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Paper Sorcerer is a stylish single player turn based RPG focused on strategy, party-building, and environmental puzzles. Fight with the skills and spells you've learned in a battle system that emphasizes strategy over grinding. Assemble a party of monsters and dark creatures to fight alongside you.
Paper Sorcerer is a dungeon crawler, turn-based and party-based rpg game
developed and published by Ultra Runaway Games.
Released on January 22nd 2014 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 634 reviews of which 502 were positive and 132 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP
- Processor: Pentium 4 1300 MHz 1.3 GHz
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce2 MX 400 64/128-bit SDR, 64-bit DDR or better
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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(Follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42150626-Jarl%27s-Game-Treasury/]my curator for more reviews like this) Paper Sorcerer is a classic dungeon crawler primarily inspired by Wizardry 4. You play as a sorcerer (or sorceress) imprisoned in a book, and have to escape by making your way to the top of a multi-level dungeon. To aid you on that quest, you can summon a selection of minions who will level up alongside you. The game's mechanics are reminiscent of classic Wizardry, with phase-based combat where you first select the actions of all your characters, and then watch the turn play out as all characters act in sequence based on their initiative. This has some of the best core combat mechanics I've seen in this genre, especially in recent times. Every minion has different sets of abilities, and there are many different status effects you can inflict on enemies (or that can be inflicted on you), as well as various damage spells and physical attacks, both against single targets and entire groups. Using abilities costs focus points, which recharge automatically by one point each turn, or can be recharged faster with abilities. In tough fights, you have to use your abilities strategically if you want to prevail. Since every minion has different abilities, and there are 15 available minions in total, there are many viable party builds all with their own strengths and weaknesses. I finished the game with a party consisting of my sorceress, the minotaur for massive damage output, the cultist for healing, and the succubus for debuffing the enemy. It was a pretty balanced party that could handle any situation, but there are many other viable combinations of characters, some focused on magic, some on physical damage. The cool thing in Paper Sorcerer is that fighter characters require focus points to use their special abilities too, like power attacks, stunning attacks, slashing all enemies at once, etc. There isn't a single minion in this game that doesn't have useful abilities you want to use in almost every battle. The exploration is pretty solid, too. Some levels have secrets to discover, and there are plenty of chests holding randomized loot for you to pick up. The randomization makes looting a bit of a gamble, though, as you can get a completely useless junk item or a really powerful piece of equipment from the same chest just based on luck. Also, since every minion can only use specific types of equipment (the minotaur can only wield axes, while the skeleton can only wield long swords, for example) and the stuff you find is randomized, you'll end up with a lot of useless stuff in your inventory. Luckily, there's a merchant you can sell it to, so at least you can turn it into gold. Apart from the loot, nothing is randomized (with one exception). Enemy encounters appear as black clouds, so you know when an encounter is coming up, and each encounter was designed by hand. The only exception is a special catacomb you can access from the home base area, whose levels feature random encounters that can trigger at any point as you explore them. This allows you to grind a little if you want to, but I didn't find it necessary at all. I still went through the catacomb levels for the loot, but left as soon as I had opened every chest. You'll end up powerful enough by the end anyway, but for those who like the option to grind, it's there. The secrets were pretty fun to uncover, some requiring the pushing of buttons or levers, others requiring you to hold onto keys and use them in the correct location. The only issue is that towards the end of the game, one of the final secrets can't be accessed because the key is buggy. But worry not! There is a fan patch that fixes the issue, as well as several other bugs. Some reviews mention the game's bugs, but this recent fan patch (released in late 2024) fixes all the issues, so the bugs are no longer a problem. Only a couple of late game achievements are still bugged and unobtainable, but other than that, installing the patch removed all the issues I encountered. One thing to note, however, is that sometimes doors you opened appear closed again after reloading a save, and in case of doors unlocked with keys that vanish after use, it means you can't open it again! As far as I remember, only secret areas require single-use keys, but just make sure not to save in front of a door you just unlocked with a key and you'll be safe. Saving inside a locked room is fine as the doors will open even without the key from within. Just keep this in mind to keep yourself from accidentally locking yourself out of a hard-earned secret! Finally, I have to mention the game's visual style. It's very unique and charming, fully black and white, with both your characters and the enemies appearing like paper cutouts. There's a large variety of enemies, and every minion has a cool attack animation. I also enjoyed the game's music, which is pretty upbeat and feels like a mix of classic chiptunes and techno beats. Probably not the most fitting for the game's atmosphere, but I found it enjoyable nonetheless. Overall, this is an excellent dungeon crawler with a unique theme and vibe. It has a couple issues, but those can mostly be fixed by installing the most recent unofficial patch. Just google it, or look in the Steam or GOG forums, the creator made a thread in both. The combat system is really fun and there's a lot of different abilities to experiment with. If you like classic dungeon crawlers, I can fully recommend this one.
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Fantastic CRPG that harkens back to the days of Wizardry and Might & Magic, except now you're the evil wizard and your party is a pack of monsters! It really grew on me once I gave it a chance to sink its teeth in, especially after beating the first boss (who's hard as hell, btw - at least on Hard difficulty). That's the point when the game world opens up a bit, giving access to an evil little town to visit between dungeons. Eventually you'll even find additional party members that you can swap out between fights, including at least one interesting monster that isn't an option at the start when picking your initial party members. Basically, if you feel any sort of nostalgia for 90s RPGs, do yourself a favor and scoop this bad boy up!
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Paper Sorcerer is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam.
Paper Sorcerer is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 3.99€ on Steam.
Paper Sorcerer received 502 positive votes out of a total of 634 achieving a rating of 7.50.
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Paper Sorcerer was developed and published by Ultra Runaway Games.
Paper Sorcerer is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Paper Sorcerer is not playable on MacOS.
Paper Sorcerer is not playable on Linux.
Paper Sorcerer is a single-player game.
Paper Sorcerer does not currently offer any DLC.
Paper Sorcerer does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Paper Sorcerer does not support Steam Remote Play.
Paper Sorcerer is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Ultra Runaway Games
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Ultra Runaway Games
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22 Jan 2014
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