r/taintedgrail

So, I’ve seen a ton of pictures and stuff about this game, but I wanted to ask everyone here.

What is your favorite moment or aspect of the game? I don’t mind story spoilers, just wanna hear your highlights!

Update: Just got the game, won’t be able to play it for a bit cuz work and the sort, but I loved reading these stories and I’ll try and keep yall updated on how my playthrough might go!!!

I want to abandon my current run and make a new one, veteran not challenge mode.
Since I do not want to play the asylum again so shortly after the last time I would like to skipp it but I wonder what about the letters of the mother or the people we meet there? do we have the letter for the smith? or the one for teh red priest? Is it still treated that we met the people in the asylum? And what about Caradoc? Did we tell him about arthur or kept it a secret?

I cannot test for myself right now, I would greatly appreciate a short info so I can directly start when I am home.

I saw Tainted Grail when it released, and thought "cool, but Ill wait a while for patches and expansions." So now, about a year after release I am playing the game. I was enjoying it, first I had it on normal. Once I got some gear and levels I pumped it up to Veteran and was having a good time. Not too hard, not too easy. I had to actually try but nothing cheap or rage inducing. So, I am on Area 2 and did the quest you get from the hospital that gives you the Red Death tree, and I get Plague Warden.

How the hell is this ok? 3 points and you are invincible? At first I thought my game was bugged or It had gone down to easy or normal, then I remembered I had put points into it. NOTHING can hurt you anymore. This isn't balanced at all. Am I missing something? Honestly, what were the devs thinking with this skill? I could understand if it was like nothing can hit you for more than 55% in 1 hit, but 25%? Everything is trivial now, its pretty much not fun.

So we all know the reply: "Don't take the skill then" But its in the game. Its not a glitch, its not an exploit. Its a valid skill. Why wouldn't I?

Anyway... am I missing something here? Later on, are you attacked by multiple enemies that all hit for hunderds or thousands of damage thus the skill is needed? Can some things bypass the damage reduction? Or was it just put in to make the game super easy and anyone wanting some difficulty can't take it? I am of the train of thought that a game should be difficult on hard when you play with good gear and skills. this reminds me of like 2011 saying Black Smithing made Skyrim too easy (you can just rush to get Ebony Gear early) and people replying "Just don't take Blacksmithing then. Or Alchemy. Or any useful skill"

Is there a mod to nerf this skill down so its like a nice skill but not utterly OP?

I just got to the second area and honestly I only thought there was 1 which I was already fine with at first😂. I’m actually excited to look forward to something after work now. I’ve gone into this game completely blind. Haven’t looked up any videos or anything of that sort and it’s made the experience so much better. They really made a good game that still has so much potential. I’m here for the long run 🫡

I die everytime and loose like 1 hour of gameplay because I cant save in dungeons or outside of the qquest zone. I lost interested because of that. I am not a hardcore gamer, and I dont wanna be actually. I really want to like this game but I dont have the time to it, I feel like my build and my character is too weak.

My personal experience with Red Death is I set my mind on putting points into it after encountering enemy mid-Cuanacht who had just been one-shotting me if I slip a parry.

Afterwards I pretty quickly realized that Red Death made me functionally immortal. In theory it means that I'll always survive at least three hits against anything, in practice there's no limit on chugging healing potions in this game, so as long as you stockpile enough and aint' getting one- or two-shot death simply becomes a choice. What's more, upgrading your health becomes suboptimal because most potions and foods don't scale to your health pool, so you can focus on going all-in damage and crits, and dealing more damage means taking less damage due to shorter combats.

I'm currently level 68 rogue-type character, 10 in Endurance, 60% armor, cleared Cuanacht, Sarras and cakewalking Act 3 right now. The only somewhat tough enemies I've faced after acquiring Red Death were Percival due to her combos, and the very first boss in Sarras due to ranged attack spam and knockdown spell (same moveset as Galahad).

Thoughts?

I just got to act 2 and I’ve been rocking the grindylow but on certain enemies they get 1 shot and I was wondering if there are any summons I should go for (preferably a close rang one as I like the hang in the back and use spells)

I feel like a lot of reviewers nowadays get way too stuck on the technical side of games instead of actually judging the game for what it is.

Like with Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon, yeah it’s a bit janky here and there. Not even close to the level of old Piranha Bytes stuff like Gothic, Risen, or Elex (which I honestly think are great despite their rough edges). But even small issues like that seem to immediately drag the score down before the review even really gets going. It already feels like they’ve decided “this can’t be higher than a 7.5, maybe an 8 if we’re feeling generous” before fully digging into everything else.

Then when they do get into gameplay, it sometimes feels like they struggle to separate personal taste from an actual review. It’s not just “does this work for the audience this game is aimed at”, it comes off more like “I personally don’t like this, so it’s a flaw.” And that’s where it loses me.

A game being made in Unity or not having a massive AAA team behind it shouldn’t automatically count against it either. Some of the best RPGs out there came from smaller or AA teams that clearly cared more about depth and systems than polish. Stuff like Elex, Risen, and even games like Colony Ship prove that.

It just feels like mainstream reviews these days are written more for the reviewer’s personal taste than for the actual audience of the game. And honestly, I don’t even think a lot of people are relying on IGN for opinions anymore the way they used to. Hard to see that changing if the approach stays the same.

Finished with Act I yesterday, and I have some thoughts on characters' motivations.

>!First, Sewal. I kinda understand why he is pissed at Arthur and/or Kamelot, but he treats the personal slight as betrayal of all people. It feels like it's not about the larger state of Avalon, but the personal grudge, and not because Merlin turned Sewal immortal, but because Arthur "forgot" about him. Though I don't fully believe Arthur when he says that "he didn't know" or "he got distracted by the war" and other things. I feel like Sewal getting pissed at Kamelot not for personal reasons, but because of the way Keepers are treated would've been more in line with how he is characterized by other characters.!<

>!Second, Caradoc, when you meet him after pulling Excalibur out, he kinda changes his tune. In the beginning he is all "Arthur is the reason for Wyrdness, I need to kill him to save the land", and then he reveals that he is also immortal and he also has the same personal grudge as Sewal. I mean, he can have multiple grudges and just choosing to talk about this one in particular, but after Sewal he also comes across as selfish prick on the crusade against Arthur for selfish reasons, and I don't know if there is any indication that Arthur's resurrections have any effect on Wyrdness.!<

>!And third, Arthur. I can't help but not believe him, but even if he is actually an asshole, by what I've seen so far, he's done it all to help his people, not for personal gain, or at least not fully for personal gain. I would be kinda disappointed if in the end it would be revealed that Arthur is actually a full-on asshole and tyrant. !<

>!Overall, I can't help but feel that the current conflict is mostly fueled by kinda petty personal grudges for a story centered around basically an ongoing apocalypse. !<

What in the f&$kk is going on with the ps5 TGFOA?! It’s literally so poorly optimized that is just unplayable… I’ve tried so many things, turn down fps to 60, turned off the extra settings and even autosaves and no matter what it crashes without fail within 30mins. Wish I could get my money back bc I got absolutely robbed for some mediocre Skyrim clone….