Saintus – The Retro Gaming Treasury

The Bard´s Tale – Remastered version

On October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 By Saintus

InXile recently released Bard´s Tale IV a kickstarter backed successor to the famous Bards Tale series. While it so far has received mixed reviews – where mostly original Bard´s Tale gamers feel the lack of soul from previous games and less character customization – it seems to be a game […]

The Larian Studios fabulous games

On August 26, 2018September 4, 2018 By Saintus

I don´t know how it has happened but I have missed a whole line of good RPGs over the last decade, starting with Divine Divinity which I completed in the beginning of the summer. I have to say it is one of the best isomentric RPGs I have ever played. […]

Divine Divinity is a golden gem

On April 14, 2018September 4, 2018 By Saintus

The last 10 days I have tested four different RPG like games: Dungeons of Chaos Sacred 2 Divine Divinity (2002) Grim Dawn The first game I have already told you about in my previous post. It wasn´t good enough to spend limited time on. Grim Dawn is a good hack´n […]

Dungeons of Chaos – First impressions

On April 7, 2018September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Starved of CRPGS I stumbled upon Dungeons of Chaos and since it received many good reviews at steam I bought it. It is a classical RPG. Perhaps too classical since the graphics is really simple even for being a CRPG. Not that it is that important but anyhow it is way worse […]

Half a million pagehits passed

On November 20, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Today was the day when my pagehits reached half a million. The blog started out in july 2011. In the last 6 years, 233 posts have been made and 612 comments on them. I have reviewed 32 games and tested numerous others which had not qualified for longer periods of […]

Action RPG Inquisitor on sale!

On July 20, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Right now the excellent action-rpg Inquisitor sells with 70 % discount at Steam. This games comes highly recommended. If you like a heavy story with much text, a lot of items, good feeling and atmosphere and a long game this is the one. [embedded content]

Ravenloft: Strahd´s Possession – Review

On June 21, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Game reviewed: Ravenloft: Strahd´s Possession Version: 1.0.4Created by: Dreamforge Intertainment / SSIReleased: 1994 Formats: Pc Difficulty: 8/10 Price: $8.89 (both Ravenloft games at gog.com) Gameworld & Story Storywise I think the writers succeeded in conveying a dark and sinister atmosphere throughout the whole game. The writing was really good. I can tell after all my games […]

Ravenloft: Strahd´s Possession – Won!

On June 14, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Last night I finally won the game. It was a race of time and of my patience. I had come to the stage where my patience dwindled and I just wanted to get the game over with. Last time I had just returned from the castle and bought the Vistrani […]

Ravenloft: Strahd´s Possession – To the bitter end

On June 13, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Ravenloft: Strahd´s Possession – To the depths of evil

On May 3, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Ravenloft: Strahd´s Possession – Promising

On April 25, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

With this post I feel things are coming together with the game. Its true self are slowly showned and the more I see the more I like it. It sure have its irksome interface but I am slowly getting used to it and it works better and better. I never […]

Ravenloft – Strahd´s Possession – Trying to like it

On April 22, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

I continued my quest in them game Strahd´s Possession. I found the village Bovaria. It turned out to be quite large with many, many houses to search. I thought I could just do them systematically but the awkward interface and the terrible graphics in fullscreen mode made it easy to […]

Revisited: Ravenloft – Strahd’s Possession

On April 19, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Review: Avadon 2 – The Corruption

On April 18, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Game reviewed: Avadon 2 – The Corruption Version: 1.0.1sCreated by: Spiderweb SoftwareReleased: 2013 Formats: Pc Difficulty: 7/10 Price: $9.49 According to Steam I have played for 83 hours. That is not entirely true if the time counts when the game has been paused for long periods tough, but it give a hint of the size of […]

The Keep – Review

On April 2, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Game reviewed: The Keep Version: 1.0.6Created by: CinemaxReleased: 2017 Formats: Pc Difficulty: 6/10 Price: $14.99 Another Dungeon crawler arrived just a few weeks ago and I bought it almost immediately having only read one or two Steam reviews of it. The game is very similar to last years dungeon crawlers. It is short, linear, limited character […]

Avadon 2 – The Corruption – Ploughing through

On March 17, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

It was a long time since my last post but I can assure you that I have played Avadon 2 since. According to Steam I have played for at least 35 hours. I have no idea how far I have have come but I would guess somewhere halfway and my […]

Avadon 2 – The Corruption: A new beginning

On February 14, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

In my desperate attempt to find new and old crpgs to play I tried out several ones during the last months that I didn´t like. I stumbled across a newly released game called Mines of Grimvale that I payed for, only to feel cheated by getting a freeware Dungeon Master […]

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern – Review

On January 22, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Game reviewed: Heroes of the Monkey Tavern Version: 1.0.4Created by: Monkey StoriesReleased: 2016 Formats: Pc Difficulty: 5/10 Price: $9.99 The last week I have played the dungeon master clone Heroes of the Monkey Tavern. Of all the clones I have played this autumn the graphics are the most similar to Legend of Grimrock. The game is […]

Castle Torgeath – My Impressions

On January 16, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

I bought a new game the other week. A first-person action rpg which reminded me of the olden Hexen or Heretic games. Or at least that was what I had hoped. The game is called Castle Torgeath and I was unfortunately immensively dissappointed. The game is slow, boring, filled with […]

Antharion – Review

On January 10, 2017September 4, 2018 By Saintus

Game reviewed: Antharion Version: 1.1.9Created by: Orphic SoftwareReleased: 2015 Formats: Pc Difficulty: 6/10 Price: $14.99 Antharion is a quite a large game if you count the vast landscape and continent and all the time you have to spend travelleling between its regions. For a long time I had no clue how far I had come into […]