2 Headed Hero's video: Why is Arcanum PC an Overlooked RPG Classic Retro Review - 2 Headed Hero

Why was Arcanum overlooked at release? Why was this RPG forgotten while its progenitor Fallout thrived? If the game sold relatively well, why was the sequel shelved? And most importantly - is Arcanum worth playing today? At long last, it's our deepdive review into Troika Games' 2001 steampunk fantasy RPG, Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura! Today's Backlog Quest attempts to shake out some secrets, and asks these important questions. BONUS: Check out our guide to getting Arcanum running on Windows 10 with WIDESCREEN SUPPORT, up to 8k RESOLUTION, MODS, and BUGFIXES right here: https://youtu.be/pKgvwCiAmac TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 02:17 History Lesson: Troika Games 05:33 Fixing Arcanum 06:40 Arcanum Overview: What's the Hook? 09:42 Storyline 13:55 Gameplay: Social Stuff 15:45 Character Generation 17:23 Leveling and Progression 21:04 Technology and Inventory 23:02 Magick Obscura 24:32 Fatigue System 25:30 A Tale of Two Combat Systems, pt I 27:41 RTFM 28:55 A Tale of Two Combat Systems, pt II 31:30 Quest Design 33:26 Fate Points 33:50 Presentation 38:22 Is Arcanum Still Worth Playing Today? 39:03 Conclusion: Why was Arcanum Overlooked? 41:20 Outro in the Mirror Dimension Deviantart credits: mackle more, whistly, fantasy pics inc, absurdwordpreferred, shad-brooks, Channel credits: Longplay, JohnnyM Gaming, PixelRefresh, CaptainLeCram, SourceSpy91, IGN, CuteFloor 2HH Twitter: https://twitter.com/2HeadedHero Rollin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rollinkunz/ Rollin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rollinkunz ROLLINKUNZ! official site http://www.rollinkunz.com/ Some additional music from: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/