Review: GreedFall (Steam)

Engage in a core roleplaying experience, and forge the destiny of a new world seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, the evolving world – influence its course and shape your story.

Pros:

• Really decent graphics.
• 20359mb download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Steam trading cards.
• Controller support.
• Tutorials-on/off but you do an opening fight anyway.
• Invert Y-axis and sensitivity slider.
• Graphics-resolution, v-sync, presets, shadows, draw distance, SSAO, cloth physic, particles, FOV slider, dynamic resolution, anisotropy and texture quality.
• Four difficulties-easy/normal/hard/extreme.
• RPG action gameplay.
• Strong voice work and loads of from NPC to people in the street.
• Branching character interactions.
• Character creator-Gender/presets/face/hair/facial hair/eyebrows/skin colour/hair color/facial hair colour and eye color.
• 3 classes-Warrior, Technical, and Magic. You start with 1 skill point and an attribute point. Choosing a class is really about starting stats and items as you can tailor the stats later.
• Fast-paced combat-lock on, carry 2 weapons and swap instantly, a gun side arm, dodge, and parry. Rage type move that charges as you fight.
• Can find loot boxes, treasure chests and loot bodies.
• Collectibles everywhere.
• Lock pick-a skill you increase and has levels of skill.
• Zones-controlled by enemy factions. You can stealth around or go in Disguise.
• The optional and plentiful array of side quests.
• Easy to use UI and mission and loot management is easy as well as your team member.
• Team-recruit and pick 2 comrades to go out and about with you.
• Open world.
• Compass-shows markers including a description and how far away it is.
• Clear icons on the screen for missions and interactions.
• Save when you want from the menu.
• So much loot!
• Crafting where you can make items and gear but also upgrade.
• Shops to buy and sell goods.
• Every faction of people has a reputation with you and your actions change it.
• Full character progression choice-you can re distribute skill and attributes and choose what you want.
• Play how you want.
• Some very interesting stories.
• As you level up you acquire skills that can make traversal easier like breaking down walls or jumping gaps etc.
• Big boss fights.
• Decent story.
• Every story mission and some side quests have multiple ways of completing them and different outcomes.
• Fantastic world that feels like a living breathing world.
• Some jaw-dropping locations and vistas.
• When traveling to New locations via the map you wait for the level to load in a random camp where you can do buying/selling and upgrading.
• Ai team members help in combat and are quick and simple to manage.
• Stealth mechanic complete with bars above enemies heads to help.
• Find shortcuts.
• Multiple endings.
• Can lose track of time easily.

Cons:

• Can’t rebind buttons or keys.
• No benchmark test.
• Can’t change your characters name regardless of gender.
• Small text pop-ups.
• Ai messes up a lot, especially with pathfinding.
• A weird robot like mouth animations.
• Rushed cutscenes that seem abrupt.
• Sometimes your choices don’t feel like they matter.
• Overwhelming amount of quests and loot.
• Camera/movements feel sensitive.
• Stealth is not as easy or satisfying as you would think.
• Very easy to miss things from missions to interactions to particular parts of a mission.