newtmonkey
Arcane
Molina
The only thing comparable is Fallout (and it is a million times better than Arcanum, which is not a slight against Arcanum, but praise for how amazing Fallout is).
Warning: The interface for Fallout has not aged well. Set aside a lazy weekend and put plenty of time into getting used to it. It will be worth it, I 100% guarantee it. It is simply amazing. It feels like it has thought of everything, you'll come up with some insane plan to get through something, and it will just work.
I bought Fallout when it was first released, never got into it, bought it again on budget release, never got into it, and then got it on GOG when they were giving it away for free (? I think) before Interplay lost the license. At one point I had a weekend where I had nothing to do, so I decided to just force myself to play it until I got it, and when I got it, it was truly glorious. It's a short game, even if you don't know what you're doing, but I played it obsessively all weekend, and then finished it the following weekend. Probably in my top 5 games of all time.
[EDIT] There are some great games on the list that Gregz posted, but very few (if any) are like Arcanum and Fallout. The only other games that really react to your character build are nearly pure combat/exploration games (Wizardry, etc.) or the Quest for Glory games. However, the Quest for Glory games are nothing at all like Arcanum/Fallout in terms of how they actually play and their interface, so I would suggest Fallout first. If you want more of that, but want to explore other kinds of games, I would suggest Quest for Glory (the class you pick will almost completely change the way you solve quests).
The only thing comparable is Fallout (and it is a million times better than Arcanum, which is not a slight against Arcanum, but praise for how amazing Fallout is).
Warning: The interface for Fallout has not aged well. Set aside a lazy weekend and put plenty of time into getting used to it. It will be worth it, I 100% guarantee it. It is simply amazing. It feels like it has thought of everything, you'll come up with some insane plan to get through something, and it will just work.
I bought Fallout when it was first released, never got into it, bought it again on budget release, never got into it, and then got it on GOG when they were giving it away for free (? I think) before Interplay lost the license. At one point I had a weekend where I had nothing to do, so I decided to just force myself to play it until I got it, and when I got it, it was truly glorious. It's a short game, even if you don't know what you're doing, but I played it obsessively all weekend, and then finished it the following weekend. Probably in my top 5 games of all time.
[EDIT] There are some great games on the list that Gregz posted, but very few (if any) are like Arcanum and Fallout. The only other games that really react to your character build are nearly pure combat/exploration games (Wizardry, etc.) or the Quest for Glory games. However, the Quest for Glory games are nothing at all like Arcanum/Fallout in terms of how they actually play and their interface, so I would suggest Fallout first. If you want more of that, but want to explore other kinds of games, I would suggest Quest for Glory (the class you pick will almost completely change the way you solve quests).
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