Arken Age is a very well made game with interesting combat, beautiful visuals, and an epic bossfight!
Visuals: The visuals in this game are gorgeous, in an almost painted artstyle, the environments in Arken Age are an interesting mix between stunning cities, and dramatic natural environments. The enemies look very good, with a hard wooden armor protecting some sort of cyborg creature. The graphics are amazing, and aren't too demanding.
Combat: The combat is divided between three weapons: A melee weapon, a sort of handgun, and a rifle. All of the weapons are customized by finding chips that are used to print weapon parts, which allows for highly customized weapons and playstyles. The enemies come in variety. Some throw bombs, some have machine guns, and some have simple guns with sword and shield. The final boss fight makes you use all of your weapons, and has fun yet difficult moves that make for an interesting final fight.
Puzzles: The puzzles are just fine most of the time, but during the first half of the game, the puzzles require you to unlock different areas and find rooms through mazes, which are very easy to get lost and loop yourself in. Even with the tracker showing exactly where an object is, looping is a big problem at just about the halfway point.
SPOILER WARNING
Bossfight and Ending: The bossfight was incredibly fun and cinematic, and easy to understand! The first phase of the bossfight is a sort of disgusting spider creature, which is actually a shell, breaking off to reveal the Grand Arborist. The next phase is similar, except you must stun the boss and break each crystal on each of his leg. The final phase is great, having you fall through the floor, and the boss is tethered to the center, throwing melee attacks that need to be parried, which can be challenging. The ending to me was rather confusing though, and I'm not really sure what side won, as there was a plot twist at the end, which appeared to be completely ignored by the custodian's dialogue after the fact.
Overview: This game has amazing graphics, combat, and a very compelling story!
