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The Great Gaias playable demo

HiddenX

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I'm over 120 hours into the game - standing in front of the final(?) boss.

If you like Ultima 7 and turn-based RPGs this game is for you. You can play a lot of different unique characters, each with their own set of skills, usable gear and backstory. The story is epic. Lots of backtracking, some grinding to get better (unique) gear is necessary.
Crafting and alchemy is in the game as well.

Combat is challenging, sometimes you have to build and level up the right party to beat a certain boss. So change your 4-character party mix often and try to build up most of the 17 playable characters.

Recommended!
 

HiddenX

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Pray tell what's Ultima 7-like about this game?

U7-like:

  1. Unique party members with a backstory and quests.
  2. Fighting against a great evil good-like character.
  3. An evolving epic story that starts small and gets bigger and bigger.
  4. Unique weapons and gear.
  5. Lots of side-quests and secrets - you have to explore every inch of the huge world (- over 200 achievements).
  6. Strong interwoven story elements between the main characters.
  7. Classic story elements like murder, betrayal, love, orphans, old ghosts ...
  8. A huge map.
  9. Lots of backtracking.
  10. Adventure-like searching to trigger the next chapter of the story.
  11. ...
 

HiddenX

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Then tell me some RPGs with 17 playable characters with their own class skills and backstory.
I don't know many.
 

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Then tell me some RPGs with 17 playable characters with their own class skills and backstory.
I don't know many.
That's not what I meant. Just that those features, while all well and good, could in fact describe many games other than Ultima 7. Not all of them at once perhaps, but just the bare minimums.

Such as "Unique weapons & armor", or "facing a big bad", etc. Secrets I'm a big fan of, however, so that does sound like fun enough.
 

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