected!)
This is also the point in the series that you are really taught to love and secure those heavy, dangerous and all around MVPs of your entire career. Powder kegs. Love them. Use them. Place them everywhere convenient you can return to easily for later use! And for crux's sake don't blow yourself up trying to drill through doors, walls and carving through literal mountains one glorious explosion at a time. It only gets worse in book III.
[h1]Eschalon 2 is great sequel[/h1]
It was solid game just like Eschalon 1 and again I played as a mage. Game has very old school look and now is running 1024 x 768 resolution. Again both movement and combat is turn based. After finishing Eschalon Book 1 and really liking the game I felt compelled to go on to the sequel.
[b]Pros[/b]
+ Solid RPG mechanics
+ Classic old game RPG feeling
[b]Cons[/b]
- Final boss was too easy
If you looking for simple RPG with old school look, that game will bring back some memories.
A very good follow-up. This series is just a lot of fun to play. Fortunately they got rid of the gimmick where you can double your XP. I have to add that this series is the first time I have seen automapping as a skill which you have to increase to make better maps. Interesting idea but I am not sure if I like it.
Classic favorite game, i always return to play after a few months off.
Для настоящих олдфагов помнящих еще первую и вторую ультиму. Для тех кто знает что такое настолки и рогалики. Не для школоты. Эта игра настоящий кладезь непередаваемых положительных эмоций. Если ты знаешь что такое рисовка карты локаций от руки и квесты в которых надо думать а не идти по триггерам... В общем не нужно лишних слов - берем и играем.
Для тех кто как и я слаб иностранным языкам и установили перевод от сержанта - с вас будут просить регистрационный код, вводим любой из нижеприведенных:
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Всем удачи в игре!
if you love rpg isometric with a UO feel.. this is it.
If you enjoyed the first game in the series, then you will probably enjoy this one too! The game is longer than the previous title, has a wider variety of enemies, areas and skills. There are some engine improvements and a new ruleset that is optional (which includes hunger/thirst and armor degrading systems).
On the negative side, the map design is worse (with many empty areas) and the story is also worse when compaired to the first game. It's still a not well balanced game, so it's easy to get overwhelmed by enemies.
However, it's a fairly good experience and I highly recommend for people looking for a open world classic RPG.
Kilka zmian w mechanice czyni grę lepszą względem pierwowzoru, jeśli chodzi o gameplay. Z ważniejszych nowości - dodano współczynniki pragnienia oraz głodu, które są miłym dodatkiem urozmaicającym i trochę utrudniającym rozgrywkę (można je wyłączyć zanim rozpoczniemy przygodę). Przyspieszono nieco chód bohatera, choć dalej jest dość powolny. Autorzy powinni byli dodać opcję biegu, który np. wpływałby na poziom pragnienia.
Jeśli chodzi o wady, to niestety opowieść trochę zawodzi, zwłaszcza nieco kiczowata końcówka w klimatach sci-fi. Dla osób szukających wyzwania - gra ogólnie jest nieco łatwiejsza, m. in. dzięki mechanice przeszukiwania, która w czasie odpoczynku sprawia, że nasz bohater szuka składników alchemicznych. Przy odpowiednio wysokiej umiejętności nie tylko nie będzie brakowało nam mikstur, ale także zarobimy nieco grosza na sprzedaży nadmiarowych składników.
Całość działa w nieco wyżej rozdzielczości 1024x768 - jednak nie jest to gra, w której zwraca się uwagę na grafikę. Polecam przede wszystkim osobom, którym spodobała się pierwsza część i chcą więcej. Ocena: 7/10.
This is an old school classic retro RPG released in 2010. Featuring retro pixel ISO graphics, build your character and hack and slash through RPG combat, inventory management, collecting magic items and so on.
It's hard to recommend this because despite being released in 2010, the graphics are incredibly dated, it's hard to say if that was a deliberate attempt at making a retro looking game or the developer was just really bad at art. Also, being fixed at a 4:3 aspect ratio and SVGA resolution is really unacceptable for 2010. Such shortcomings are not worth paying $8.50 for, whatever the developers excuses might be.
