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Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva (1996)

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Since nobody seems to give a fuck about the translation, i won't continue. Go watch part 1 for your precious EngLiiIiish.

The Dark Eye - Shadows over Riva (Das Schwarze Auge - Schatten über Riva, 1996) is the last part of a classic game trilogy.

Realms of Arkania is a german game trilogy, called "the northland trilogy". The games are set in the "Dark Eye" universe. "The Dark Eye" is the german counterpart to the popular "Dungeons & Dragons".

This game is text heavy, however it's storytelling is just awesome. It has a very strong atmosphere, a deep plot and a good amount of fighting. However, the combat controls and graphics were pretty much outdated for 1996. I don't mind that though, this game is a lot of fun. I played it when i was about twelve years old. I don't have any english version of it. I'm pretty sure that there are english versions around.

I had to do a lot of audio editing, so that music and sound effects stay synced. That's why i didn't make this video for a long time.

I'm playing on DosBox. This video is split up into 5 parts. I however want to say, that i didn't finish the Necromancer quest at the end. I will do this in the next video.

The problem is, that playing the Dark Eye takes a lot, A LOT, of time. You cannot just go into a dungeon and kill monsters and come out unharmed. The heroes can get a lot of sicknesses, also i can easily run out of healing potions, "astral energy" (mana) & god knows what. These first 5 parts consist mostly out of dialogue.

(... and by the way, yes, i bought Drakensang, and i could easily make videos of it ... however, i didn't play it much myself yet. It's also a lot different from what you see here)

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