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The Swordbreaker game is interactive fiction with lots of illustrations where you and you alone get to choose the storyline and the ending!
Swordbreaker The Game is a adventure, indie and interactive fiction game
developed and published by DuCats Games Studio.
Released on November 06th 2015 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 2 languages: English and Russian.
It has received 403 reviews of which 336 were positive and 67 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.85€ on Eneba.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10
- Processor: Intel Core2Duo or higher
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any videocards
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 400 MB available space
MacOS
- OS: El Capitan
- Processor: Intel Core2Duo or higher
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any videocards
- Storage: 600 MB available space
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Swordbreaker is an interactive fiction adventure visual novel both developed and published by DuCats Games Studio. As chance would have it, a down on his luck battle-hardened adventurer receives an old scroll from a dying man just as he manages to take his last breath. Furthermore, the scroll actually turns out to be an old map with a clearly marked location. With no other prospects on the horizon, the hero known as the Swordbreaker sets out on a perilous journey across dangerous territory until said map leads him to an apparently abandoned old castle. What awaits our hero on the other side of the door? Could it be glorious adventure and untold treasures or terrifying horrors and certain doom? How the story of the Swordbreaker unfolds is entirely up to you in this clever non-linear story! The great thing about this visual novel is that it plays much like the old "choose-your-own-adventure" books from back in the day. For anyone not familiar with these books, it was a series that literally let you choose your own path as you read the story. For example, your character comes to the end of a long dark corridor with two doors exiting. Do you choose "Door #1-go to page 12" or "Door #2-go to page 20"? The fantastic thing about these books was that any choice could lead to the continuation of your adventure or a very gruesome death and the end of the story..."Whoops I'm dead let me quickly flip back to page such and such.". This V.N. does an excellent job of re-capturing that wonderful series but in videogame format. Much to my chagrin, I have an innate ability for making poor choices in life. This also seems to have translated to my gaming habits as well because most of the time I always made the absolute wrong choices in Swordbreaker although I must state that some of the options given to you in this particular story did seem rather illogical. I WISH that I could give you some examples because there are MANY but I don't want to spoil the story for you. With that said, Swordbreaker manages quite well to bring back a nostalgic storytelling method for this terrific adventure that you embark on. Visually, Swordbreaker looks wonderful with a really nice artstyle that is, drum roll please, not anime or manga-inspired which is a breath of fresh air considering that most of the visual novels that I've read to date on Steam have been. The art is beautiful, has nice colors and shading as well. The U.I. for the novel is very simple and easy to follow. Sadly there are no ambient sound effects or any sound effects at all other than the soundtrack which isn't very memorable in my opinion. Also, I can't say for certain but some of the words and phrasing seemed odd and out of place so I'm assuming that English is not the writer or translator's first language maybe? In conclusion, while the visual presentation is very good sadly the aural quality of this V.N. leaves much to be desired. This was a really great but short read and a little different from the typical visual novel experiences that I tend to have on Steam so that was quite refreshing. I enjoyed this story so much that I'm going to make it a point to keep my eye out for more V.N.'s like this one because I really miss the "choose-your-own-adventure" books. Sadly there are very few options for Swordbreaker other than selecting the language and turning the sound and music on and off. However, there are quite a number of Steam Achievements to hunt down and Steam Trading Cards to collect as well. Also the replayability is quite high as there are a number of outcomes and death sequences to discover as you take alternate paths and make different decisions throughout the castle walls. To summarize, even though it can be highly frustrating at times, Swordbreaker is RECOMMENDED to visual novel and choose-your-own adventure fans.
