A Land Fit For Heroes
- May 3, 2016
- Liber Primus Games
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PC
Windows
Reviews
- The story is engaging and well-written, providing a deep and immersive narrative experience.
- The game features a unique choose-your-own-adventure format with multiple characters, allowing for varied gameplay.
- The combat system, while clunky, offers a nostalgic pen-and-paper RPG style that some players may enjoy.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs and technical issues, making it difficult to progress and enjoy the experience.
- The user interface is clunky and unresponsive, leading to frustration during gameplay.
- The game lacks basic features such as resolution options and achievements, which detracts from the overall experience.
- story29 mentions
- 45 % positive mentions
- 45 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The game's story is a standout feature, described as engaging, well-written, and deeply characterized, often drawing players into its dark fantasy narrative. While some players appreciate the choose-your-own-adventure format and the depth of the storytelling, others note that the gameplay is minimal and can lead to frustrating situations. Overall, the narrative is compelling enough to keep players invested, despite some technical and gameplay shortcomings.
“A land fit for heroes offers a superb story that will keep you entertained for days.”
“This is a great story-driven game, with a capital 'S'.”
“The characterization is deep, the story is well worth reading.”
“Perhaps, however, once you get past the technical accomplishments of the engine, the storytelling might not be your thing.”
“However, the story is attached to a barely serviceable game.”
“If you don't, and then enter a fail state, you must start the story from the beginning.”
- stability6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is plagued by severe stability issues, with numerous users reporting frequent bugs that prevent proper gameplay, including launch failures and progression blocks. Many players have experienced the need to restart multiple times due to these persistent problems, significantly diminishing the overall experience.
“The implementation is buggy and many who tried to play the game report that it doesn't launch properly and gets stuck at certain points due to clunky implementation and lack of testing.”
“So buggy, I could not even find out how to move ahead.”
“Incredibly buggy; have had to restart 3-6 times because of broken links.”
- graphics5 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are generally considered low quality, with no options for resolution or customization, leaving players unable to improve the visual experience. While some users find the visuals acceptable, the game primarily relies on text-based storytelling, with graphics appearing sporadically during specific gameplay moments. Additionally, the content is described as lewd rather than mature.
“The graphics are okayish.”
“There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
“There's no way for gamers to try to improve the low-quality graphics.”
“This is a great experience - if you don't mind a mostly text-based, story-driven RPG with only periodic visuals, basically only when exploring a specific dungeon, picking a lock, disabling a trap, or while in combat.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay is primarily focused on a choose-your-own-adventure format, emphasizing story and writing over traditional mechanics, with players making choices that influence the narrative. While it features an optional multiplayer component, the overall experience is described as light on gameplay elements, with a strong emphasis on reading and decision-making.
“The gameplay is nicely composed: you read the pages, you make choices, and those choices affect the current or some future pages.”
“It even has an optional multiplayer mechanic.”
“Favorable impression after my first play - great story/writing, this is a choose-your-own-adventure that is story-heavy, light on gameplay.”
“This is a choose-your-own-adventure that is story-heavy, light on gameplay.”
“I've not gotten far enough at this point to see how or if that affects gameplay.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be a mix of engaging and frustrating, as it involves repetitive tasks like loot collection and overcoming traps, often accompanied by enjoyable minigames. The storyline adds a layer of intensity, prompting players to feel a sense of urgency and desire for revenge, which can lead to a more immersive grinding experience.
“It is fun, a bit rogue-like: some grinding, loot, some traps and locks to disable (with cool minigames) and then some more grinding.”
- music1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the gamebook is highly praised, with users highlighting the quality of the soundtracks as a standout feature.
“The gamebook has really good soundtracks.”
