Enshrouded

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Отличная и при этом душная игра для прохождения с друзьями. Я довольна!

365 hours in and I do not recommend this game. There are some interesting aspects, but overall the game is tedious and illogical in (sometimes) infuriating ways. - Skill tree: (level 1) Cool, there are 12 classes! (35 levels later) oh wait, there is just assassin/ranger, warrior, or mage. The apparent choice in the skill tree is a mirage. Truly effective skill building puts 90-95% of skill points into one of three trees. - The shroud effect is a somewhat novel mechanic. The problem is that 50% of the game is spent in the shroud, and the visuals are so awful in the shroud you will be squinting at your monitor for that whole time. Fog (and dark fog) effects should be used *sparingly*: the shroud should be 10% of the game, not 50%. In a similar vein, walking into shroud geography is infuriatingly stupid: it's always deep canyons with very few ways in or out. How characters in an RPG somehow manage to never discover how to build a 50m rope with climbing gear to get over that type of terrain is beyond ridiculous, and no terrain outside of maybe the Grand Canyon on earth was ever shaped like the terrain that is common for the shroud. Again, it's just stupid. - "Super Mario" puzzles over tar/lava: built by no human beings ever. One or two here or there would be spicy, but the fact that they are *all over* is stupid. Again, should be reduced to about 10% of how often they actually occur. (The "Super Mario" puzzles in the spires are actually good, though, keep them.) - The Albaneve Summits boss is a huge "screw you" to any class but ranger. Remember how we went from 12 classes to 3 classes in the first bullet? Well, we're really down to one class. Hope you like shooting arrows. - Combat mechanics are entirely inconsistent. The game can't decide what it wants to be. Melee? Souls-like. Ranged? I have no idea what the hell combat model this is. Optimal strategy for ranged is to perch on structures the enemy cannot ascend due to pathing code and pummel them from distance. - Melee stamina recovery is a complete disaster, especially during combat. - Gem mechanics and descriptions are wholly inadequate. I shouldn't have to consult the wiki to figure out what the gems actually do. Additionally, some gems are (as far as I can tell) completely useless for any class, and half of the effects are really underwhelming for the cost/investment required to start using them. - Bow and wand durability loss is way too high. (It's actually too high across the board for all weapons, but bow and wand breakage mid-boss fight is a real thing and completely idiotic.) - Resource farm rates are way too low. It's literally hours of tediousness farming any sort of common stone to build a structure of reasonable complexity. Resource returns from mining could be increased 10x and still probably be too low. Resource returns from cutting trees could be doubled. (Strangely enough, resource returns from farming are ok, but it sure would be nice to see how many seedlings are obtained from a single seed.) - I know why I have to hit 'W' twice to start descending from gliding but it sucks. - Speaking of melee, combat mechanics for melee are not nearly precise enough. Enemies (especially bosses) frequently visually appear to miss on devastating attacks yet still manage to hit you. You can be 3 meters off to the backside of an enemy who is attacking in the opposite direction and still get mysteriously backstabbed. - Farming materials for ranger ammo/mage ammo is tedious. Worse, there really isn't that much difference in damage in the different types of ranger ammo; using wooden arrows does damage within about 10-20% of the top-level arrow.