Bei Eschalon Book II wollte ich gerne den Daumen nach oben geben, aber dieser Teil hat zu negative Sachen, obwohl man sich irgendwie bemüht hat das Spiel zu verbessern gegenüber dem 1.Teil. Ich sag mal zuerst, was mir positiv aufgefallen ist:
+Grafik hat sich leicht verbessert
+Gameplay-Erhaltung wie im 1.Teil
+Kampfsystem wurde etwas verfeinert mit den verschiedenen Taktik, gefällt mir
+Priester machen jetzt einen Sinn: Zusammen mit dem Hunger/Durst-System muss man halt ab und zu sich von einem Priester
heilen lassen
+Brunnen sind keine Erholungsquellen mehr, sondern Wasserstellen, macht absolut mehr Sinn
negative Punkte:
-Waffen nutzen sich sehr schnell ab
-leere Welt, sinnloses herumgelaufe, raubt den Spielspass
-Spiellayout katastrophal: sinnloses 2er Speicher-Ausrüstungssystem, Platzmangel des Schauplatzes, Icons in der Mitte des
Bildschirms
-lieblos gestaltete Umgebung und Städte/Dörfer, wirkt wie eine quadratische/ kleine Zone
-Der Focus auf der Spielwelt ist zu nah, sollte besser distanziert sein, ÜBERSICHT total irritierend
-Story und viele Quests absolut langweilig, uninteressantes RPG, da die Welt "leer" ist
-unattraktive Dörfer und versperrte Städte..ohne Sinn...Es gibt keine Gegner...lauf wieder nach Hause...und kauf wieder
Lebensmittel ein, frustrierend
Fazit: Trotz der guter Vorlage und eigentlich den genialen Mittel zum Spiel hat man es gesamthaft nicht geschafft mit E II an den Vorgänger nur auch ansatzweise heranzukommen. Die Spieler werden in diesem Spiel vor allem am Anfang auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Der Wiederspielspass leidet leider(ich wünschte es wäre nicht so)bei diesem Teil. Ich finde es sehr schade, dieser Teil sah so vielversprechend aus...leider muss ich mich vom Gegenteil überzeugen.
Pretty good game. good story.
I like the Eschalon series very much. In fact, I have played Eschalon book 2 probably one hundred times.
This game is challenging as you develop you character and attempt to solve the mystery of what is going on behind the scenes in Mistfell and Eschalon. There are quests with enemies to fight and puzzles to solve.
falls off hard at the end.
Old, murky bottle of........................MEAD !!!!
Pour les amateurs de RPG Old School, n'hésitez pas à l'acheter!
Il existe une traduction partielle du jeu: http://mat.debailleul.free.fr/divers.php
Le manuel en pdf se trouve dans le dossier du jeu.
Sites intéressants pour bien comprendre les différents types de sorts et leur usage, le crafting, et le reste....en évitant de trop les consulter pour ne pas spoiler l'histoire et l'un des principaux intérêt du jeu qui est l'exploration:
http://www.gamebanshee.com/eschalonbookii/attributes.php
https://eschalon.fandom.com/wiki/Alchemy_Recipes
Ils sont en anglais,.....mais petit clic droit sur la page et vous pouvez demander la traduction par google!
Une remarque: personnellement, je n'ai eu aucun problème avec le donjon et le boss final...mais il faut faire les bons choix!!!!
Quelques petits conseils:
1- lors de la création du personnage, ne pas hésiter à roller à nouveau les dés jusqu'à obtenir un total proche de 100 points.
2- faire plusieurs essais de quelques heures avec différentes classes de personnage afin de trouver la combinaison optimum (personnellement, j'ai terminé avec un barbare/clerc)
3- il y a tellement de capacités différentes qu'il est impossible de toutes les booster correctement. il faudra faire des choix en fonction du perso que vous avez choisi et se spécialiser.
4- faire toutes les quêtes annexes afin de bien monter votre personnage en niveau
5- sans se spoiler, ne pas hésiter à lire les conseils sur internet
6- prendre parfois des notes sur certaines indications de lieux
7- ne pas acheter ce jeu si vous êtes un joueur qui cherche la facilité
8- l'acheter si vous pardonnez facilement quelques petits défauts pour vous concentrer sur l'intérêt d'un jeu et le plaisir de l'exploration!
9- faire plusieurs sauvegardes et sauvegarder souvent.
Curiosa obra de rol clásico. Lo único malo es la baja resolución de 1024 que no se puede cambiar.
