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• gamedeal user

  Feb 8, 2014

  Guilty of being an impulsive buyer, this is one of the few games I've bought on a whim that has surprised me greatly. Fun and fast enough and mildly complex enough to keep me intrigued. It's cheap, buy it already!
• gamedeal user

  Feb 9, 2014

  Lets start with what I didn't like with the game. 1. Controls: -The Map interaction really shows that this was made for a touchdevice to begin with, it's a thing to get used to but annoying when you are new to the game. - Combat is a just watching the game play itself as you will auto attack instantly and consistently as soon as an enemy is comes close. You have your Manual attacks that is an Uppercut or a Slam (downward) attack but they are weak unless you wait long enough for your auto-attack to build up enough rage (skulls on the top) to make them stronger. This is fine for a touchgame when you have a limited amount of "buttons" to use to not disturbe you visual of the screen for the gameplay but a huge flaw when you have an actual controller to play with. For me this was a really fun draining aspect of the control. Otherwise the movement is very solid and responsive and you can get a really good flow (wich is needed with combat mechanics mentioned above. Graphics, sound were all good though. Story I can't say much about since I didn't get very far in to the game due to the offputting controls. If I had the choice again then I would rather have picked this up on an IOS device rather than getting it here for PC. All the positive feedbacks in this review area fooled me though. Maybe I will give this another chance later but not right now. Wether or not this will be helpful to you I can't say. Just be sure to know what you are paying for, the controls are a major thing to consider if seeking a fun little game to play. This is just way to casual for my taste to be played on a PC with a controller.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 23, 2017

  Okay, so... This game was alright. For what it is - a hack and slash with little in the way of strategy or tactics - it's fairly decent. You play as Reaper, the 'Dark One', acting as a sellsword between the colonizing Imperials and the native Wilderlings. You basically play all sides against each other for coin, and the only meaningful contribution you can make is how much money you receive at the end of the mission. The story is mildly interesting but too broken up. The tribes are not each fleshed out enough, and the Imperials really just seem like colossal assholes no matter what they do. There's a very downer plot twist near the end that just makes no sense at all, and the ending itself is unsatisfying. The controls are clunky and unintuitive, and it's just... ugh. All in all, for what it is - a port of a mobile game to PC - it's decent, I guess. But if you want to buy it, wait for it to go on sale for like 70% off or something before you do. Don't buy it at full price and waste your money.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 9, 2014

  Last month Android and iOS users were treated to Reaper – Tale of a Pale Swordsman, a side-scrolling action rpg akin to Rogue Legacy on the PC. Reaper however plays a lot more like a traditional RPG than the aforementioned, forgoing the rouge-like elements of its inspiration. While it does effectively utilize many rpg elements well, it’s definitely not perfect. However, developers Hexage of Radiant Defense notoriety aren’t kidding themselves and only ask $5 for their PC port. All in all it’s absolutely worth the time and money. The core of the title is the combat, a 2d hackfest of the slowest kind. While you would imagine a title like this to warrant flashy moves and twitch gameplay, it has a very slow deliberate pace which can be attributed to its mobile roots. While your movement speed is upgradable as you level up, the game still sports a pacing better suited for a touchscreen than a battlestation. That being said once you get used to the deliberate pacing the game actually tends to open a little. While we are keeping in mind that this is pretty much a direct port of the mobile title, there were a few gripes we have. First and foremost is the inclusion of an “auto attack”. For a mobile game this feature makes sense, but the fact that it was not made optional for the PC port hurts this title, especially due to the fact that it’s the catalyst of the games combat system. As you walk up to enemies without pressing any button whatsoever your character will be begin chopping away... [url=http://thumbthrone.com/reviews/reaper-tale-of-a-pale-swordsman-lands-on-steam/]Read the full review at Thumbthrone.com.[/url]
• gamedeal user

  Feb 10, 2014

  This was probably a popular android game. Not much thought seems to have been put into porting it to the PC. Lacks polish and the gameplay is sub-par.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 12, 2014

  I wish steam would offer us a rating system rather then a simple; recommend yes or no. As i can't simply give this a yes or no is it worth playing. I guess if you looking for a cheap game to while away the hours of your life...then yes it is worth it. But if you like a bit of substance to you time waster games then i say your in the wrong ball park all together find sir...or madam. It is a pretty looking game, its art style is very nice and is what drew me to this game in the first place but when we get to the game aspect...well its a little sloppy. If you are using a control pad the two screens that show you whats what is jumbled and makes it a little hard to figure out what to press to do what. As well as the quick tutorial bit seems pointless. At first i though this was going to be a button masher but the joy of button mashing was taken away from me as you simply walk into enemies to kill them.Sure you can jump around like a monkey on crack to get out of the way of the many spamming attacks of the enemy. Or you can spam you very own spinning sword of death move to victory. As i have found be the case of the game. As for story? well what story. You are a pale swords man who wakes up in a cave (presumably a grim reaper) and the first few dialogues happens and i lost interest. The story does nothing to keep you with it and is dull. The few times i stopped to try and see where this was going. All i saw was the pale swordsman just sounding like he was shouting at everyone, since all his lines are in caps. An no matter what you say, you just sound like an uncaring douche. Though this could be some witty portrayal that death is cold and uncaring and doesn't chose sides. That or im looking to deep into a game that seem to have no point what so ever....like life one could say.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 13, 2014

  Controls are horrible and it tends to ignore input at random and crash for no reason at all
• gamedeal user

  Jan 22, 2021

  Cute little game. Sadly, the controls are not good. PC and mouse -> Map is okay, combat isn't good Gamepad -> Combat is okay, map is horrible.