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There are a couple of neat twists on this plot which I will not divulge. As many RPG meetings of this type go, the contact is assassinated while leaving clues which drive the story for the rest of the game. The player receives a mysterious note at the start of the game requesting a clandestine meeting. But prodigiously using my potions and running really fast enabled me to escape, become more powerful, and return to wreak my pixilated vengeance at a later time. I occasionally wandered onto a map with monsters far more powerful than I. Play balance was done quite well done for my fighter character. Play balance in open world games can be a design challenge. There is nothing preventing the player from wandering anywhere on the huge maps in the game – except the deadly monsters infesting the various maps. There are lots of enemies to smite and quests to complete. The combat is turn-based so there is no irritation at having twitched right instead of twitching left and thus causing the demise of a character. There is a huge variety of skills, weapons, armors, spells, alchemy, and side skills that will warm the heart of any old-school RPGer. My play style can be described as “overkill” and one should be able to complete the game in fifteen to twenty hours of play. My fighter played the game to completion including exploring every map and completing every quest. This review is based on more than 30 hours of play.

I purchased a full copy without playing the demo because the price was low and I tend to like these sorts of games. There is a playable demo which can be found at. Eschalon Book 2 is a turn-based, single-player role playing game produced by Basilisk Games.