A well-crafted sequel to the original game, Book II improves upon its predecessor in every conceivable way. Increased resolution (albeit only up to 1064 x 768), item degradation and repair mechanics, a hunger/thirst system, more customizable difficulty settings, additional weapon types and special skills, and more.
Highly recommend it to those who played the original entry (which is free on Steam and GOG.com), and to fans of system-based RPGs in general.
Najlepsza część serii!!
yarısında çıktım oyunun. çözünürlük ilk oyuna göre çok çok daha iyi, 1024x768!!!!!! hadi ilk oyuna çok fazla laf etmek acımasız olur belki ama bu nedir yahü? 2010 tarihli bir oyunun grafik bakımından 10 yıl geriden gelmesi kabul edilebilir değil. grafikler falan gerçekten inanılmaz osuruktan, ayıp. izometrik atraksiyonları çok sevmekle beraber, bu oyundaki grafik dandikliğini kabul etmiyorum. oyunun hikayesi de oldukça uyduruk. ilk oyunun devamı gibi ama değil gibi de. zaten karakterimiz alzheimer hastası, ancak dünyayı kurtarmaya çalışması o kadar handikapa rağmen takdire şayan. ilk oyundaki görünmez diyebileceğimiz kısıtlamalar bunda da mevcut. karakter olarak gelişimi belli bir yönde yapmak gerekli, yoksa ilerleyen aşamalarda patlamak çok olası. bu tarz oyunlarda görmeyi arzuladığım sebestlik bu oyunda maalesef yok. her ne kadar "istediğiniz gibi gezebilirsiniz, açık dünya heyooo" diyorlarsa da aldanmayın, istediğiniz gibi gezmeye çalışırsanız acayip acayip yaratıklara yemek oluyorsunuz. gezebileceğiniz yerler, seviyenizin yeterli olduğu yerler kısaca. özetle, oyunun yarısından çoğunu sindire sindire, her deliğe gire çıka oynadım, fakat oldukça sıkıldığım için bitirmedim. halbuki başladığım hiç bir işi yarım bırakmam, bug kaynayan oyunları bile bir kaç kere bitiririm normalde. bu oyunların aldığı yüksek puanlar sizi aldatmasın, muhtemelen DOS oyunlarından direkt bu seriye geçen rpg severlerin nostaljik yaklaşımları yüzündendir. eğer çok fazla boş vaktiniz yoksa tavsiye etmiyorum. gidin, çağın gereklerine uygun, geniş ekranda çalıştırılabilen, normal insan rpgsi oynayın, buna bulaşmayın.
Hmm. What to say? I know that I like the game system still, as it is just an upgraded form of the first one. But. The game itself feels incomplete.
Like, so much effort was spent coming up with a new area in order to hand wave away that the events of the first game meant nothing and come up with locations to explore, that it really boils down to this: You're not going to import any aspect of your previous character because I want you to start over from level one again, you're not going back to Thaermore because I can't be bothered to come up with a reason for you to survive fighting an army and have a way to ignore the 'epic' story I have regarding these amazing Crux artifacts, and really, I am going to include methods for you to break the system again if you know exactly what you are doing... but good luck figuring that out without a walkthrough.
Other than that, it feels like several skills were added or tweaked to make the Merchant skill more relevant and the world more realistic. A durability bar was added to armor and weapons alongside a repair skill, the weight of equipment as a whole (especially for any heavy armors) was increased by a large margin as a means to restrict lower strength jack of all trades from being able to fight in full plate (if they can even find or buy it in the first place), known spells are now limited to half your intelligence or wisdom, it's a pain to spend the weeks necessary to get shops to restock with things you actually want without the foraging skill, and other minor inconveniences for someone not expecting them. The most major of which is the walking speed of the character, especially if you get obsessive compulsive about certain scores as I sometimes do and put up with not using fast travel in order to get a bonus to said score.
When all is said and done, it really is more of the same in a spiffy new package. The biggest issue I have is that the game didn't seem to be play-tested around characters using all the basic optional rules, as I have a pretty amazing concentration score to me (45) with skulduggery at level 9 (with the trickster bracers) and some of the nastiest traps I am coming across have a 21% chance to successfully be disarmed. Only, I can't savescum my way to success so I have to watch my character fail to disarm it. repeatedly. as i try to level up those values while juggling the other things I need,
Best recommendation I have? Pick one skill at character creation that you KNOW is going to be useful for a large portion of the rest of the game and just put every single one of your points into it for several levels.
