Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

Clearly a lot of work went into making this. A lot of hard, human work. And every single piece of it is entirely undercut by the usage (which is also undisclosed) of genAI, a thing built on theft of that same human work, creative bankruptcy, and the enshittification of everything. It's not just a little bit of genAI either -- it seems the vast majority of background art and much of the UI art (spell art, etc) was AI-generated. On top of that, some of the writing also appears AI-generated. There's way more of it than you might think. I played through the tutorial twice and wound up over the refund time limit, but I can at least warn others about this since the developers have failed to disclose the AI usage on the store page. This is a game that I really wanted to keep playing, since I'm stuck with it, but I just can't not see the genAI everywhere. If you like looking at details, you'll notice it and you'll see how bad it is. So disappointed. They'd have an incredible video game here if not for the copious amount of genAI.

[GRÁFICOS] ☐ Paint.exe ☐ Pode dar convulsão de olhar demais pra isso ☐ Ruim ☐ Decente ☐ Bom ☑ Maravilhoso ☐ Melhor que a vida real [JOGABILIDADE] ☐ Era melhor ter ido ver o filme do Pelé ☐ Mais ou menos ☐ Decente ☐ Boa ☐ Muito boa ☑ Excelente ☐ Vicia mais que cocaína [ÁUDIO/TRILHA SONORA] ☐ Jogue sem som ☐ Dá pra escutar ☑ Os caras capricharam no áudio ☐ Baixe as músicas para escutar no ônibus ☐ Coloque as músicas no seu casamento [PÚBLICO] ☐ Espermatozóides ☐ Crianças ☐ Jovens ☑ Adultos ☐ Idosos ☐ Cadáveres [REQUISITOS] ☐ Veja se você consegue executar o Paint ☐ Batata ☐ Torradeira ☐ Quebra Galho ☑ Decente ☐ PC considerado gamer, equivalente à um vídeogame de nova geração ☐ PC da NASA [DIFICULDADE] ☐ É só assistir ao jogo ☐ Zerei com uma guitarra ☐ Aperte X ☐ Fácil ☐ Fácil de aprender / Difícil de dominar ☑ Requer uso significativo do cérebro ☐ Difícil ☐ Dark Souls [HISTÓRIA] ☐ Que história? ☐ História sem nexo algum ☐ Meia boca ☐ Melhor com DLC ☐ Bom ☑ Perfeita ☐ Fantástica ☐ 10/10 ☐ Vai mudar sua vida [TEMPO DE JOGO] ☐ Você acaba antes de sair do menu ☐ O suficiente para cantar "Faroeste Caboclo" ☐ O equivalente a sequência de "Senhor dos Anéis" completa ☑ Skyrim da vida ☐ Você precisará de uma segunda vida [PREÇO] ☐ De graça até injeção na testa! ☐ Melhor você queimar o seu dinheiro ☐ Não recomendo ☐ Se você tiver um dinheiro sobrando ☑ Apenas se estiver na promoção ☐ Vale cada centavo [BUGS] ☐ Nunca ouvi falar ☑ Pequenos bugs, nada que te atrapalhe ☐ O suficiente para te fazer dar Rage Quit ☐ SKYRIM ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 0 ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10

I can't recommend the game. There are AI assets used in the game and no disclosure of such assets on the store page.

if you liked TES Skyrim, you'll like this one too. Great AA title. Sometimes you can feel the lower budget, but the gameplay is enjoyable and the story is engaging with multiple endings depending on your choices throughout the game. Highly recommended! Watch and learn, Bethesda.

Игра зашла так же как и скайрим в первый раз.

0/10, I do not get what other people see in this game at all. It's not fun, its not interesting, it looks awful, the technical state is dire, I could go on forever listing all of the problems it has. I'm actually sad I wasted so many hours trying to get something out of this game, not a single one was worth it. Edit: apparently a substantial amount of this game was made with AI. Do not buy it, even on sale. It is an outright scam.

(Build advice at the end of review for those interested) Pros: - Great worldbuilding and exploration - Great variety in armor and weapons offering many build options (though most are unfortunately shallow) - Arthurs voice actor needs a raise, absolutely stellar work. Overall voiceover quality is very high too (with some rare exceptions) - 2 handed weapon animations and soundwork is very impactful and satisfying - Some spell VFX felt awesome (looking at you Scorching Blaze) Cons: - Spells are extremely generic being either a magic gun or a summon. There are a few exceptions but most are poorly thought through and just get clunky to use. The light/heavy cast producing different results was a good idea that was underutilized at best and misused at worst. - All weapons except 2 handers did not feel particularly nice to use. The game heavily emphasizes parrying and you need to either use 2 handers, dual wield or have an empty left hand for that. Empty left hand wastes damage, dual wield had only 1 power attack animation which got too spammy too quickly. Also 1 handed weapons are held straight up like 2 sticks which is such an old and boring way to do things. Please use your reverse-grip animations more! I know you have them in there for sneak attacks, make them happen for stuff like sprinting, charging heavies, crouching, etc. So yeah, anyway, 2 handers is the way to go. - The story does a great job of building up suspense for a final conclusion, unfortunately that conclusion is a disappointment. Instead of making 1 really good ending they went the route of making 10 subpar endings. I wouldve preferred the former. Even the "true ending" given by finishing almost all the content (which i did) is really unsatisfying. Bonus build advice for readers: I had waaay more fun in this game once i, after many hours of trial and error, found a non-clunky and mechanically deep build. This is not easy to do as depth in this game is generally puddle-level. Weapon sets: 1. 2 hander of choice 2. scorching blaze + any mage ward 3. tidepiercer + weightbound 4. Thunder lash + merlins thorn You can get all of this in act 1 except weightbound, use flame torrent instead until you get weighty. Perks: - Spells with less cost than the previous has a 100% crit chance - Spell crits apply a 30% damage debuff - Crits apply bleed 50% of the time - Status effects apply a 30% damage debuff - Status effects are quicker to apply when one is already present (use to make it easier to burn/freeze enemies with weapon oils) Gems: - Bleed gem on tidepiercer Tactic: - Open fights with ward + blaze, has 100% crit - Power attack with tidepiercer to apply/extend bleed while casting weightbound with offhand - Fight with 2 hander until one of the following happens: 1. Bleed is about to fall off: Shoot a new tidepiercer wave and a weightbound 2. Spell crit debuff is about to fall off: Use merlins + 2 x thunderlash for a triple crit 3. Mage ward has been consumed: Reapply it and shoot a blazing scorch afterwards This combat loop is very enjoyable and capitalizes on all the most satisfying combat elements of the game. Have fun!

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