Reviews - Kingravel

Brillant game, much more than just a mod. Gameplay is deep and engaging, maps are clever and interesting to explore, combat is unique and challenging, atmosphere tense and gripping and graphically it's the most beautiful Wolf3D mod I know. A masterpiece!

Lovely game, very tactical and intelligent, streamlined design. It feels like a classic out of the heydays of pc-gaming to me. Very nice pixel art and good atmosphere. I really like it so far and purchased the EA-version on itch.io.

I'm halfway through the game (it's a proper game, not a simple mod) and I'm impressed and fascinated with Total Chaos. Not only is it a marvelous achievement technically (on the basis of the ancient Doom 2-engine), but everything just fits together. The whole aesthetic experience is coherent and on a very high artistic level. The graphics are absolutely stunning, the design of the world and of the enemies is very professional and the whole sound is incredibly atmospheric - you won't find a game with similarly brilliant sounddesign easily. This puts many so called AAA-productions to shame. Gameplaywise, the survival aspects help to enhance the overall atmosphere and don't feel artificial, the weapons feel great and I love the fact that they fall apart if you use them too much - thus forcing you to prefer running away sometimes instead of kill every bad guy. The game reminds me of a mix of STALKER, Metro, Doom 3, Outlast with a tiny grain of Ultima Underworld. Overall I find this game to be an absolute masterpiece in every aspect.

There is a real load of great and magnificent mods for M&B WB out there, but Parabellum is a class of its own: If I run along the battlefield beside my soldiers, escorted by a trusty tank, menaced by preying bombers in the sky, shattered by exploding artillery-grenades to both sides... then I recognize that this mod deserves a 10 and nothing less - despite some bugs now and then, it's a phenomenal work and it shows that the limits of the old M&B-engine can still be stretched by new ideas and the talent of a great modding team.

Fantastic atmosphere! I never thought a location as profane and commonplace like a building site could be so frightening... wonderful graphics, logically understandable puzzles and great sound design. A special mention for the very well done voice acting! Thank you!

Great game just with the right portion of humor, clever tactical possibilities and nice graphics. I like it.

I can't believe nobody voted for this game until now! It's a real masterpiece, the very pinnacle of what AGS is able to realize: The developer created a really epic saga around two enemy kingdoms, a menacing invasion of nonhumans and a dark and sinister opponent. The game is strongly inspired by celtic mythology and manages to create a fascinating atmosphere of wonder and mystery on one hand, and of politics and diplomacy on the other hand. I absolutely love the different solutions for many puzzles, the different endings you can achieve for the game and the wonderful ideas behind the puzzles. Graphics and sounddesign are absolutely phenomenal - ATOK could not only be a forgotten Sierra-classic by it's visual greatness - it's even better than most of what Sierra achieved! Storytelling and writing are excellent, portraying believable characters and interesting situations. The whole gameworld seems to be alive as you try to find your way through it. This game is a fantastic achievement and I can only strongly advise you to play it.

"Aus dem Leben eines Diebes" ist für mich mit Abstand die beste Gothic 2-Mod, die ich je spielen durfte - neben meisterhaften Mods wie Valendor und Velaya heisst das schon was. Diese Mod bietet eine grosse, bis ins Detail sorgfältig gestaltete Spielwelt mit echt erinnerungswürdigen Landschaften. Es macht unheimlich Spass, diese Welt zu erforschen, jeden Winkel auszuleuchten, weil man immer wieder auf Verborgenes trifft. Dabei hat das Spiel einen angenehm fordernden Schwierigkeitsgrad, ohne unfair zu werden. Ganz besonders grossartig sind die Quests gelungen - von Verfolgungen über Sabotagen, Schleicheinlagen und Weiberraub ist hier einfach für unwahrscheinlich viel Abwechslung gesorgt. Die NPCs gehen ihren geregelten Tagesabläufen sehr glaubwürdig nach, neuerdings führen sie sogar ausführliche Gespräche über Tageaktualitäten, denen man lauschen kann. Dabei ist die Sprachausgabe etwas vom Besten, was ich jemals hören durfte - wirklich jede Stimme ist grandios getroffen und auch darin steht das Spiel einem kommerziellen Titel in nichts nach. Sehr toll gefallen mir auch all die vielen kleinen Ideen, die neuen Lebewesen, Gegenstände und Rüstungsstücke. Ich finde auch die Spielzeit wunderbar - ich spiele jeden Abend einige Stunden und bin nun seit fünf Tagen beschäftigt, ohne dass ein Ende absehbar ist. Ich brauche keine 120 h-Modifikation mit gigantischer Spielwelt, mir gefällt eine kleinere aber detailliert ausgearbeitete Spielwelt und weniger, dafür klug ausgedachte Quests viel besser. Und das liefert Aus dem Leben eines Diebes en masse. Absolute Empfehlung!

A real tactical masterpiece in every aspect!
What a revelation! Great AI with many possible options to choose from, a very accurate representation of the battlefield and participating units, gorgeous yet very performance-friendly graphics (it works perfectly fine on my laptop from 2009), very deep complexity (morale, exhaustion, topography etc.), a dynamic campaign (if you suck at one mission, you'll feel it in the next...), astonishingly easy controls, great battlefield atmosphere ... or to put it simply: One of the greatest tactic-games I've ever played! Highly recommended!