Arcanum is a posterboy for "less is more" I think. While the size of it can be alluring, there's so much useless shit shoved in there that it actually hurts the game. I still love the game overall but it fucking annoys me as well because it could've been so much better if they had focused it more.
Fallout is a better game I think.
Excuse me, too much useless shit? I haven't had such an euphoric moment in years, as when I dug through trash cans in Arcanum for my technologist.
On that note, Arcanum should be played as a Technologist, that is the real experience.
I don't mean the crafting system when I mean too much useless shit. I mean the fucking combat areas filled to the brim with shitty monsters to fight or the endless boring random encounters.