Bound by Flame
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You are a mercenary possessed by a flame demon in a desperate world ravaged by seven Ice Lords and their Dead-Army. In this RPG where all your choices lead to consequences, you will have to choose between unleashing the powers of the beast within and rejecting the demonic influence that wants to claim your humanity. Freely develop your abilities and combat style through three skill trees: swing the heavy weapons of the Fighter, wield the sneaky dual daggers of the Ranger, or use the devastating flame spells of the Pyromancer. Recruit companions who will live, love, hate and fight alongside you against the dreadful creatures of Vertiel, in real-time epic battles based on tactics and reaction.
Steam User 19
I am really suprised by this game, even after reading the negative reviews, I was like, ok let's give it a shot. And it was worthy. It is note an AAA game, but it was really funny, I would argue sometimes even better then most AAA RPGs these days. The story was short, but interesting, and there was not any unnecessary talking. Gameplay and combat were perfect, and I really loved the talent tree, ability points and it's synergy. Overall amazing game.
Steam User 18
i don't get all the hate on this game, I had fun playing this game and it runs well
Steam User 8
One of my favorite "bad" games
Steam User 16
As stated in my GreedFall review, I've played all of "Spiders" games released to date; and this one is my favorite.
What I like the most about this one, is the morality system, it's like Mass Effect 2 but with a more extreme transformation, it's almost mandatory to do a second playtrough and go full bad to see the transformation in all it's glory.
I'll rank the Spiders RPG games by my personal preference:
1 - Bound By Flame
2 - The Technomancer
3 - GreedFall
4 - Mars: War Logs
Steam User 7
Spiders develops games with the clunkiest combat style of all time and I love it.
Steam User 9
3rd person Hack and Slash goodness
(yes it's kinda jank too but I'd rather have a janky but immersive 3rd person hack + slasher than all the other trash shovel-warez non-immersive platformers or ant-farm top-downs peddled on steam..)
Steam User 6
I played a little bit of Greedfall on a friends PS4 and its where i got to know about Spiders company
I liked the game very much,reminded me of Witcher 3,the worldbuilding was nice,and you could feel the heart and soul and love put in the game
I read good things about Bound By Flame and saw its only 5 dollars,decided to check it out
Sure for an old game and done with way less budget than AAA's of that time,it does feel a bit clunky (mostly because enemies rarelly get staggered,which i kinda hate),no dedicated dash button (this would have made the game much better) but maybe the engine then was not developed enough to do this,because dash is a mechanic in Greedfall,there is a dodge button here if you play in the ranger stance (which by the way has awesome animations),but you cannot change direction it always dodges backwards to the enemy ur facing
The combat doesent feel fluid,and some canceling to animations could have been great,enemies should have been able to get staggered more
But you know what,seeing videos of games by the same studio that came after (like Technomancer,and Greedfall) one can see a big improvement with each title,and now Steelrising which has the quality of combat as some AAA titles
The game also had very few talents,it could benefit (atleast in my opinion) with talents that let you regenerate health and mana faster,and maybe lifesteal on hit that would be neat
Another problem with the combat is that enemies are very big health sponges,i played it on easy difficulty even tho i started playing on normal,because enemies would take 20 hits to die,this is something that i didnt like at all,thankfuly at easy diff + a smart build,you can kill an enemy in like 3 seconds,i found bosses (which had awesome design,and nice fighting mechanics) to be easier than groups of enemies for that same reason
And now for the great part
I didnt expect the story and premise to be that enthralling,i thought its gonna be just another humans vs zombies kinda thing,well it turns out its more layered than that,like a lot more layered
Im 4 hours in and there is much more than Humans fighting the unstoppable horde of undead
U basicly play a mercenary from a faction of very skilled human warriors,hired by another faction of mages that presumably know the only way to stop the incoming horde and end of the human world
But so far i have seen representative characters of atleast 2 more factions that are in the same web of intrigue and your faction and character is right in the middle of it,not knowing what choices to make and who to trust
The main character Vulcan also sometimes cracks the silliest jokes in the exact time,and has caught me off guard and made me laugh loud like 4-5 times (even tho he is usually pretty serious)
I wont spoil more,but i will say that i have like 300+ hours in Witcher 3,i have played lots of KOTOR,Mass Effect and Dragon's Age,and will say this game does not fall short of any of those,atleast in the story department and the worldbuilding,if you are a fan of action RPG's,this one is for sure one of the more interesting ones i have played and would recommend to every fan of the genre
Graphics
The graphics are good in 2023,as the game has its own unique style and hasnt aged badly in that department
Conclusion
I really like the ingame universe,and would like to see a sequel or a remake with better gameplay,really thats the only thing that needs improvement