an Orc's Tale: Kriegsruf

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an Orc's Tale: Kriegsruf is a single player role playing game with a violence theme. It was developed by Deydrihm and was released on April 18, 2021. It received positive reviews from players.

Die Geschichte eines jungen Orks in den Wirren eines Krieges, der zu gross für einen einzelnen Krieger ist. Storylastiges RPG im Stil der alten Klassiker, mit modernen Mitteln dargestellt, ohne den alten Charme zu verlieren mit etlichen handgestalteten Grafiken und Effekten.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 12 reviews

story3 negative mentions

Unique setting playing as an orc fighting against humans, providing a fresh perspective.
Simple but effective combat system with satisfying powerful attacks.
Pleasant cartoon-style graphics with well-designed locations and character models.

Only available in German, limiting accessibility for non-German speakers.
Technical drawbacks including slow walking speed, poor optimization, limited settings, and bugs.
Made with RPG Maker, leading to low-quality visuals and gameplay compared to modern standards.

gameplay
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The gameplay is generally criticized as poor and unengaging, often feeling like low-quality, copy-pasted content typical of asset flips. While some note the potential educational value through in-game texts, overall the gameplay requires significant improvement to be more interesting.
- “Like most RPG Maker shovelware and asset flips, the game features extremely low quality copy-pasted 2D retro pixel art, looks awful, and has even worse gameplay.”
story
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The story is widely regarded as lacking substance, with many users finding it to be a generic high school fan-fiction that adds little value to the overall experience.
- “All else is the same, flipped RPG Maker assets and a high school fan-fiction plot of no value whatsoever.”
- “No story?”
- “No story.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are limited by the RPG Maker engine, lacking full HD support and customization options, which results in poor display quality in fullscreen and falls short of modern PC gaming standards.
- “As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't support full HD or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer.”
grinding
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Users indicate that grinding in the game requires persistence and may necessitate additional resources or effort, such as a second live, to progress effectively.