The_Vault_Dweller said:Level 50 level cap?!?
There's a patch out there that allows your character to level up beyond level 50. I'm not sure, but I think it goes up to level 124 or something. And what do you know: it actually works.
A lot of spells and technological contraptions are pretty useless, though -- agreed. And there are a lot of dungeons and mines that need to be explored whilst they don't differ much from other dungeons and mines in the game. But the sheer amount of possibilities in Arcanum is mindblowing. I played through it again last month and I didn't get bored once. Tarant alone can keep me busy for two or three days. It's just so friggin' nice to wander through those streets, break into someone's house, boomerang someone to death and so on. And you don't need to choose between magick and technology; it's perfectly feasible to create a swell chracter that uses both. Imagine the possibilities.
In my opinion, it's definitely better than Fallout, but I guess I like Fallout 2 a little better. Just a little, though.