Review Fate gets a write up

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Fate

We've just posted <A href="http://www.rpgcodex.com/content.php?id=121">the big review</A> of <A href="http://www.playfate.com">Fate</A> for those wondering why we don't review anything. Here's a clip:
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<blockquote>The only problem with pets is that you may find them becoming less and less useful as the game goes on. As stated above, eventually the time it takes for the pet to head up to town and come back becomes so great, you're probably not going to want to rely on this. Also, pets level much slower than the levels of the monsters increase in the dungeon. If you have a decent <i>Charm Magic</i> skill, you'll probably be summoning things that dwarf your pet in combat ability, even if they're the same type of monster. Even after boosting it to a powerful monster with a flawless fish and giving it some powerful rings and amulet, you may still find that Scruffy has degenerated to a glorified pack mule.</blockquote>
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Too bad you can't turn your pet in to a critter with healing spells!
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[Elwro]

Thanks for the review, it's quite interesting and detailed. Makes me want to try the game for myself.

 

[Volourn]

Sounds like it could be fun. Sadly, it's a pay to download game which means I won't be gettin' the oppurtunity to do so. If only it were sold in stores. Oh well..

 

[LlamaGod]

What would be cool if is they had some spell thats purpose is to polymorph your pet into random strong-ish creatures, then you send your pet to fight while you keep it going (along with casting and shit).

So kinda like the Shaper from Geneforge really, but all action RPG-ized.

 

[Jed]

Nice review, Saint, if not a little punny. This is a really great game--better than Diablo, in my opinion--and an excellent example of the potential of indie games.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

In the next patch of Fate, two of the negatives I wrote about have been addressed. You'll be able to tell what your pet will become in the vendor screen and attack magic will be augmented by your Magic attribute - but you'll probably still be a bitch for things with high/full resistances to elemental attacks.

It's nice to see the game is doing well enough to have all these enchancements and bugs fixed.