Buy Enclave

Enclave is a 1st & 3rd person action/adventure game for Xbox, Windows and Wii by Topware.

Menu:
Designed for 4:3 screens and obviously so it still manages to look fine on a 1080p screen.
For it's age it offers a good amount of graphics and audio settings.

Controls:
There is no controller support however keyboard feels solid and is rebindable. When your mouse is set to a high DPI the camera will want to stutter and work against you sometimes even giving weird speedups even though the fps remains at a solid 60 throughout the whole game.

Ingame:
We have full voice acting by all NPC's though none by the randomly joining playable characters leaving a bit of a connection issue. Animations look good and give a good feel however hitboxes can sometimes be hard to hit. The game is set to go through story and survival stages which are selected in the map. When selecting a mission you also get to choose your character and the equipment he/she may or may not have which can then be purchased. Gear is very effective and will help you out alot. Purchases are done through gold which is found in missions. You find this gold in hidden area's or from enemies and sometimes requires platforming. The AI is ofcourse silly and will easily run into holes or groups of enemies (you don't actually need them).

Achievements:
Not available.

DLC:
Not available.

Conclusion:
Enclave is a solid game for it's age and got a good PC port. If you can get this for a cheap price it's worth checking out.

Kind of a fantasy third-person action,
more of an arcade than classic RPG, which
surprised me. Looks fine even between contemporary
games with similar mechanics and settings
(Fable is the first thing comes to mind,
don't know why). Setting is a bit creepy, by the way
- but it's a fantasy game, after all.

Recommended, especially if you missed it
when it was released, like it happened with me.

I shot someone in the head with a burning arrow. He didn't die, but his head was burning.
10/10

A game for 2000's :D awesome game for me! Something like childhood memories ;D

Used to play this way back in the days and it hasn't changed. Graphics are decent thow still outdated, controls can be tricky but when you get them to work the combat can be very fluent. Overall it's a decent game. Add the fact that it's cheap, and even free if you manage to get a copy on the net, and I think you won't regret picking it up for a while.
6/10

It's got a good storyline and fairly interesting lore,and exploring feels very rewarding at some times.
There's not much character progression though,I've pretty much only used the knight as far as I've played.
But the fact that you just unlock a character and buy gear for it,
and then get to jump straight into the game is very nice however.
The game is very challenging at some times,even in "easy" difficulty,
but thanks to that,it just makes the game more interesting and more fun.

Really good game, but this game have a little bit bugs... but still
Very good game :)!
5/5

A really interresting game. Here are a few comments :
- Good background, the story is interresting, even if quite simple
- Graphism are old-school, you like it or you don´t, it´s up to you
- Gameplay is really cool, you unlock playable characters regularly, and coins you gather at each level give you a "budget" you spend before each mission.

Conclusion : if you like the style, you´ll like it, or else you´ll hate it.

So far so good! I bought this for a dollar and it is one of the best values out there at that price. It is just a fun little action/roleplaying game. You go around dungeons and by saving characters it adds them so you may play them in further dungeons. The graphics are dated but still have moments of pure beauty. There is not a whole lot to be said. It is not the greatest game ever, but, it is definitely fun and playable. I found it to be a pleasant surprise and purchased a few extra copies to give to friends when they are having a bad day and need a little pick me up.

Overall Rating: 7,8/10 "It's worth every penny"

Gameplay Rating: 8,5/10 "Simple and good"

Graphics Rating: 8,3/10 "Still hold up today"

Audio Rating 5,8/10 "It's getting boring after a little but tolerable"

Story Rating : 7,5/10 "Pretty simple and classic with nothing to get exited"

Performance Rating 9,8/10 "I run it everything maxed out 1080p with a HD5450 1GB and still getting more than 60fps constanly"

Really, I hadn't played this game since the original Xbox version in 2000-20001ish. I remember it being very difficult later on and in the Dark Campaign mode. It's still fairly challenging but also fast paced and engaging. It's aged rather well, aside from some more basic textures and shapes, it looks great in HD. Handles good too. Well worth the price.

