The Technomancer

Item: The Technomancer
Rating: 55
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-22

Summary

Impressive visuals create a strong atmosphere.
Companions are well-developed and unique.
Excessive backtracking and repetitive environments.
Bland story, uninspired characters, weak dialogue.
Repetitive, clunky, and unbalanced combat system.
Frequent crashes and compatibility issues reported.

Reviews (sample size): 223
Helpful reviews: 88%
Unhelpful reviews: 10%
Protest reviews: 2%

55%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
45%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 552
Negative points: 669
Gameplay points: 175
Perf. points: 45
Rec. points: 262
Misc points: 67

Point	Description	Importance
Impressive visuals and atmosphere Description The game's visuals, including graphics, level design, and art style, are generally well-received, creating a strong sense of atmosphere and immersion. The environments are often described as beautiful, detailed, and well-crafted, enhancing the overall player experience. Some reviewers noted the graphics were great even by today's standards. Importance 67%	The game's visuals, including graphics, level design, and art style, are generally well-received, creating a strong sense of atmosphere and immersion. The environments are often described as beautiful, detailed, and well-crafted, enhancing the overall player experience. Some reviewers noted the graphics were great even by today's standards.	67%
Improved over previous titles Description The game shows significant improvements over previous titles from the same developer, particularly Mars: War Logs, in areas such as graphics, combat, writing, and technical performance. The voice acting is also noted as being much improved. The game retains a unique charm characteristic of the developer's games. Importance 19%	The game shows significant improvements over previous titles from the same developer, particularly Mars: War Logs, in areas such as graphics, combat, writing, and technical performance. The voice acting is also noted as being much improved. The game retains a unique charm characteristic of the developer's games.	19%
Well-developed and unique companions Description Companions are well-developed characters with unique personalities, backstories, and combat styles, influencing the player's attributes and participating in dialogues. Their quests are engaging and emotionally impactful, adding depth to the overall experience. Many reviewers found the companion quests to be among the best in the game. Importance 13%	Companions are well-developed characters with unique personalities, backstories, and combat styles, influencing the player's attributes and participating in dialogues. Their quests are engaging and emotionally impactful, adding depth to the overall experience. Many reviewers found the companion quests to be among the best in the game.	13%
Meaningful choices and consequences Description Player choices have meaningful consequences, impacting the narrative, storylines, and the game's ending. The game offers different endings based on decisions made throughout the story, with choices influencing relationships with factions and companions. The romance system is clear and features plot-relevant characters. Importance 11%	Player choices have meaningful consequences, impacting the narrative, storylines, and the game's ending. The game offers different endings based on decisions made throughout the story, with choices influencing relationships with factions and companions. The romance system is clear and features plot-relevant characters.	11%
Intuitive and useful crafting system Description The game features a crafting system that allows players to gather, disassemble, and create items, with gear upgrades visually represented on the character model. The equipment system offers unique bonuses to skills, adding an RPG element and making item progression worthwhile. The crafting system is intuitive and complete. Importance 10%	The game features a crafting system that allows players to gather, disassemble, and create items, with gear upgrades visually represented on the character model. The equipment system offers unique bonuses to skills, adding an RPG element and making item progression worthwhile. The crafting system is intuitive and complete.	10%
Similar to Mass Effect/BioWare RPGs Description The game's structure and systems are similar to those found in Mass Effect, Greedfall, and other BioWare-style RPGs. The game evokes a feeling reminiscent of playing the original Mass Effect or KOTOR games. The game offers a lengthy RPG experience at a reasonable price. Importance 5%	The game's structure and systems are similar to those found in Mass Effect, Greedfall, and other BioWare-style RPGs. The game evokes a feeling reminiscent of playing the original Mass Effect or KOTOR games. The game offers a lengthy RPG experience at a reasonable price.	5%
Enjoyable and challenging boss fights Description Boss fights are enjoyable and challenging, though some human bosses are easily stunned. Giant boss fights are a highlight of the game. The game offers an easy difficulty where almost every mob can be stun-locked, allowing players to focus on the story. Importance 4%	Boss fights are enjoyable and challenging, though some human bosses are easily stunned. Giant boss fights are a highlight of the game. The game offers an easy difficulty where almost every mob can be stun-locked, allowing players to focus on the story.	4%