Sabres of Infinity

Пишу рецензію відразу на три гри Sabres of Infinity, Guns of Infinity, Lords of Infinity. Не бачу сенсу писати різну для кожної, в результаті це все одно одна суцільна історія. Можна взяти окремо першу, щоб оцінити, а ось брати другу або третю окремо я не бачу сенсу. Історія доволі цікава і різноманітна. Є доволі багато варіантів проходження гри, особливо в другій частині. В мене сумарно вийшло 17 годин на проходження всіх 3 ігор, і це одне проходження з кількома перепроходженнями окремих моментів. Один великий мінус, який би я виділив це неможливість відійти трошки назад на минулий чекпоінт, якщо тобі не подобається історія. Це більше менш фікситься в третій грі в якій після кожної глави в тебе питають чи хочеш ти її перепройти чи ні. В перших двух іграх, тобі треба проходити з нуля усю гру до моменту який тобі не подобається кожен раз, що доволі бісить.

If you quit the game your progres is wiped out, wtf

Two words: no saving.

Text based RPG and first in Infinity trilogy. Play as a young officer in the Royal Dragoons and guide your early career by making friends and allies and increase your soldiering, intellect, and charisma stats while maintain the discipline, loyalty, and morale of your men, while choosing from different possible sergeants to allow for a variety of ways to succeed or fail. A bit short and somewhat limited in your actual battles and the people you interact most with are gone for the middle portion of the game, but good writing, provides some good choices, alternate paths, and sensible handling of decisions if you have the stats to back them up while having some good worldbuilding. Idealism/Cynicism and Mercy/Ruthlessness of your character can also influence certain options and descriptions. Future games are longer and see you becoming involved in larger conflicts and the politics of your nation as your importance rises, with you able to load your previous save to have some stat bonuses and other carry overs. Screenshots: https://bsky.app/profile/kennanw.bsky.social/post/3mqbe7722is2a

Absolute cinema

Want a 'game' where 95% of your choices ACTUALLY matter and impact the story with a whopping great range of minor and major changes? Here it is. *Mild mild spoiler below - but if you've looked at the achievements list, you'll see it there too* My first playthrough was a blind one and I had no idea about the stats driving these changes, meaning I was a bit gutted when I reached the final chapter and discovered I could not survive the great battle and could only die in it (albeit as a hero). However, that didn't put me off from a replay. Second go round, I consulted a few guides so that I could roleplay a bit more tactically and make it to the end alive (so I can play the next one!) and whilst at first I worried that this would ruin it for me, it was still just as absorbing. Writing quality is fairly decent (never approaches anything like Disco Elysium) with some fruity descriptions of violence. P.W knows his stuff too and is very good at weaving in information about the business of soldiering and war in the gunpowder era which elevates the experience. Loved it.

[b]Don't let the meme reviews or comparisons to Suzerain fool you into thinking this is something that it's not. It's a text-based rpg with fading tolerance for subpar decisions that are chosen as the story progresses.[/b] Unfortunately, unless you pick well, the reward for failures doesn't seem to be many insights other than making you feel stink for not selecting an optimal character, or knowing what the decisions will actually entail, should you not actually mind-read where the story is headed. To be charitable to Sabres of Infinity, it was fine and I enjoyed my time with it enough... but I don't feel that I can in good conscious give this game series a positive recommendation moving forward... and giving this first game a negative review is too harsh. Therefore, I cannot stress this point enough: if you don't make certain ideal choices in this first instalment you are highly likely not going to enjoy the following two Infinity Games... which makes buying this first one feel a bit bad. At the very least, I cannot recommend buying all three at once unless you are certain you'll enjoy these sorts of games. If you haven't enjoyed other games of this genre/subject matter much in the past, I would recommend finding something else. All things considered though, props to the developer as it is a beloved series - just not my cup of tea.