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Well, the pictures are fantastic, and the music is...erm...decent, if a tad "inappropriate" at times. But the writing is, let's be honest, downright juvenile on the whole. Which would normally be a fairly fatal thing for an interactive novel, if the quality (and sheer quantity) of the illustrations didn't make up for a good deal else. The "story" itself also has its moments: at the very least, for every slightly naff idea, there's a half-decent one. So ♥♥♥♥ it, I kind of enjoyed it. There's certainly a huge variety of choices on offer, though the "three lives, ♥♥♥♥ you, start all over again" policy is a bit harsh considering how easy it is to die (and we're not always talking "logic" here, either...in the finest Fighting Fantasy tradition, trial-and-error is just as likely to get you kilt as it is to reward you generously). When all is said and done, though, you really can't fault the price. For three bucks, you get a whole lot of interactive novel, a bucketload of bad humour, and an absolute slew of lovely images (which you can even choose to view by themselves, both within the game and in a separate gallery; there's a nifty map of all the areas as you explore them, too). The ♥♥♥♥-tonne of Achievements are also a wise idea on the behalf of the devs, as they'll no doubt give many a player the motivation to replay the darned thing again and again, trying out every single option on offer just to see what happens (and what nifty pic accompanies said outcome). Bottom line: don't go in expecting too much for your moolah, and chances are you won't be too disappointed. Verdict: 7.5/10.
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Pros: + Great art. + A lot of choices. + Good ost. Even though there are not many tracks, they fit in pretty well. + High replay value. + Dark humor. + Some hilarious death scenes. There are unexpected ones, but most of them are obvious and easy to avoid if you use common sense and logic. + It's not expensive. + Dedicated devs. They are always willing to help (just check the discussions of this game). Neutral: * It's a short game. If you are just going to do a single playthought it won't take you more than 20 minutes, even less if you end up taking shortcuts. For completionists: it took me 4.8 hours to 100% it. Cons: - There are just 3 options: change language (rus/eng), turn on/off the audio or play fullscreen/windowed. - The audio is too high and you must leave the game in order to lower it. It would have been nice to have the option ingame. - You can't save middle scenes and load them later after a bad choice. If you want to change your path you must start from the beginning. I really enjoyed this game, it's cheap and with a lot of content, highly recommend it.
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Genre - Choose your own adventure I was a lover of these type of books as I was growing up as they were a great alternative to board and computer games. This game tries to follow a similar platform but with a lot less reading and more art style. There is no combat system so each choice will either lead to one of three lives lost or progression towards the end goal. You don't have an inventory, but certain interactions will benefit you later on, or decide your fate. The first completion should be quite quick. However, there is scope to go back and try different paths for achievements but also the pure enjoyment of failing and succeeding by various means. It doesn't take itself to seriously and the parodies come thick and fast. As the price is fair for what you get. It is worth grabbing for a quick slice of choose your own adventure fun.
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Die a hundred times? In Swordbreaker you can do exactly that! This very basic, russian fantasy Visual novel, let´s you as adventurer explore one deadly castle on the search for the ultimate treasure. While the story is not really impressive, you have some different routes you can follow and three kind of choices for the persons you encounter (cowardly, hero like and aggressive). From over 300 scenes, there are over 100 death scenes, so one can imagine, that death really comes swiftly here. You have three lives per playthrough and the end also is relating to the kind of decisions you have mostly chosen. One playthrough doesn´t take that long, and as to be expected, the scenes repeat themselves after some time, but the graphic is well done, and the music is ok too. This with some (weird) humor, makes up for an enjoyable, if short story. Conclusio: Swordbreaker is a nice VN snack, for fans. What you get is ok for the price it is offered for and fun enough for a few playthroughs. Completionists also have quite some achievements and extra gallery art to unlock. Some kinda crude translations add to the very special charme .. "you was hero" Point Scale: 6/10
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Swordbreaker The Game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.
Swordbreaker The Game is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.
Swordbreaker The Game received 336 positive votes out of a total of 403 achieving a rating of 7.79.
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Swordbreaker The Game was developed and published by DuCats Games Studio.
Swordbreaker The Game is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Swordbreaker The Game is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Swordbreaker The Game is not playable on Linux.
Swordbreaker The Game is a single-player game.
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06 Nov 2015
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