A true role-playing game with some weaknesses
The action role-playing game Greedfall by the small French development studio Spiders stands out from other games with a rather small budget due to the quite positive reactions of most critics. For Playstation 4 and Microsoft Windows, Greedfall has collected the most reviews on Metacritic with 37 reviews. Since its release date in September 2019, the role-playing game for both systems has scored 72 points. That's good, but not great.
The Xbox One version has a better average with 78 points. This puts Greedfall on Xbox One as generally positively rated by Metacritic. There are 14 reviews collected here, but significantly fewer reviews.
Greedfall on Metacritic: Role-playing game with varied story
Greedfall impresses with a good story and gives players many decision-making options, most critics agree. You play the noble merchant De Sardet in a fantasy version of our world, modeled after the 17th century. You set off for a recently discovered island where there are said to be magical and supernatural powers. You are looking for a cure for a mysterious illness in your family. The fleets of various fictional colonial powers are also interested in the island.
Many testers particularly praise Greedfall for the many decision-making options available to players in this setting. So you can join one of the colonial troops, or play them against each other. Greedfall relies on a mix of dialogue, fighting and exploration. Testers particularly liked the dialog system here. It was described by many critics as a deep system with which players can really play a role in a certain way. This makes Greedfall on Metacritic a secret tip for role-playing fans.
Graphics and combat system are okay, but fall behind the competition
Some testers liked the combat system in Greedfall quite a bit. It's not bad at all, most critics emphasize. But it doesn't stand out positively from other action role-playing games either. So the combination of early modern weapons, close combat and magical powers is praised. However, the fights themselves are often experienced by many testers as slow and clunky. However, it is just as often emphasized that developer Spiders is on the right track. Many testers see a significant improvement over the studio's previous game.
Greedfall impresses with a beautiful world that will make you want to look around and discover the secrets of the island. But in the more negative reviews it becomes clear that there may not be so much to find. Because many testers criticize a certain emptiness in the game world. The main story is full of life, and there are definitely side quests, but for a large open world role-playing game that's a bit too little.
The animations and character design come off the worst. Here most critics clearly have some catching up to do. But many also emphasize that Spiders is not a big studio yet and has made the best of a small budget. Most trust the developer to deliver an even better gaming experience with more money. For many players, the positive attributes of Greedfall clearly outweigh such technical deficiencies. With 80 points for Playstation 4 and Xbox One, console owners seem to be satisfied with the game.
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If you're a role-playing fan who prefers a good story with lots of dialogue and plenty of decision-making options, we can definitely recommend a Greedfall key. The game makes up for its technical shortcomings with real role-playing.
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