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Troika Games / Aug 29, 2016 / RPG
Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.
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| CPU | Not set | 1.0 GHz Can't tell | 1.4 GHz Can't tell |
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Very Positive
88% positive, 1,352 reviews
This game feels outdated and rough around the edges, but it still delivers the depth and freedom you expect from a classic CRPG. If you can live with the clunkiness, it is easy to get pulled into a rare, unforgettable RPG world.
19 found this helpful, 2026-02-17
Saying Planescape: Torment has the greatest story ever told in an RPG is like saying water is wet. It's almost annoying to read at this point because it has been declared ad nauseam, but truly I can not go a week without thinking about the game narratively and thematically. The same thing for me applies to Arcanum here as well. It lead me to think about Role-Playing Games in regard to narrative itself. The recent...
18 found this helpful, 2026-05-26
Would I reccomend Arcanum? Ehhhh, it's complicated. I'm leaning towards Yes, but only if you meet a few criteria: - You enjoy Fallout 1 & 2 and wish to have a similar itch scratched (as the game was made with Tim Cain as project lead, in a very similar engine.) - Combat is not very important to you and you're willing to slog through it. - You don't mind long paragraphs of text. If you meet those criteria,...
17 found this helpful, 2026-02-27
I enjoyed my time overall, but its hard to recommend Arcanum. I needed to download 2 different patches to get it running properly, and even then it would still crash or freeze sometimes. The start is also extremely rough and its very hard to find resources to figure out a functional build. Even if you do, the beginning is not intuitive and its very hard to know what to do or where to go, so its not surprising that...
16 found this helpful, 2026-07-23