Keep in mind, this is only barely getting a recommendation from me. If you are repulsed by the thought that you played through the first game for nothing, then skip this installment and save yourself the headache of being forced down a specific storyline path.
How to pick up Powder Keg? someone please tell me :/
NEW REVIEW:
So after revisiting this game, I still agree with the %'s being not entirely accurate, but having more experience with the engine I was able to manage those late game fights (they were still very annoying) and finish the game.
There is tons of walking back and forth - even with fast travel - which really pads out the game length (I'd say adding at least a couple of hours to gameplay). Besides this, I liked the game enough to change my initial review and will be playing part 3.
Long story short, make sure you use alchemy to buff up your weapons and armor (makes a huge difference). Make sure you have repair because of the long battles that will destroy your gear. Make sure you take enough strength because you will be overencumbered frequently. Be sure to use the different fighting stances depending on the situation. Be patient with enemies hitting you non stop with 33% chance while you miss a fair amount with 72% chance... it isn't game breaking but it is annoying (I think there is a bonus the enemy gets if are flanked or surrounded). This is my advice if you go for a melee build. You can even throw in some Divine magic later (for small buffs, healing and identifying items). Master the kiting skill to separate enemies, and you'll come out a winner.
OLD REVIEW:
[spoiler]There are some upgrades on Book 1 (graphical and some gameplay elements, like item durability and water/food bar were nice), but overall I can't recommend this one due to the terrible combat at the end of the game and endless walking around. I felt like this game was padded with a ton of walking around, and areas that seemed to have no purpose other than to be large with a few random enemies and long walks. Did I mention the amount of time wasted walking?
I've read that mages make the game super easy, and maybe that was my mistake making a melee character. But with 50 strength, 30 endurance, and 25 dexterity and speed, high heavy armor, shield focus and blunt weapons, I'm still needing to rest for 3 days after every fight (even devilmanders, but especially the taurax), there is something wrong. What was especially infuriating was the chance to hit %. ROUTINELY (like every damn fight) I was taking hits non stop from enemies that had a 8-33% chance to hit me, while missing every second swing with my to hit % as 88. Here's an idea, don't put in a to hit % with modifiers (ex: -20 due to distance or darkness) when they don't make a difference for the main character, only seeming to benefit the enemies.
Which brings me to the final part of the game. These taurax (which were in part 1), trash mob you and you'll basically have to kite them around at your slow crawl walking pace until you separate one and kill him. Depending on the crap to hit probability, you might lose 3/4 of your 200 health against one or just half. If you have potions wonderful, if not get ready to rest for 3 days to get your health back and fight one more. If you fight two at a time their to hit seems to be even better so good luck, you're dead. Have fun with the taurax spearmasters (to hit %66 on me, which by default means every time they throw a spear... even in pitch black where it dropped to 33%).
Although Eschalon Book 2 is good and HAD promise, the end totally butchered it for me. I'm not even sure if part 3 is worth playing or if I'll invest into the game for more of the end game nonsense.[/spoiler]
Excelente jogo.
Enjoyable isometric CRPG with a classic and nostalgic 90s feel. Some definite improvements in gameplay and mechanics over the first game in the trilogy but the plot was not as good in my opinion. Hours of fun for a few quid make it impossible not to recommend if you like your CRPGs!
I don´t know if I can recommend this game. I like games like this in general. Running around, solving quests, building up a character and so on. But Eschalon tests my frustration tolerance to the edge. As a magick user you run away from enemies all the time and there is only one spell that is really effective. That becomes boring very quickly. You have to camp all the time to recover mana points, you have to eat (and buy food) all the time, you have to run around a lot because the locations given by quests are vague. Then you can get easily diseased (which makes your character unplayable till recovered and costs a lot to cure). Then you have strange things like wolves who suffer penalties for fighting in the dark, rain that reduces the damage of magic fire. I wonder if the people who created this game really playtested it with random people.