Really good game. good graphics but not the best, but for a game made in the early 2000's, it's acceptable.

If you don't care about the outdated graphic, this game is worth.

Nice game

Like Skyrim with an ogres. 10/10.

"It's ok."

I got this game for 90 cents.

Before you make your descision on buying it or not it is VERY IMPORTANT to know that this game came out in over 10 years ago, in 2003(?), meaning that if you need your fix for high graphics, walk away now. It's not that they are bad or are comparable to a game like Nidhogg, however you are able to see it's age by all of the flat and repeating textures, lack of any anti alising and even a few very pixely items.

It also has to be mentioned that the menus do not have mouse support, meaning you have to use the arrow keys, Enter and Esc to navigate the menus.

That being said Enclave can be a fairly fun experience if you enjoy it's combat and exploration, the only problem being that the combat is very simple, somewhat cluncky and even unreliable as far as the hitboxes go when it comes to using ranged weapons close up to enemies. No matter who you choose to play as (will be explained upon better later in the review) it feels like an M1 spam fest as that is your only way of attacking with your sword/axe/hammer/dagger. Your other other ways of doing damage is (depending on the character) by pulling out your crossbow/bow/staff, and pressing M1. For it's time it was OK however in a day and age where we have a long list of games with numerous abilities and ways of doing damage, Enclave begins to show it's age. Though it has to be said that the combat is fairly satisfying. When you pull off a combo (depending on the weapon, M1 x Type Of Melee Weapon) the last hit will do double damage, and even give the attack splash damage so any nearby enemy will also take damage. This alone isn't much, but paired with a nice 'smashing' sound and a little bit of screen shake, it truely does feel good when you finish off multiple enemies with your final swing.

Exploration is a different story, whereas the age of Enclave has been hurting it, Enclave shows how older games did their exploration and it made you want to explore the land you were put in. When you start a mission you are put inside a medium/large sized area where there are a number of pickups that will become extremely important in your journey through each level, and ultimately the game itself. You will come across ammo pick ups for your crossbow/bow (may you have one on you or not), health potions, checkpoints and even gold. The health potions and ammo are given and taken away on a mission by mission basis, where you can find 3 potions in a mission, however they will be taken away after the mission is over.

The gold on the other hand is collected and kept for a equipment screen you will use before each mission. When you select your mission, you will be given the option of who you want to use for that mission. Each character has their own loadout (the Druid is the only one who can use staffs, etc.) that you can fill up, which is where the gold comes into play. You use the gold as more of a borrowing system then a buying system seeing as you choose your items from the equipment screen by just swapping through them, taking or returning gold depending on the quaility/quantity of the item. An easier way of thinking of it is by switching out gold with a weight system. Instead of gaining +5 gold, you picked up +5 max weight, allowing you to use better/more weapons/armour/ammo/health potions. The better equipment comes back to help you complete more difficult missions and get more gold.

If you enjoyed playing through the game once then you will be very happy to know that there are actually TWO campaigns to Enclave, the Light side where you face the forces of evil, and a more difficult Dark campaign where you face the forces of good. Besides that there are hoard mode missions on both sides of of the game where you face increasingly difficult groups of enemies to gain gold for the main missions and other hoard missions. These missions can be found by finding maps in the main missions which will open up a new spot on the mission select screen.

All in all, Enclave can be a fun game if you can get past the fact that it's over 10 years old and has nearly everything that comes with it being old. Personally I wouldn't buy it for $5.00 US dollars, but if you can get it while it's on sale (75%+), then I would recommend giving it at least an hour of your time just so you can at least experience what Enclave has to offer. It's not a bad game, it's just dated.

i recommend this game for the people who like old rpg.it has good story.
(2003)

Cheap, cheerful, and pretty damned decent. Would probably run on my dinosaur (Intel 1.9GHz, 256MB ram, GeForce 440 MX 64MB) but I'm sitting here killing it with my Titan.

Hacky-slashy combat. The kind of feel you expect from early PS2 games. Smooth as you like.