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Anonymous09/21/25, 20:45No.3847855arcanum thread(?)
arcanum is the only crpg i know were literally every plot major character & faction is retarded (spoilers)
>Panari fail their ONE JOB and become a cult lead by their enemies
>dark elves literally just believe Kerghan with no evidence hes Arronax, and he realised being a nazi was cringe decades ago
>Nasrudin does literally nothing but wollow in self pity
>elves do nothing and the queen is a lazy schizo
>dwarves & Loghaire are self explanitory
>Molochean Hand does no review of their employers and end up serving the literal same guy they rebelled against in the past
is this peak writing or also retarded?
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Anon09/21/25, 20:45No.3847857
also funny meme
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Anon09/21/25, 20:46No.3847858
>arcanum is the only crpg i know were literally every plot major character & faction is retarded
I'm having a hard time thinking of a non-retarded CRPG faction.
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Anon09/21/25, 21:15No.3847880
It's supposed to show that the world of Arcanum is pretty messed up, and needs somebody to get it back on track. Dernholm needs to be restored, so that it and Caladon can check Tarant's expansionist ambitions. The dwarves need to stop being so gullible, and the dark elves need to stop following every new fuckhead who promises them "deff to tecknolojy, fo reals!"
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Anon09/21/25, 23:41No.3847935
forgot to mention Gates, Cumbrian monarchy and black cauldran but they are all also self explanatory
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Anon09/22/25, 00:05No.3847950
>arcanum is the only crpg i know were literally every plot major character & faction is retarded
BG3.
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Anon09/22/25, 01:19No.3847993
I like how Arcanum feels less steampunk and more Victorian fantasy. Sure, there's some steampunk elements, but they don't feel overwhelming.
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Anon09/25/25, 07:29No.3849713
The world of arcanum is so shit and hopeless that you can kind of understand wanting universal genocide.
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Anon10/01/25, 23:10No.3852657
forgot to mention kerghan having his thousand year philosophy dismantled in a 10 minute conversation
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Anon10/02/25, 02:56No.3852742
how come guns suck
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Anon10/02/25, 09:48No.3852816
This is just most WRPGs before Oblivion killed all "open" competition
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Anon10/02/25, 22:34No.3853061
any reason to not go pyro bow + molotovs build?
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Anon10/03/25, 20:20No.3853456
I was disappointed when I found out this game was more analogous to Victorian England than Post-Civil War USA
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Anon10/05/25, 04:05No.3854049
were the models/sprites in arcanum done by the same guy who did the fallout 2 sprites?
they both have that kind of shiny look
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Anon10/07/25, 00:53No.3855114
why play this over the infinity engine rpgs?
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Anon10/09/25, 07:18No.3856231
is there a limit to how many skills you can apprentice in?
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Anon10/12/25, 20:11No.3857764
all right well fuck you too
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Anon10/15/25, 23:44No.3859420
I started playing this game and the combat is so shitty I don't know if I can go on. I really like the world but dear god this shit sucks.
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Anon10/16/25, 15:49No.3859702
>setting's whole gimmick is that it's the industrial revolution and guns are a thing
>90% of the game's enemies are melee niggas