Primavera
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Absolutely loving this game. I wasn't much interested in this when it was in early access purely because it was first person perspective only, and that makes me nauseous and doesn't let me play for prolonged periods. However they added third person camera later on and I'm enjoying this a lot since the release a couple of weeks ago. I love the mature gothic setting and the inclusion of Celtic and Nordic mythological elements along with the dark spin on Arthurian legends. The gameplay is super fun, feels akin to modded Skyrim but a lot more entertaining in my opinion. It rewards you greatly for exploration and that makes it even more fun going around the world which has a lot of unique areas and a diverse bestiary. Fun crafting mechanics that don't feel too grindy either. And I love the fact that they actually have a well fleshed out magic system instead of it being some generic accompaniment to the weapons, there's all kinds of elemental spells with different effects, poison, bleed, healing and health leech, a whole lot of summoning and even more unique spells (even one that turns people to cheese or lets you conjure cheese out of your own blood). I love playing magic builds so this is a treat. The story and quest design is also very well made and feels organic, as in each of them have an interesting story behind it instead of being procedurally generated. It's also nice how a lot of the stuff is morally gray and ambiguous so the interactions and political intrigue feel a lot more realistic and your decisions carry a lot of weight. The only issues are that there are some major quest breaking bugs still there, but they have already released 3 hotpatches and seems a larger one is scheduled to be delivered this weekend. The issues are mostly in the later acts though from what I hear, and in the 20 hours or so I have played of the first act of the game, I haven't found any serious issues myself. It feels really refreshing to get a game like this after so long, with an actually good and immersive story and no thinly-veiled modern-day nonsense agendas in it. Also the performance optimization is just amazing for current standards to be honest, I'm playing with an underpowered graphics card but it still runs smoothly without a single crash yet (while other modern-day RPGs like Pathfinder and Black Geyser have crashed on me multiple times). Bless these devs!
