AtheneWins wrote:KFX wrote:
This is depressing. Eschalon 1 and 2 were some of my favorite games. 3 is a pale shadow of them.
I agree. Book 1 and 2 were awesome and my favourite CRPGs. Book 3 was way too short, 10 hours to do everything on the first play through :/.
It's funny people keep saying this - I almost feel the opposite: I found Book II's story (and relatively empty world) so comparatively weak that it really cut down on my replay enjoyment. (I've only replayed Book II a few times, and still really feel no burning desire to go back to it...) OTOH, I find Book III's better 'game balance', especially in the first third or half of the game, and generally better story & quest set-up and world design, has drawn me in a lot more: I think Book III is just a plum better game.
Could it be longer? Yeah, sure. (And a really good way to have lengthened the game would have been to just send us back to Misfell (or possibly Amireth or Nor'land) for part of Book III - that wouldn't have even required new map designs, just 'tweaks' and new Mobs added to the old maps...)
But, all in all, I think Book III comes the closest to fulfilling the promise of the best aspects of Books I and II...