Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

Highly atmospheric, very responsive, tight worldbuilding, and the sense of endless exploration that every great RPG instills.

[h3]Elder Scrolls in Arthurian myth[/h3] While one shouldn't expect this to become/usurp the next Bethesda game, Tainted Grail does wonders at building a positive rapport. The gameplay is competent while being varied, the visual styles are succinct and effective, the quests are [i]numerous[/i] and grow with free DLC. While it lacks my [i]je ne sais quoi,[/i] it retains my admiration

I really enjoyed my time with TG for the most part but was very much burnt out towards the end. A note to all devs - if the player is near the end of the game and you suddenly thrust multiple branching quests to do first (in this case the tribes) they will probably roll their eyes and beeline to the finish. Fortunately in TG you genuinely can ignore this part of the game (although I do feel like I missed out on it) and just plough on ahead. The writing is good although it has a lot of characters, most of which you barely speak to and yet they're the most important ones. The story and world is good but not fleshed out enough. You learn one extra little bit of intrigue in the story every few hours and in the end it doesn't really matter anyway as it's all just context behind the major decision you make at the end of the game. Every character loves to hear their own voice which means there is a lot of dialogue, even when you don't want there to be. Combat and exploration is good. There's a lot to do here if you enjoy that sort of thing. But I was getting exhausted by the end - you spend a lot of your time just running to map markers - either to speak to someone or just get to your objective. Sprinting around like this was dull and I was just constantly thinking JUST TAKE ME THERE. It's very sandboxy which some will love and others (myself) will not. Lots of equipment and lots of stats to play the game how you want to play. I played as a battle mage which was a good mix of magic and hand to hand combat. However the difficulty spikes are genuinely insane - moving from one map to the next was like you upped the difficulty a level or two. Some generic enemies were tougher than named mission bosses or bounties. This needed some real tweaking. 7/10 - would be curious to see what the devs did next. Less running around and more of an involved story would interest me greatly.

I wish I played it before the 2 weeks return window so I can return it, what a disappointment. The game feels janky, the combat is not satisfying and frustrating, like the game shows you how to parry right before your first encounter, but then the parry doesn't work and you have to google why and find out that there's a specific way of doing it that you should've guessed while the fking guard shoves a dagger up your ass I guess. It's so obvious the game tries to be a Skyrim but then it doesn't do what Skyrim does from the get go - why would I care about some king, Avelon, undead, dead, in-between, gay, your mom, and on and on? I just started it, I don't care about your lore yet, why can't we start small and go from there? Why does every game now feels the need to have a pompous presentation? Why not copy Skyrim in this instance? A small tutorial with some action and then the open world - much better than shoving the lore down players throats (given the recent AI slop allegations, probably a mediocre lore slop at that). And what in the name of souls slop is this boss fight in the dungeon while still in the intro? Am I supposed to fight a boss with a dagger and 0 to none health potions? Am I missing something? Did I download the wrong game? Why am I forced to fight a boss in the open world game before I even got to that open world? Again, there wasn't a game that infuriated me more in less than 2 hours than this one. What a waste of shekels

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It's basically bootleg Skyrim

Mix Review ​Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon might not reach the status of the games it draws inspiration from, but it punches well above its AA weight class. ​The real surprise is the combat. I can’t remember the last time first-person RPG fighting felt this good. Instead of the usual stationary, floaty, hack-and-slash combat, your movement and positioning actually matters. ​Ultimately, it joined the long list of action RPGs where I lose interest halfway through, and I honestly can't put my finger on why. Still, just because it couldn't hold my attention in the long run doesn't mean it won't work for you.