If you liked Eschalon: Book 1, here's the continuation of it. Mostly the same gameplay and engine, but with some obvious improvements and additions, such as actually needing to drink and eat, recipe lists in the alchemy crafting menu, equipment durability / meters (your equipment just seemed to randomly break from acid splashes in the first game) a new skill or two (like repairing your equipment that grew those new durability bars) and a bunch of tweaked elements (like needing a high enough wisdom or intelligence to learn more elemental or divination spells, which would be kinda cool, but you can't unlearn spells, so it just ends up sucking, so make sure you'll actually be using spells you learn frequently, I ended up learning several I never used because I was unaware of this new stat requirement for holding more spells...)
Gone is all your equipment because you sold it to buy a small house, as well as your abilities because your character has amnesia, and also was really lazy for the past couple of years chilling out in the village he/she bought said house in. So, get swole again, and save the world from explodering.
In many ways Eschalon II is superior than its predecessor, but the large part of this game is just walking around and struggling with boring "exploration" or backtracking. For me it's enough of an issue to give up on the series and I currently don't plan playing the Book III, but if you don't mind pressing one button and looking at the screen, there's a lot of goodies here to be found.
The crucial thing to understand is that playing this game you should set your own challenges and play around with the playstyle you find most appealing or fun. When I was tilted or bored by some parts, I didn't mind reloading the game after every bad turn in battle and smashing this quicksave button whenever dice rolled well for me. But you can limit your flexibility by yourself: some people don't use quick travel system, some don't run away to sleep and regenerate their HP/mana (basically: if I can't kill it at once, I won't kill it at all). The game even encourages you to create some challenges like this - wanna be a "true rogue"? Don't ever open a lock with force or magic, use only keys or lockpicking skill. Wanna be a "true wizard"? Don't ever swing a weapon in the game.
One of the quests even gives you an extremely overpowered weapon with limited uses. The game basically says: look, idiot, if you are unable to kill one of our bosses on your own, use this. But you know you don't want to use this, you want to show your skill, right? I know you do. But just in case, here. Take this.
I, for example, had a lot of fun playing a powerful, multitasking wizard. The game introduces simple survival mechanisms such as hunger, thirst or significant influence of day/night cycle (you are basically blind if it rains during the night). But as a magic user you can learn spells that create water in the middle of nowhere, provide you magical food or lighten up the area in many ways. It's fun to find the most efficient ways to bypass some of the problems you have at first. If you are a muscular warrior, you can easily lift many weapons and trinkets with you, but as a tiny wizard you sometimes just have to go for miles constantly casting spells like "Ogre's Strength" just to get close to the end of the level and, finally, the nearby merchant.
I was very satisfied finding these tips and tricks and I'm sure other playstyles have their own cool secrets.
One thing wasn't improved, unfortunately - the writing. Once again, the best parts are the ones that are only slightly suggested or shown through worldbuilding. Whenever the game plays open cards with you and shows you what it has, you can only sigh from boredom. "I saw this before" is not what you say from time to time, it's what you feel thorough the entire game. What, for me, is a large problem, but let's be honest - many people don't play games like this for their writing.
A great sequel to a great game. The learning curve is a bit steep, though, so make sure you brush up on the game's basics (as well as the quests) before starting.
-- Review for Linux version of this game --
I know Echalon book series for many years, since Basilisk Studio released their first chapter for Linux OSes. At that time this game was one of the few real Linux game ports of classic old style RPGs and it worked like a charm. As time goes by Basilisk Studio released Book II and Book III by utilizing same engine and by adding some new features to it. If you never played old style RPG with turn-based fights or if you never played Book I please start from the beginning as the story continues in Book II and Book III. Taking into consideration game length and added features I'd say Book II is the best in the series. It should take about 25-30 hours to finish 1 playthrough. As long as Book I is free and you can get all 3 books in a bundle, if you're new to this game just try Book I to see if it's what you're looking for.
What's new in Book II, to name some features:
- now you can make money faster with added foraging skill (you'll get ingridients while you camp).
- better interface for game screen (bigger resolution) and better interface for potion making (now you have recipe book and don't have to experiment)
- now you have to repair your stuff or else it will break and vanish (repair skill used automatically when you camp)
- challenges (game keeps record of your kill/lockpicking/etc stats and gives various challenges to improve replay value), for example play a thief (never bash anything) or healer (never use weapon) etc.
Played on Debian 9, Nvidia drivers, perfect as usual.
