- Broken Base: Primarily in regards to if the game's Nintendo Hard nature is handled well or bogged down by Fake Difficulty. The many skill checks that instantly kill you if you fail are also a major point of contention among critics.
- In general, opinions fall into three camps. Those who enjoy the game specifically for being so ruthlessly difficult, those who want a fun and easy-going experience, and those who want a realistic and difficult experience but feel this game sacrifices the former for the latter.
- Nintendo Hard: Loading screens for the game often say that “You will die. Save often.” They really do mean it.
- Self-Imposed Challenge: You can go through the whole game without being on the combat screen even once. You can still kill a surprising number of people with sneak attacks or by turning ancient traps against them.
- Spiritual Successor: To Fallout and the many others that are also spiritual successors to it (such as Arcanum and The Fall: Last Days of Gaia). It's also quite similar to Darklands in several aspects, being based on a low-magic pseudo-historical setting with a brutal difficulty curve.
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