Revisiting Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (20th Anniversary)

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Hey hey yall ...been awhile but Im working on another video and should be back in a month or less ( september) ..looking back at the comments .. I really appreciate it .. heard some very kind things that still after having a channel for years .. I still get surprised every time I read one ..it means alot .. see ya soon!

[@Olzme]

thanks dude

[@emulation2369]

glad to hear you're alright m yfriend)

[@TobiasT96]

Looking forward to it!

[@koalabrownie]

Awesome to hear!

[@natek5832]

Hey just found your content! Love your work can't wait to watch the new stuff

[@daktaklakpak5059]

I hope you are healthy and havent lost your passion for retro reviews. The last three years weren't easy for a lot of people.

[@partenersintime]

Waiting for the return of the Legend.

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Yo .. This one took awhile to come out with I'm hoping for a good fall I got some things planned for the channel ... just a heads up around 54 minutes the volume increases a bit .. im getting a better recording setup hopefully soon wit ha better pop filter too .. I hope yall enjoy the video .. this is my longest one to date!

[@iliketostayhome]

@The World second that

[@rawmilk905]

Coming back strong... I hope you are well and contented.

[@kapibarra134]

Bro come back we miss you. I have a good one for you. SANITARIUM. trust me youll love it.

[@sonic-bb]

you coming back? :pleading face:

[@jamespaguip5913]

@Retrospectivegaming I have a question have you even tried dark souls or elden ring?

[@necromancerdancer1480]

Che please upload and bless us all with your beautiful takes and voice 🙏

[@ebay3472]

Miss your content mane. Hope all is well.

[@fatherelijahcal9620]

Damn it, Che. Its been 4 months! Where the hell are you?

[@tinyveil]

Just came back to see if he had uploaded. Somehow im not surprised I found you here Elijahcal. Seems like he hasn't kept to his quota of 1 game a month. Sucks but atleast he's responding to comments so for the most part he seems alright.

[@peppermillers8361]

Been a while since we last spoke on Discord, I hope you're doing well. Looking forward to any new review or update from you.

[@drearmouse9510]

This channel saved me sooo many headaches trying to find the lesser known crpgs and all I can say is hollyy shit. Thaaank you!

[@zardoz8023]

You're an idiоt!

[@zardoz8023]

You are both complete mоrоns!

[@rawmilk905]

One thing I like about this game's system is the separation of looks from charisma. Because they really aren't the same thing and lots of rpgs do just lump them together into the charisma attribute.

[@Marcusianery]

You often don't see that. Charisma often have to act both social and looks.

[@fatherelijahcal9620]

Great video, Che. I hope you'll make more long videos in the future. My philosophy is that videos should be however long they need to be. People shouldn't pad videos out with filler, but they also shouldn't cut out necessary stuff to keep them short either. Some topics just really do need long videos to cover properly and you shouldn't hold back. The nice thing about long videos also is they get more watch time and I think this is something that's supposed to matter a great deal in youtube's algorithm.

[@Tadders]

Hey bud

[@IdioticSynergy]

I hope everything is okay mate

[@valder8423]

More videos, please

[@Докторпарадокс]

Let's go! This game is absolutely great and does not pull any punches racism, sexism, conspiracies everything is explored to the fullest plus main villain with his philosophy and gnome questline just completely shocked me, one of the kind game in which you will suffer regardless of who or how you play

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Took me 3 playthroughs to realize how demonized the half orcs are !

[@jamespaguip5913]

@@RetrospectiveGaming I have a question have you even tried dark souls or elden ring?

[@bondapovon]

This was my favorite rpg of childhood only after Fallout 2. I haven't played it in 15 years but I never forgot it.

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Great choices!

[@johnpalooka8814]

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE TO, SIR ?

[@menisc2797]

We definitely need more steampunk RPGs

[@Salfatore10]

Dude, i just want to thank you for your hard work and wish you a great week :)

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Thank you very much for the kind words..same to you!

[@jrdiamante696]

Love this game and probably all the games you also love. It's refreshing to see people from the opposite side of the world enjoy the game as much as I do

[@franciscov.7535]

Arcanum es un rpg fantástico que rompe barreras de países y lenguajes jaja

[@necromancerdancer1480]

Che your voice sounds different but so damn good 😳

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

:) Ty ty ty ..I get better with age

[@franciscov.7535]

Hey, You are awesome. Love your love for crpgs. Keep strong

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Ty Franciso

[@ulysseslenka4739]

Good to still see you're with us. I know it is quite a personal question but I am concerned. How is your life? Got better at least slightly?

