Well, after downloading and beating Chimera I can say that it was fun, but I was rather disappointed by the story or lack thereof. It is truely an offshoot of Myth and adds nothing to the Myth storyline whatsoever. It brings about new characters and places but none of them share a link to Myth, with the excpetion of Four Bear Silent Oak.
The story itself is meant to unfold as you play and a lot is given through dialogue, so make sure you pay attention. The series showcases an alternative pregame system, so sometimes it will be a story, other times a letter, or even more abstract things. I did enjoy them, but was rather distracted by them at first.
I was disappointed in the levels overall, they were large, hard to find your end goal, and sometimes just boring. I can't tell you how many times my journeyman was placed next to the deep water just waiting for the wight to appear. I was hoping to enter Kyrand's tomb, but alas no matter how large the model was, we did not.
The story was an interesting one, with each providing a piece of the story until it was revealed to you at the beginning of level 8, The Fiend. Kyrilla was fun to play as, but rather cheap at times as well (teleport to an area that you cannot walk on and use her as a soulless).
At the very climactic ending I was left with my heart excited in anticipation of Cartucke and his demonic powers, but once the battle was over, I wanted more. He did nothing but sit there and let his Mahir and pillars attack you. It was quite a disappointment for such a good looking character.
I knew Fenris was going to die from the start, of course they wouldn't leave a warrior like that alive for more action, but did they have to kill Chimera too?! I mean sure, it's one thing to take away one of the old characters, but to kill off the only other one with a unique sprite set was just mean. So now we are left with a Journeyman and a fir'Bolg, gee thanx.
So as you can see I am not happy with Chimera. I expected much more from it, the secrets of Myth revealed if you will. Instead I got a new story that was all anticipation and no delivery. Let me hear your opinion on the matter.
Sincerely,
Pimpy™
