Recent reviews by Fractal-Ryft

Gotta love having to download a massive game that has huge DLC bloat only for it to be a buggy mess, so much so that I can't even play it with my friends. I hate that I tried this again. It was a waste of time.

This is a great game, don't get me wrong. Hell, I've sunk 124 hours into it and it's always satisfying to get those high damage whacks that nearly one-shot your opponents. However, after having played Arena extensively and gotten multiple characters to Master rank on top of playing through the dungeon crawl multiple times, I can say I have thoroughly had my fun for this current version of the game. I've been waiting for a new major update for quite literally over a year and the Exanima team has not delivered. I understand that other real-life stuff takes precedence, but there has been next to nothing on the forums concerning a new update. I really hope to see this project become finalized, but until I see some sort of change in the game, I'm gonna have to not recommend this piece of abandonware.

EDIT: So I tried update 0.8.4, and I gotta say, it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SUCKS. EGGS. Yeah, the procedural generation of weapons and armor is cool. Yeah, the upgrade spheres you find in the dungeon crawl are neat. Yeah, the clunky movement system being made slightly less clunky through removing the timed actions is decent enough. Does that mean the other numerous issues with the game are fixed or otherwise mitigated? ♥♥♥♥ NO. I gave it the good ol' college try, but it didn't stick and it never will stick. Sorry Bare Mettle, I respect your resolve for putting in the time and effort to make this project happen, but it just isn't working for me.

This is actually a very quality game with a pretty rich story and some very interesting characters. The artwork is superb! Also, cyberware is love, cyberware is life.