Arx Fatalis is GOG’s “Hidden Gem” This Week

CD Projekt has chosen Arkane Studios’ Arx Fatalis as this week’s “Hidden Gem” on Good Old Games, which temporarily drops the price down to $5.99 and provides us with a quick editorial to boot.

As in many RPGs, characters are built by carefully allocating experience points to various statistics. From there, the game takes on elements that were atypical of the genre at the time of Arx Fatalis’s release. The first-person perspective of the game further immersed players in the roles of their characters, and added significant tension when they chose to enter Stealth Mode. Applying stealth and skulking through shadowy areas rendered players virtually invisible, creating plenty of opportunities to sneak up on unwary enemies and bash them with a variety of melee weapons. Swords, club, bows, daggers, and even the bones of unfortunate adventurers can all be wielded with brutal efficiency.