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Its all good Its not too personal! .. Ill put it like this .. Fall 2021 is wayyy better than this time last year so that's good its been a up and down year but im better .. had to make new goals cause old paths got crushed but it aint over til I drop

[@ulysseslenka4739]

@@RetrospectiveGaming good to hear that! It's good to remember that it's not the first step we take that's the most important but every next we take even the steps back we take to rest and think. Can't wait for more of your videos!

[@TY-km8hj]

@@RetrospectiveGaming hope u come back sometime soon but more importantly I hope ur doing well and taking care of urself and thanks for putting me onto so many niche or forgotten games

[@dpp277]

i really enjoy your videos mate

[@bmcginnis6543]

Cool. I like seeing review for old games like this!

[@TwiddleFingersDB]

Great work, makes me so happy to see an in-depth video on this game. It might be my favourite game ever, and by far the one I've replayed the most. More so than Skyrim or even Fallout 2.

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Its one of my favorites for sure .. I still got an archer and another build to finish sometime in the future

[@krokodil7057]

glad you're back brother :)

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Ty ty brother ... its been one hot mfing summer! glad to be back

[@wyattx008]

Arcanum is a game that has caused a lot of real life anomalies. I'd have nightmares of being put into isometric RPG game styles. I used to record cryptid conversations, and get spirit photos. That was an anomaly too, or it'd have gone better. They weren't screaming in pain as if summoned to Arcanum. lol. Anyway, the game deserves a remake, hopefully with a similar art style.

[@dani3po]

A Flawd gem. I believe that the excitement of being able to work independently on a new game made them bite off more than they could chew. A smaller in scope, bur more focused game, would have been better IMO. Same with Masquerade.

[@SimiCantStandYaBits]

Miss you dude!

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Ill be back soon!

[@sstewart116]

thanks, very underrated game

[@doublejuto]

Fan-fucking-tastic channel, please make more videos man!

[@Flow86767]

Come back 😢

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Yes I agree.. working on a new video should be out soon!

[@Flow86767]

@@RetrospectiveGaming Thanks, take the time you need!

[@jamespaguip5913]

I have a question have you tried dark souls or elden ring?

[@robinmattheussen2395]

Arcanum really is that classic example of an extremely flawed game that I still love to bits and will defend to the very end. I really should replay it sometime in the near future. It's a shame we never got to see a follow-up. I would have loved to see another entry in this series, set in the same world, with the same gameplay style and focus character customization, but with a much more polished and in-depth turn-based combat system.

[@MilosAndric123]

Yeey, your back! ❤

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

:) Ty Milosh I appreciate it .. Hearts back Idk how to to emojis on here

[@MilosAndric123]

@@RetrospectiveGaming I am following you for ages now, and its always nice to see you upload, especially old CRPGs and good reviews! Thanks for replaying back!

[@jrdiamante696]

Playing this right now. Enjoying the various characters plus the various mods/fan patches lol

[@rudesthazard5769]

[@possessedslig]

Just finished this for the first time recently and I have to say I really enjoyed it despite myself. The unofficial patch does a great job making it a relatively bug free experience, I only got one quest breaking bug for the master persuasion quest not being able to turn it in right at the very end which was frustrating but I was playing an earlier version of the patch not the new 2.0 version. The only thing this game really needs now is a complete overhaul of the combat system, it's great in theory but unbalanced in practice. Everything else I loved, the setting, the lore, the music which is one of my favorite tracks ever. Might be recency bias but I found myself loving it even a bit more than the first two Fallout games (New Vegas still the king for me).

[@sigigle]

Gilber (Gil) Bates is a reference to Bill Gates by the way. His rival in the game is named Cedric Appleby (Microsoft's rival = Apple).

