Recent reviews by Andru

Understanding that Prologue = Demo, this is incomplete, even for a demo. At the time of this writing, I cannot recommend it, for the following reasons:

The "tutorial" only seems to get you as far as the WASD keys. You must teach yourself how to actually play the game.

There is no save game option... And nope, no auto save either. I couldn't fully explore the Prologue in 4.4 hours. And I'm sure as hell aren't going to start over, and over, and over again to figure out if I want to buy the main game.

My Fiance and I love playing together, but we get about 4 crashes a day. Sometimes the game is completely unplayable for over an hour. Most server-centred games offer compensation for this kind of crap, such as in game items or skins... but nope, not even that.

As fun as this game is, its not worth the price tag. There are way too many crashes, freezes, and connection problems.

It's ok.

Spoilers. You've been warned.

Bound By Flame has a strong "Dragon Age" feel to it, which I enjoyed. But, it started to feel like a clone when I first met one of the characters (Edwen). I was all like "that chick is totally Morrigan. Come to think of it, this other chick is totally Leliana.". This wasn't very far into the game either (when I had this revelation), maybe only 3 hours in.

The dialogue between the main character and his "companions" (I use the term loosely, as there is no feeling of comradery), is pretty bland, and feels cold and scripted. As a player, I had no emotional investment whatsoever. I found one character's (Mathras) backstory to be interesting, but that was it.

The party system is misleading, and disappointing. Even though there is constant reference to "companions", your party size is limited to two. Except for that one quest where you get to take two of them with you (what gives?). Issuing commands to your "companion" (because really, only one matters), is pointless. You get to tell them to focus on attack or defense. I had them always on defense, to be a meat shield, otherwise they die too quickly.

The whole idea of choice is a joke. I only came across three choices that seemed to impact the story, and the game vetoed one of them (pretended like I picked the other one). So really it was only two.

I could go on about how much this game disappointed me (good thing I picked it up on sale), but I will cut myself off here.

p.s. I actually enjoyed the game when I wasn't comparing it to similar RPGs.