Allie<p>December 27, 2023 - Day 361 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 387</p><p>Game: GreedFall</p><p>Platform: Steam<br>Release Date: Sep 10, 2019<br>Installation Date: Dec 21, 2023<br>Unplayed: 6d<br>Playtime: 2h42m</p><p>GreedFall is a third-person action RPG set in a fantasy version of the 17th century.</p><p>You play as a noble of the "Merchant Congregation", one of several competing factions seeking to colonise the island of "Teer Fradee", hoping to find a cure for the "Malichor", an illness that is wreaking havoc on the Merchant Congregation's capital city of Sérène.</p><p>I was just going to play 15 minutes, write up a review, and move on.</p><p>Instead, I found myself deeply engrossed in the storyline, and regretting that I hadn't discovered GreedFall earlier.</p><p>Firstly, the character selection screen gives you a choice of the gender, and basic look of your character, with them being fully voiced. Huge checkmark.</p><p>But the worldbuilding itself is just amazing. At least in the initial quests in Sérène, it most closely reminds me of Dishonoured in terms of setting (which is a very good thing).</p><p>GreedFall is currently on sale on both GOG for a historical low of A$8.76, and Steam for A$10.99, and if you feel like scratching an itch for a game set in the Age of Discovery (when you're not playing Baldur's Gate 3), I don't think you could go wrong with GreedFall, because it's:</p><p>5: Excellent</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/GreedFall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedFall</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThirdPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdPerson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ARPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARPG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>