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Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura

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Eine Industrielle Revolution in einer Welt der Magie

Stellen Sie sich einen Ort vor, an dem Magie und Technik in einem fragilen Gleichgewicht nebeneinander existieren. Einen Ort, an dem große Industriestädte, Fabriken und Burgen gleichwohl eine Heimat für Zwerge, Menschen, Orks und Elfen sind. Ein Ort voller alter Ruinen und Dampfkraft, von Magie und Maschinen, von Zauberei und Wissenschaft. Willkommen im Land von Arcanum.

Mystik und Magie
Nutzen Sie 80 Zauber von 16 Schulen der Magie. Lassen Sie Ihre Feinde zerfallen, verwandeln Sie Fleisch in Stein oder wandeln Sie über Wasser. Kann sich der belesene Achimist die Eigenheiten dieses weiten Landes untertan machen, so stehen ihm gar wunderbare Kräfte zur Verfügung.

Eine großartige Saga
Eine epische Story, bei der viele Wege ans Ziel führen. Niemals werden Sie eine Mission gleich spielen.


Contributed by Patrick Bregger (11046) on Apr 19, 2009.

An Industrial Revolution
in a World of Magick

Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. A place where great industrial cities house castle keeps and factories, home to Dwarfs, Humans, Orcs and Elves alike. A place of ancient runes and steamworks, of magick and machines, of sorcery and science. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

Character Design allows you to customize your own character any way you choose
• Whether you choose magick or technology, the Arcanum world adapts and responds to your character’s development
• Classless, point-based attribute system allows for limitless creativity in guiding your character’s development
• 8 basic stats, such as Strength and Charisma
• More than a dozen derived stats, from Poison Resistance to Character Speed
• 16 primary skills, including Gambling and Healing
• 80 spells with 16 Colleges of Magic
• 56 technological degrees within 8 disciplines
  
  EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE FEATURES
• Explore a world as vast as it is mysterious – it would take over 30 real-time hours to traverse the land of Arcanum.
• Meet more than 300 unique characters and monster types across this huge land.
• Many means exist to solve the myriad quests, from dueling to discourse to thievery.
• Take on a band of ogres in real time, or plan your strategy through turn-based combat – you decide.
• Accurate day and night cycles affect the game play, from combat to thieving skills.
  

  Contributed by Jeanne (58934) on May 19, 2003.

Welcome to the Land of ArcanumÂ’!

Winner of Computer Games MagazineÂ’s "Best Role-Playing Game" award, ArcanumÂ’ is an imaginative world of ancient runes and steamworks, magic and machines, sorcery and science.

What gentleman of noble upbringing can resist the marvels of adventure in the land of ArcanumÂ’! From the smog-enshrouded glow of its modern cities to the murky mines of the dwarves, both enchantment and mechanical marvels will bewitch and bewilder you.

Beautifully detailed environments are captured in this compelling new world where Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and other races battle to coexist in new sprawling industrialized cities. Witness firsthand the throes of ArcanumÂ’Â’s conflict between its magical past and its industrial future in this unique role-playing game.

Experience the travel adventure of a lifetime!

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Contributed by Indra was here... (13177) on May 03, 2003.

THE TRAVEL ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME

Arcanum takes place in a world where technology and magic coexist in an uneasy balance. The mechanical age has only recently arrived in this ancient land where Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and other races have learned to coexist in the new sprawling industrialised cities. But this radical shift from magic to technology has created a potentially explosive situation. As the townspeople and other thinkers begin mass production of light bulbs, batteries, eyeglasses and guns the Mages grow leery. This tightly wound setting is the starting point from which the character must set out on his quests. Arcanum gives players the most freedom they have ever had in experiencing fantasy role-playing on the computer.


• Cutting edge RPG engine combined with in-depth gameplay.
  
  
• Point based character creation system.
  
  
• Each quest can be solved in multiple ways.
  
  
• Multi-player mode with room for eight via LAN or Won.net.
  

  Contributed by MAT (35361) on Nov 15, 2001.