Not from a technical point, but from an artistic one. The falconeer is a stunningly good looking game. It’s rare for things to be this calm, particularly near an active volcano Presentation It does get significantly better though, and the story in the last third is quite interesting, it’s just a shame that it takes so long to get to this point. Sure, you get to do a bit of fighting, but the story happens around you, not to you or in a way that makes it feel like you can influence it. In fact, for the first quarter or so of the story, you’re pretty much an observer. You’ll be hunting pirates in the first part and trying to better your house’s position in the world and that’s it, there’s some conflict with other major players but nothing you’ll need to really worry about yourself.
One of the games weaknesses is how long it takes for the story to truly get going, as in the early parts you’ll do a lot of jobs for the great houses, which lays the groundwork for the story and introduces the world, but don’t really progress it much, but mentioning events that take place later in the game might make it possible to piece together things you’re not meant to be able to piece together early on. It’s hard to talk about the actual story without giving anything critical away though. Pirates is not the only thing you’ll find if you travel the Ursee though, there are remnants of the people who used to live there scattered all over, large bird statues, temples and so on that are far older than living memory. Pirates raids are not uncommon and so there’s always a demand for protection from merchants and captains of transport ships.
To the south the Mancer order, who’s technology is beyond that of the great houses of the Empire hold on to their own ground.
Several great houses, ruled by an empress, have their own holdings, and occasionally come into conflict with each other. Humans have, as humans tend to do, formed groups ruled by different individuals. People have settled the larger of these islands, and built cities and outposts and between them there’s just the open sea. The Ursee is a vast ocean dotted by small islands.
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