FIVE: Guardians of David
FIVE: Guardians of David is an expansive Diablo-style action-RPG set in the ancient lands of Canaan. Lead and play the five heroes, battling across exotic locations filled with archaic cultures, rich characters, and powerful artifacts. Experience one of the greatest stories ever told in this 11-Act epic. Fight a multitude of soldiers and Goliath-sized bosses. Swap between any of the FIVE and their unique fighting style on the fly. Smite your foes with the blinding light of angels, hailstones of destruction, fires of the Earth, and many other miracles. Gear up your FIVE with the extensive variety of ancient treasures, artifacts, and relics. Stop hoarding your items! Donate valuables to develop crucial ties with different Spy Networks, and reap the rewards.
Game Discussion
Steam User 1
This is a good game to spend time on by both relaxing and learning the Biblical stories written about King David. It is both fun and educational, as well as very engaging. I also love the armours and weapons throughout the game. There are also cache explanations of the Tanakh verses the storyline was based on (mainly from 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, but occassionally also from Genesis and Exodus), for which you can also solve quizzes that give prizes in much superior weapons and armour.
Steam User 0
Five - Guardians of David Review
Overall I like this game a lot. While it is a bit older (2015) the graphics and gameplay are good. This game tells a story that is both copmpelling and also biblicaly accurate story. I love how the little caches illuminating spell out exactly what is in the bible alongside what has been added for narrative, and even show the reference biblical chapters and verses. Bravo for this!
Sometimes the movement can be a bit weird. Especially during fights there doesn’t seem to be free movement, or it’s hard to click on exactly what you are trying to click on (specific enemy, enemy vs pottery, etc).
There also are some seemingly significant issues which are still not addressed in a 10+ year old game, which is a bit disturbing.
1. The stash does not work on the Well of Bethlehem level.
2. Replay level locking you into the original story path. So after gaining acces to Zion, you can go back to complete prior levels. This can be helpful, such as collecting the story caches missed in the original playthrough. However, there is no easy way to get back to Zion and your current progress after replaying a level. I missed caches very early, in the David and Gloiath level. Instead of being able to complete the level and return to Zion, I was locked into not just completing this level, but every level after it up to the point where Zion is reached in the story. While I did have other caches that were missing, a lot of levels did not need replay so I found this tedious.