Arbiter Libera

A redemption Report, if you will. On a more serious note this is simply closing the final chapter on a game I got in a rut with and took a break from. I expected it to turn into a far more negative take compared to what I bring to you. Maybe that break gave me some time to reflect on what almost got me rage quitting, though.

Vito

I’m in the process of cleaning up games myself and (as you might have read in my last post) sometimes giving a game a break is exactly what it needs. Unfortunately more often than I’d like a pause turns into abandoning the game entirely :D

I remember that some of my friends played Call of Juarez when it was released, and it left a lukewarm impression with them as well. I always thought I own the game as well (even as physical copies), but I seem to be mistaken — or at least I misplaced it. Anyways, thanks for the review. I think I’m not gonna search too much for it now that I’ve heard about its pros and cons!

Arbiter Libera

I just get distracted by other games when I take a break. It’s why I either play only one game at any time OR two games that balance out each other by being totally different. So I can have a change of pace.

CoJ is great in a sense that it’s not just a braindead shooter all of the time and that variety is great. I just wish variety was executed better. Platforming in a first-person game really needs to be its central point or it will inevitably hamper the overall package. When you add some physics into it you have a hit-or-miss deal most of the time. Glad the review helped, though.

Vito

Same with me. Sometimes I can work on 2 games, but more often than not it doesn’t really work out.

Btw I finished Gothic. Definitely a good game, most of my quarrels with it were because of its age. For example it kept crashing on me until I found out it does that a lot less when I start it directly and not over Steam. Might have been coincidence of course :)

Arbiter Libera

Happy to hear it and looking forward to your review. Did you do any patching beyond official? I remember playing it in glorious sub-30 FPS back in the day. Yeah, I imagine it would have technical problems.

Vito

I installed 2 or 3 mods which help with the graphics, but nothing major as far as I can tell. The FPS were fine with those mods!