A grim fantasy game that has an engaging story and memorable characters! Gameplay is a little rough but I found the story more than makes up for it. Controls take a bit to get used to, but once you do you should be fine for the rest of the game. The voice acting is especially stellar and worth a mention. I enjoy the graphics and they seem to hold up well, in my opinion. Overall, a great game and I recommend it for people that appreciate games that have rough edges but good heart.

I don't review a lot of Steam games but felt the need to review this one as mainstream critic scores likely hurt this one despite them being generous to higher budget games that don't deserve the praise they get.

Of Orcs and Men is essentially a very basic combat focused RPG with a linear story.

It doesn't try and do too much, it doesn't overstay it's welcome but if you engage with the combat system, the game is a lot of fun and is rarely frustrating.

It felt like a very scaled down Bioware RPG that includes very small, cozy hubs that include some side quests while most of the actual quests / missions are linear with the odd bit of loot.

The story is engaging, music and presentation is surprisingly very good and I found the writing, while nothing special, better than most modern games, especially the dialogue between the two mains.

A 7/10 and well worth it at the sale price.

I like this better than Baldur's Gate 3

I picked this game on sale, thinking it would be a classic or oldschool rpg. But the graphics surprisingly held up, I would've guessed this game was great even in 2017, but it was released on 2012!!!