Having just finished playthroughs of Prey, Dishonored, and Dishonored 2, I decided I had to play Arkane's first game, Arx Fatalis. $1.64 later, I had a copy from GOG.
Interestingly, Arkane made the source code for the game open years ago. This has led to the development of Arx Libertatis, which is an open source port that runs nicely on Linux. Easy to set up, and runs great on modern hardware at modern resolutions.
Anyway, here's my guy holding a sword!
@jester totally different, but you can feel the guiding influences (think back to the OG Thief games, lots of the same devs).
Pretty standard combat for the era with a neat twist on magic (spells use mouse gestures). The "explore everything, pick up everything" mechanic is very familiar if you've played Prey or Dishonored. Storyline is pretty linear, no dialogue interface BUT your decisions in gameplay DO make a difference.
Near fully voiced too! But only partial subtitles, as a warning.
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