Highly Recommended! 10/10
Loved the setting, mechanics and exploration. Finished it. Enjoyed it!
Graphique: 8/10
Son: 8.5/10
Gameplay: 9/10
Longévité: 7/10
Note Global: 8/10
Bon jeu pour le prix, jeu tour par tour old school game
Rogue Like + RPG + Isometric + Loot = Eschalon
Эдакая мини-альтернатива третьей готики - открытый мир, три региона и полная свобода действий при прохождении по сюжетной линии. Про три региона - самая заметная схожесть, так как, первый регион - обширные леса, второй регион - снежные пустоши, а третий - бескрайняя пустыня. В ней, правда, есть чем занять игрока уютным вечерком, если того не отпугнёт её простенькая графическая составляющая для 2010 года..
Probably the best game in the Eschalon series. This game hones the previous game's system and adds a lot of new features and additional difficulty options that allows you to customize your game experience a little. The addition of challenges give some replayability to the game. While this entry in the series can be 'gamed' or 'metagamed' it's still a very interesting entry in the series and defintiely provides value to the player.
Cette fin ... comment rendre un jeu merdique en deux secondes ? Finir le jeu sur un "dungeon" (et non pas un donjon) rempli de monstres tellements pétés que même en trichant et en augmentant ton personnage au delà des limites possibles à atteindre tu reste une petite merde face à eux: 200 de force, des scores de furieux en armes et en défense et pourtant tu passes plusieurs tours à leur taper dessus pour les buter alors que, dans le reste du jeu ET en jouant honnêtement mon personnage butait tout ce qui bougeait en 2/2 en étant intouchable) ... et je passe sur "l'énigme" de talushorn level 2 qui transcende la débilité du level design en ajoutant une louche d'abrutisme qui mérite des baffes.
Bref, c'était sympa (mais très archaïque) pendant tout le jeu (comme eschalon book 1 que j'ai terminé sur la version GoG), mais la fin tranforme le jeu en tas de fumier purement et simplement.
ps: l'ia triche encore plus que le book 1 je pense, les ennemis qui te touche une fois sur 2 quand ils ont 20% de chance de te toucher et toi qui rate 19 attaques sur 20 avec 50% de chance de toucher ... nan, ça n'a rien de difficile des combats comme ça, c'est seulement cheap et chiant comme la mort. De même, les portes et les coffres que tu peux détruire si tu n'as pas la clef, c'est très bien mais être rester sur l'idée du book 1 que tu sois obligés de taper dessus pendant 5 minutes indépendemment de la qualité de ton arme/les dégats que tu fais, c'est de la connerie.
'fin bref, ça ne vaut vraiment un jeu spiderweb tout ça. :/
Very good classic style RPG. There are some mechanics that can be exploited, and the enemies can be quite brutal at times, but I enjoided playing this and was immersed in the atmoshere for most of the game.
Лучшая из трёх частей замечательной [url=http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198084019881/recommended/25600]трилогии[/url].
Главный герой [strike]профукал все полимеры[/strike] всё забыл, так что можно не проходить предыдущую книгу для погружение в историю. Небольшой человечек спасает мир опять и кем он станет в процессе этого спасения, зависит исключительно от вашего желания. Игра проходима как с помощью грубой силы, так и с помощью чисто магических умений. При невнимательности своё развитие можно запороть — это классика RPG, как никак.
История довольно линейна, хотя мир и открыт. Нежелательные для посещения территории закрываются высокоуровневыми монстрами, так что волей неволей придётся проходить обязательные квесты для раскачки способностей протагониста.
Обратите внимание на высокуровневую локацию The Secret Of Fathamurk — тут разбросаны намёки на то, кто же этот мир довёл до жизни такой…
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Порт GNU/Linux отработал без замечаний. Ubuntu LTS
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I play games that have character generators because I don't like being shoehorned into any particular shoes. But despite having a character generator Eschalon does a lot of shoehorning anyway. The world is very contrived, and very shallow. It's like a themepark.