[@DungeonDiving]

Tarant is one of the greatest cities in gaming history

[@Mortvent]

little late, but real time was added after the publisher pushed it onto them... it was designed for turn based

[@alexbennie]

1:03:28 Heeeeyy! See Content is an awesome spell! I played strictly good wizard (no Dark Nec/Harm) and I finally found that book that damn Ogre wanted! The lore gets better if you play a powerful wizard, that won't hurt the dude, but knows what's hidden in the chest behind him. Those spells are there for replaying role playing. You know the dude's evil, because of the previous 100 times you rerolled, but now you can fit the narrative (Sense Alignment) and appreciate that that one dude you met at the pub is planning to stab you in the back. Those useless spells add a lot to the story and the rp part of rpg

[@trevorpearlharbor5171]

I loved the hell out of this game, but it was hell to run, too! I rolled a female Elf who hated technology, and it always amazed me how the game gives you the freedom to play that way!

[@TheShorty751]

Long time since your last video. Hope you are alright, mate.

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

I am doing pretty well .. I appreciate the concern ..just some bumps along the way but I'm working on a new video ..should be out by the end of the months

[@Holktube]

One of my favorite games of all time. Its a flawed gem.

[@budakbaongsiah]

Still haven't found a game with setting like Arcanum. If someone know about games with steampunk-but-still-magical setting it'll be appreciated (not sure if FF6 counts though).

[@zakariyaahmed2680]

> Che > Elf high intelligence wizard with a lot of followers > Willpower: MAX

[@TwiddleFingersDB]

Read Aura is a higher level spell than Sense Alignment, so it makes sense for it be more powerful. Also, with Read Aura you do see everything about a character.

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Ahh .. Ty for the correction.. I appreciate it

[@TwiddleFingersDB]

@@RetrospectiveGaming You're welcome! Thanks for the great vid.

[@mathdonaldson8402]

Do u have a list of old school turn based games like this or strategy

[@Krylo22]

Hey man are you still around and sticking with the channel? Do you have a Discord?

[@officialdazer]

lmao your RP choice was hillarious

[@largerfire9791]

liked before i even watched

[@jtpal12]

If this game had better or less combat, this would be my clear favorite RPG.

[@yan-amar]

"The highs are high and the lows can be pretty low". They aimed for some high realism with this game.

[@zackrida5452]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

[@laddie1851]

Yes

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

!!!

[@FictionPC]

Critical failure ptsd kicks in!

[@alexbennie]

27:00 Thank you.

[@Докторпарадокс]

8:05 Ah a fellow run away with a circus nice seeing you 54:33 there are backgrounds which make your beauty stat go down and people do hate you for it "Beaten with an ugly stick" and "troll offspring" so yeah

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

I made my archer ugly as heck with that lol .. idk why with the archer but why not!... wait i know why cause of those archers in ashbury castle. .thats how i got my revenge I love the circus ..in another life I was born in one

[@Докторпарадокс]

@@RetrospectiveGaming I myself enjoyed that background, bonus to strength is just to good if you plan to go pure melee fighter I actually had a funny moment mid-endgame after maxing Melee I went to magic to get teleportation but I could not since I had penalty on Willpower and level up cap on individual stat was 12 meaning I manually can add only 12 points into it (8+12=20) and because of -3 on willpower I could get it only up to 17 which means unless I get a blessing or something else I could not us lv 5 spells which need 18 willpower

[@gamingjr9038]

Gold

[@geckoscout8524]

Based

[@joshsawyerstreamvods]

lol funny and informative

[@Jrdotan]

I wish journey to the center of arcanum was a thing The world in this one was so fleshed out and so many ideas were cool but i really couldnt bring myself to enjoying it as much as fallout because so many of them werent very well implemented and in general it just left that weird taste in my mouth

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

That would have been interesting .. I read somewhere that they were planning on using the source engine for it ... I wish we got it .. Maybe one day we get at least a spiritual successor

[@TechnoLawyer]

I was in college when this came out. I was so excited for it. ... and then, the combat. After the infinity engine games, the combat here felt like such a let down. Otherwise the game was enjoyable.

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Yeah that combat ...in real time ..during huge fights it looked like my character was running circles trynna to keep an eye on my target ha

[@gulskjegglive]

Is the Dirty Harry voice necessary?

[@reyna7063]

Which one, the Clint Eastwood or Gorillaz one?

[@fubecafy]

Came back for a second watch. Unliked and re-liked for good measure

[@nutking2506]

Everything good my man?

[@RetrospectiveGaming]

Yes!... had a little setback but ill be back this month .. working on a new video as i Type this

[@nutking2506]

@@RetrospectiveGaming good to hear that. as always i'll be looking forward for the new content keep up the great work

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