It's Nice to be Playing an RPG Again
I managed to purchase the Role Playing Game Greedfall recently at the bargain price of £15. I’ve had my eye on this particular title for a while. It is not a so-called triple A game but has garnered a lot of critical praise since its release in September 2019. Developed by Spiders, a French game company and published by Focus Home Interactive, Greedfall is set in an ersatz 17th century-style setting and has liberal doses of fantasy. It has a complex narrative which takes a lot of tropes from European history from that era and blends them with classic fantasy elements such as magic and mythical beasts. It seems to have filled the space previously occupied by BioWare games of this genre, having a similar focus on characters and story. To date it has sold over a million copies. I’ve only played 5 hours or so at present but I like what I see so far.
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