I tried to play as a travelling alchemy merchant and reluctant adventurer. Emphasis on reluctant. But was shoehorned into "adventurer" boots at every turn. This feeling I get from the game is no better summed up than when I encountered one NPC offering a very small job. It was one simple task; I was to take a recipe across the road. In any other game this would be conveyed as an NPC simply asking for you to do them a favour, (for example Ysolda in Skyrim asking you if you could keep an eye out for a Mammoth's tusk for them). In other games it's usually left up to you how you interpret your own actions, whether you're a vagrant looking for work, a sympathetic travelling merchant, a bard, knight, whatever - good RPGs don't get in the way of your role-playing. In Eschalon, even for a job as minor as this (taking a recipe across the road) the game couldn't help but make a show of it being a quest. Paraphrasing the game: "Oh whee, look at this shortest quest ever am-i-rite" *elbow nudge*. Yeh, Eschalon, you're like the infantile interpretation of a role-playing world; a cartoon of a role playing game rather than a role playing game. I really started to despise that so may of the interactions would result in either a generic "adventurer" quest or shoehorn you back into your "adventurer" boots via NPC dialogue. Thanks to Eschalon I now cringe the second I see the word 'quest'.
My attempt to roleplay as a travelling merchant/alchemist (in a game that has both mercantile and alchemy skills no less) was annoyingly awkward in other ways too. I discovered that if you are a divine magic user, empty potion bottles are like gold dust. This is all thanks to the dev's decision to make whether or not empty bottles are even stocked subject to the whimsies of Random Number Generation. In the 30 hours I've spent in this particular playthrough I've bought every empty bottle any Magic vendor has ever stocked, and been hoarding empty bottles from those that I've used (as I said, i have Divine magic so I don't use up many potions for healing) and bearing in mind I have not sold any potions yet at all I've been totally hoarding all empties I have 10 filled potions and a piddling 14 empty potion bottles! Such a great Alchemy merchant I can be, selling potions all across the land, erm 14 times yeh. And yes, while I can technically buy potions, use them and get the empties, It kind of defeats the point of being able to make potions if I have to buy potions!
While I'm determined to finish Book II, I will of course be done with the Eschalon series after this. Like I said, it's like a themepark; you can experience all the rides and have fun, and maybe that's enough for some, but for me its not. When playing RPGs I like to feel as if the world has an existence separate from my character. I like to feel as if it would still exist were I not there. In Eschalon everything is set up specifically around the player so that the world feels very cardboard. You can never escape the world trying to shoehorn you into your generic adventurer boots.
In addition to this there are awkward quest designs that draw attention to the limitations of the game design therefore breaking immersion. In one instance I needed salt to complete one of the main quests. Whether or not salt spawns in a chest or shop is subject to the RNG. I decided buying it in a shop was the optimal way of a acquiring salt, since I had seen it stocked in inns before I knew I needed it. Shops restock every seven days. Bear in mind that a society which has no mechanical refrigeration will be heavily dependent on salt to preserve meat so salt should be a commonplace commodity easy to acquire and as essential to society as water. And before I knew I needed it I saw it everywhere (but as soon as I knew I needed it it magically disappeared thanks to the fickle RNG gods). It took me almost two dozen weeks in game time of weekly visits to every shop in Eschalon to finally finally find a vendor that had salt in stock. After the salt incident, I found myself spotting the a myriad of peculiarities that draw attention to the world of Eschalon being incredibly inconsistent with itself more than actually being able to enjoy the narrative of my own journey. And so Eschalon all unravels once one thread frays.
Spoiler warning
In another example of the Eschalon world being self-inconsistent, I walked into a Dwarven mine described as impenetrable by any and all NPCs who had mentioned it, and not only did I penetrate it, but indeed did so by simply walking right past its occupants! Oh sure they would give chase the second they saw me, but they would follow me for about 10 steps and then give up, bless them. This suited me fine on the way down as I didn't want to harm the Dwarves since they had done me no wrong and were mixed up in this chain of events through no fault of their own. Once I reached the bottom of their mine I helped myself to a selection of their prized possessions and then turned around to make my way back to the nearest exit (conveniently located nearby I might add). Having been spotted by about three dozen Dwarves on the way down, I could have been forgiven for expecting that there would be an army of Dwarves rallied to stop this dirty human thief from making off with their treasures. Anti-climatically the Dwarves rallied a grand total of five Dwarves to stand between me and the exit of the lower part of the mine. And then having exited the lower part of the mine I walked right past a dozen more of the Dwarves I had walked past on the way down, waltzing out of the impenetrable Dwarvern mine without having to break stride once. Some scripted events such as finding on the way back out that Dwarves had overturned some tables and made some makeshift barricades to prevent my escape on the way back out would have been all that was necessary to give the illusion that the world was in some way more than cardboard. But no. It fascinates me that in a game that plays up the fact that you can take a non-combat approach if you want to, no contingency is ever put in place for that actually occurring. Events on the way out always seem to unfold as they would have if you had murdered everyone on the way in.
