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Arx fatalis
Now, that's a cliche name if I ever saw one. I'm trying to be more active in this section, as my current source of income is writing reviews about games, books and music. They are in Norwegian, but I should think I can manage English as well.

This game is truly annoying. I didn't play it more than about half an hour before I raged out. The plot is something like this: You find yourself in the nude in a cell. You're glowing of blue light. There's an old man in another cell close by that tells you to open the gate. I struggled to do this. To be honest, I couldn't do it. I ended up in picking up a rock and throwing it in the old man's face.

This resulted in a gamer's most familiar words. "Game OVER!". I killed the man. By throwing a little rock at him. The cover says as following: "Wield over 20 crushingly powerful weapons" Is the rock one of these? Also; "Many quests and subquests to complete! Hundreds of characters to befriend or murder (Throw a rock at)" And "Innovative gesture casting system with 50 powerful spells based upon 20 runes!" How? No idea.

So, summing it all up: Don't buy this game. It's a waste of whatever it costs. I only felt a bit of joy bubbling from the moment the rock left my hand till it hit the old man's forehead. And that's all.