Blood Bond: Into the Shroud

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Blood Bond: Into the Shroud is a single player casual role playing game. It was developed by W.R.K.S Games and was released on February 26, 2019. It received negative reviews from players.

A third person story-driven RPG/Adventure. Play as Astrid, a Viking heroine on a mission to rescue her mother. Teaming up with her estranged father figure Birger the Bastard, encounter the beautiful and dangerous environment of Jordenheim as you traverse puzzles and vanquish enemies.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews

humor1 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

Interesting story that quickly engages new players.
Enjoyable setting with nature elements like birds, deer, and a unique comic-like graphical style.
Main character model and animations are well done; game features like hunter vision and autosaving are appreciated.

The game suffers from numerous bugs, crashes, and graphical glitches that impact playability.
Poor audio mixing with issues such as loud voices and bad voice acting; subtitles are inconsistently displayed.
Controls, camera, and menu navigation are awkward and sometimes cause motion sickness; performance optimization is lacking even on high-end hardware.

story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is engaging and quickly immerses new players with concise quests, but some users experience navigation issues such as missing quest markers and difficulty progressing. Improved guidance and clearer quest tracking would enhance the experience.
- “Interesting story (thus far).”
- “The story quickly sets a new player into the game with little quests.”
- “The story quickly sets a new player into the game with little quests.”
- “I reached a point in the story where you can't proceed and it's only about an hour in.”
- “I had no mouse and no quest marker like others had. I even tried pressing every button, but it was nowhere to be found.”
- “Better navigation needed in story and quests.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
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Users report graphics issues including frequent crashes and poor optimization, especially during cutscenes, despite appreciating the game's original comic-like art style and post-processing effects.
- “Graphics and post-processing have an original comics-like style.”
- “Lots of crashes and graphics issues, bad sound, and not that fun gameplay”
- “Poor graphics optimization in cut scenes and gameplay; I play on i5 3570k, GTX 1060”
- “Graphics and post-processing are inconsistent, affecting the overall experience”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is criticized for frequent crashes and graphics problems, along with poor sound quality, resulting in an overall lackluster and unenjoyable gaming experience.
- “Lots of crashes and graphics issues, bad sound, and not that fun gameplay”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with numerous bugs that greatly affect the overall experience.
- “Never played a more buggy mess than this game.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from performance issues such as stuttering and low framerate even on high-end hardware like a 10th gen i7 CPU and RTX 3080 GPU, indicating poor optimization.
- “Stuttering and low framerate on a 10th gen i7 and RTX 3080.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game largely stems from its numerous bugs and glitches, such as missing textures, falling monsters, and broken combat, which players find unintentionally funny rather than intentionally comedic.
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users perceive the monetization of the game as aggressive and exploitative, viewing it primarily as a cash grab that undermines the game's integrity until addressed by the developers.
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the music immersive and well-integrated with voices and sound effects, enhancing the overall audio experience of the game.