It's not a bad game, by any means, there's a lot that's good about it, but believable world building and self consistency is so central to an RPG that Eschalon's lapses in this area really harm it. So much of my character's story involved doing out of character things to make up for the flaws in the world design or finding huge discordance between the narrative of the NPCs and the actual state of affairs in the game world. As games go Eschalon had all the potential in the world to be something great, unfortunately it turned out to be miles wide but an inch deep.
If you played "Eschalon: Book I" and thought it'd be better if it was improved than you'll defiantly like the sequel.
난이도는 적당하며 퀘스트는 흥미롭다.
980ti에서 돌리기 딱 적당한 정통 RPG이다.
Данная часть игры, вызвала больше интереса к серии Eschalon: Book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHc78pTK-nM
oldschool roguelike game
I've tried to enjoy Eschalon: Book II, and it really is a game fully inside my usual wheelhouse. RPG... check. Mouse-driven combat... check. Unforgiving difficulty... check. Sidequests... check. Lots of interesting text to read... CHECK!
So why can't I recommend this? It's the controls. There is a simple flaw in this game's design that makes for a really poor experience when I play:
[b]You have to hold down the mouse button to walk.[/b]
This might not seem like a big deal, but when I'm going to be playing a game for hours, this becomes painful quite quickly. It isn't a click-fest like Diablo; it's both lots of clicking and LOTS of holding down the mouse button for long periods of time.
Otherwise, Eschalon: Book II is a quite excellently made game. If I were to recommend an alternative, I would point to the recent Spiderweb Software games, which are probably superior to the Eschalon series anyway.
Hier handelt es sich um ein sehr liebevoll gestaltetes Old-School-RPG, dessen Features im Vergleich zum ersten Teil noch deutlich erweitert wurden.
Einen Eindruck über die erste Stunde des Spiels vermittel ich euch in meinem Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtnyEwN-uPQ
Freunden klassischer Rollenspiele mit Anspruch kann ich dieses Spiel definitiv empfehlen.
Very good old school RPG. I love this game because of very interesting story and turn-based combats. A lots of locations to explore indeed. You can set game difficulty and make various challenge here. Music and sounds are OK. Only gfx is pretty poor here. The main window should be larger compared with others. Dungeons are too dark even with torches and light spells ( gravedigger spell is terrible ).
7/10
Did you like Eschalon Book 1? If so, you'll like Book 2 as well. It basically does everything Book 1 does, except a bit better.
Didn't play Book 1? I reviewed it; go see that.
I Ragazzi di Basilisk Games non si sono dovuti sforzare molto per creare la trama di questo secondo episodio della serie Eschalon visto che in pratica è la stessa del primo: Un uomo dalla vita apparentemente tranquilla scopre di avere un altra identità dimenticata grazie ad un incantesimo e si trova coinvolto nella disperata ricerca di un manufatto che può salvare il Regno dall'annientamento.
Ma la trama non e' l'unica similitudine col primo episodio: Infatti neppure il gameplay e' cambiato di un millimetro, rimanendo ben saldo su i canoni dei buoni vecchi giochi di ruolo di una volta come Ultima e Divine Divinity (in particolare chi ha giocato a quest'ultimo avara' una forte sensazione di deja'vu giocando a i vari Eschalon) .
Poca fantasia a parte questo titolo e' comunque validissimo, specie se vi piace passare ore ed ore ad esplorare il vasto mondo di gioco (cosa che nel caso di Eschalon regala numerose sorprese) e siete abituati a giocare senza il minimo aiuto.
Tolles Spiel, es gibt viele Sachen zu erforschen und zu finden.
Die Langen Geh-Sequenzen sind etwas anstrengend auf dauer,
jedoch sind die schnell-reise Punkte dieses mal besser verteilt.
Leider gehen gegen Ende einem die Gegner zum Leveln aus.
Nichts desto trotz eine spannendes RPG.
