I played a little of it when I first got it, but then I heard that it’s better to patch it. So I joined the discord for it and figured I’d look into that later. Well later turned into years, eventually I left the discord server to make space for other servers and never did wind up going back to Arcanum.
Now I’m really getting into Fallout thanks to the show, and I’ve heard many people say that if I like Fallout to try Arcanum.
So I tried to get back into the Discord, however I found I’ve been banned. Which is odd, it’s not like I got into a bad situation with an admin or anything. I pretty much never interacted with anyone. So I can only assume they saw that I was there for so long and assumed I was a bot (Or maybe someone got a DM from me back when my account was hacked), and I can’t get a hold of anyone to get back in.
I’ve heard that if I want to enjoy the game to find the multiverse edition, but apparently that’s hosted on the Discord I can’t get into.
Is it worth trying to track down an alternative means of playing that patch? And is the game really as good as they say?
Thanks in advance.
Yours Truly, Queen HawlSera
Did… did you just sign your post off, email/blog style? I can respect it.
I kinda lowkey wish there was a signature option so that we could proudly put our early 2000 forum signature banners on display.
lol like when some of us had whole paragraph long quotes, or elaborate ASCII art. I remember one guy had a nude woman in ASCII art. It was actually pretty impressive. This was back before there were apps that made them for you from images.
Definitely worth it even without the community patches!
Hell yeah it is!
Just maybe keep it in turn based mode the first time because combat is brutal AF and in real time on a modern machine, is also so fast it would make Sonic the Hedgehog cry.
The mechanics are fun to fuck with in how magic and technology play on each other and it forces you to take on situations entirely differently based on your build. There’s also a ton of companions and no way to have all of them in a single run. The story is also gnar.
The version on Steam works great. Pretty sure it’s fully patched up with the community patches.
I never beat it, but tlI enjoyed what I did play of it enough that if I could find my copy I might give it another go.
I have a version on Steam, the problem is I can’t get into the Discord that has the patches nor can I get up with anyone from the Discord.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/500810/Arcanum_Of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura/
Just a note for anyone else, it’s also on GOG, DRM-free. $6 currently but it goes on sale.
https://www.gog.com/game/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura
Do you know how I can get my hands on the Multiverse Edition fan patch? My attempts to contact anyone from the discord about the ban (I’m guessing last time my account got hacked it must have tried pestering someone from that server? That’s the leading theory anyway) have been failing, as in, I can’t get a hold of anyone.
I don’t know what that patch is, sorry.
