QUOTE(zalinanaruto @ Mar 21 2006, 09:35 PM)
Got my copy last night, played for 5 hours or so, here are the impressions.
Character creation was a blast, lots of options, actually too much for me. I am just going to wait for someone to make a mod with angelina jolie's face then use it later.
The tutorial section was quite long, took about an hour to finish it, but I am sure for the second time around , anyone can just blast thru it in 15-30 mins.
Once you leave the dungeon, then the game really starts. You come out of the tunnel, and in front of you, you see a very peaceful lake. The lake has a perfect reflection mirror like surface until you step in. There are butterflies flying around the flowers, the mountain in front of you is so big and the forest looks dense on it.
I didn't go to the forest yet, because I am not a ranger guy. So I opened the map and headed to the big city. There I did my first quest, took me an hour to finish! It was easy but quite a lot of twists and stuff for it. Now I am going to go into the forest and explore for a bit.
Combat was WAYYYYYYYY better then morring, especially now that we can block on our own. magic was cool too, cuz we dun need to re-equip to the spells casting hands... lol...
The menu takes a little bit of time to master, but once you play for a while, everything is smooth like butter.
one more thing, with all the hype about the physics of the game, I am somewhat disappointed. It is completely useless in the game, it's just a little addition to make the game look good. well, I think the physics engine apply to archery and the traps, and that's about it. I always thought you could maybe take an axe out from your inventory and throw it at the goblin? haha. guess that's not possible yet. Well the physics engine is fun to play around I guess...
bye guys.
Sounds comforting, all of you saying the wait was all worth it
I like reading about people who got it, even though i'm like a kid waiting for christmas, thanks for your replies so far. I hope you enjoy! I don't envy you (well mby in a good way

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Thank you zalinanaruto for your mini review.