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Story could be better but it's still very good. And if there's something I love about Spiders games is that they're damn hard. This one isn't different.

I also loved the bad mouthed hero (or villain, depending on your choices). And, of course, I loved the fact that your choices could change your appearance. Oh, and you can be an evil lady. With horns. And flames going through your body. And horns. I loved the horns. You can't wear helmets when you're evil though. Because, you know, the horns. But hey, who needs helmets anyways? I sure don't, all I need is horns

IMHO it's an awesome game, it has everything a RPG lover needs: choices, crafting, hard battles, companions etc

One thing I absolutely hated though: you don't dodge, you take a step back. Really?! Who the hell thought it was a good idea? It killed me. Really. I died a few times because of it. Hope you can properly dodge in Bound by Flame 2. Because I do hope we get a BbF2. With proper dodging

I quite enjoyed playing it, tough i had to lower the difficulty at the end boss from hawk to recruit.

Pros

- This is a hard game, if you have no experience with any type of soul game or even RPG's, then please play on recruit.
- Decent story, and the cutscenes are good aswell.
- Interesting mechanics regarding the usage of traps, crossbowbolts and dodging.
- It feels like all the decisions you make have impact on the story, that is before the end boss.


Cons

- Most of the voice acting was just meh
- You require multiple playthroughs to get certain achievements, like doing the game 4 times for 4 achievements isn't fun
- Some bosses were just annoying, forcing me to consume all potions i had to win the battle
- In the end, if you choose for a sword build, it'll be useless for the final battle


Overall i'd rate it a 6/10, pick it up during a sale or something :)
PS: This game contains some really vulgairly wicked language :D

I know this is sound ridiculous,
but i love this game.


Finish this game in just 3 days, (9.8 hours(average 3 hours/day)), and i feel satisfied.
Maybe this game bad at graphic, but u should check the history of this game, they make this game with a low budget, but still, rich story line and gameplay, choose between standin in human path or follow evil path, really really good for me. But it pretty sucks on control.

I suggest to buy this game when it has discount,
It's not worthed in a full price

but still, i love this game!

Decent ARPG game.
Recommended.
The music is great.

Don't go in expecting something big like Dragon Age or some other big title. All in all, it is a short, sweet game. Combat can be fun if you know how and when to react to certain attacks other than just holding the block button down constantly. A lot of people are just salty because they can't get a handle on the combat for whatever reason.

The story itself could be better, but I enjoyed it. My favorite character is totally a tie between the sassy female protagonist and Mathras.

Don't buy it for full price, as I said it is a pretty short game. Probably pay 15$ at most. I bought it when it was about 6$.

This game is a very basic RPG; it’s not necessarily ground breaking, but its functional and its actually pretty fun if you don’t mind the bad voice acting.

If you like games like Gothic (1,2), Two Worlds (1, 2), Venetica, Risen etc.... You will defiantly find some fun in this game.

Please ignore the haters of this game, they are most likely newly RPG fans who just jumped in on the band wagon after The Witcher 3 and expect every single RPG to meet a crazy high standard.

Please understand there are very small studios that also make great RPGs.

Anyways, give it a try, the game isn’t even that expensive, and it’s not Buggy or Broken, it’s a great RPG.

UPDATE 6-18-2016

well i beat the game at around 20 hours, its pretty short and the last act of the game is very underwelming. It feels like they ran out of time and money towards the end. so they just ended it like that. Youll see what i mean...

i still like the game for what it is,

A poor man's Dragon Age, The Witcher and Dark Souls.

wtf is wrong with people? i really do not understand why this is getting any negative reviews.....

this is a great action rpg game. fight enemies, gain experience, level up, assign skill and stat points, equip better weapons and armor. even bring a companion along to help fight and heal. lots of side quests to do, not to mention the main quest.

the fighting mechanics in this game are pretty cool, you have a pretty unique feeling dodge ability, and if you dodge in perfect timing of the enemy attack you get extra damage in.

the companions you can bring feel very weak but are somewhat helpful.

the skill sets feel ok but i wish they were better. same for the stats.

PROS:
graphically amazing
time of day/time of night oriented missions
choices you make affect the games story, even the ending
level up and assign stats and skills
upgrade armor and weapons
lots of enemies to battle
pretty sweet boss fights
game runs perfectly, no stuttering lagging issues
have not ran into any bugs or glitches

CONS:
skill and stats could be better and more helpful (not game breaking at all)

HIGHLY RECOMMEND 7/10

Still don't understand why there are so many negative reviews. Maybe this game doesn't look like AAA title, but in general it's fine and somehow reminds me Of Orcs and Men, Game of Thrones RPG and Lords of the Fallen.

During my second playthrough with female character I decided to say few things about this game, so here it is:

This is good game, despites so many negative review, wonder why? Because its not open world game? Sure game has problems, but it doesnt mean its a bad game.
Game is pretty good with good looking visuals, average voiceacting, main campaign with all sidequests are pretty short, five diffrent places with same enemies on each, can be complited within 15 hours with all sidequests, for RPG title this is very short game.
In general this is pretty good game considering all the good and not good things in the game. Sure it could be longer, it could have more of everything, but it doesnt, but still offers a lot.

Pros:
+ good looking visuals
+ nice story
+ inovative inventory and crafting system
+ great soundtrack

Cons:
- short story
- not to many sidequests
- variety of weapon and armor
- small variety of enemies

8 out of 10

I am just writing this review because this game deserves positive ratings. It is a good game. Bound by Flame has a large amount of content. The crafting is simple but fun. The skill trees take some getting used to. It is kind of a "hallway open world." Buy this game, it is worth the money.