u/pacmannips

Tips for enjoying Arcanum?

So I started playing Arcanum a year or so ago and I really liked the characters and story and general atmosphere but the combat was so unsatisfying and the character building so overwhelming that I ultimately ended up putting it down before being able to finish it.

I want to go back and play a full game of it now but I'm intimidated from my last experience. Do any of you guys have any tips for a first run? Anything that can help me to understand the combat mechanics better or maybe build strategies? I really want to be able to get through the entire game this time

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u/pacmannips — 1 day ago

▲ 7 r/backloggd

My Ballot - 1998 really was a special year for gaming, wasn't it? So many classics.

u/pacmannips — 2 days ago

🔥 Hot ▲ 78 r/adventuregames

Just finished my first playthrough of Sanitarium (1998) blind - it was bizarre in the exact opposite ways that I expected it to be. Anyone else play this game? What did you think?

u/pacmannips — 2 days ago

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14 - Sanitarium - very bizarre point and click adventure game from 1998

Very bizarre game of mixed quality. Sometimes its puzzles are very intuitive and clever, other times they're straight up 90's moon-logic that you'd be hard pressed to figure out without a guide in hand. Overall a very easy game to 100% -- most achievements are unmissable and the few missable achievements are relatively easy to get on your first go around. Got 99% of them on my first blind playthrough and only had to reload one save to get the last one. Very fun, low stress game to 100% after getting through a more difficult one.

I recommend it if you like adventure games or if you're interested in bizarro world fever dream games like LSD dream simulator, Cruelty Squad, etc. It definitely fits into that tradition.

u/pacmannips — 2 days ago