I’m becoming increasingly intrigued by Bound by Flame. If you played Mars: War Logs from developer Spiders, you’d know that it was an interesting action RPG that with the right amount of polish could have been exceptional. Their previous game, Of Orcs and Men also showed incredible promise. They’re taking another stab at RPG’s with Bound by Flame, a combat-centric, choice-laden RPG in the vein of Kingdoms of Amalur.
Bound by Flame drags you into a heroic and desperate struggle, in which the Alliance eventually yielded in front of the inexorable advance of Deadarmy.
From their castles of ice, the lord-sorcerers of Shadowcold now reign as masters on the continent and crush mercilessly the remnant resistance, of which you belong. When all hope appears to be lost, a demon of flames chooses you as its host…
Create and customize a powerful warrior, develop your skills (combat, assassination and fire magic) and call upon the devastating powers of the demon within. Find, create and improve your weapons and armor, and find help from numerous companions to help you fight Shadowdragons, Leeches and the fearsome warriors of Deadarmy in perilous and spectacular real-time battles!
And it seems…pretty good! It’s coming to PC, PS3, PS4 and Xbox 360 on May 9th, and should help you scratch that RPG itch while you wait for Dragon Age: Inquisition and The Witcher 3. According to the developers, the main character – who’s fully customisable – will have full voice acting. the game will also feature a crafting system, will have a cast of NPC’s and will have your choices effecting change in the narrative. Frankly, the scope of it sounds beyond the reach of a smaller developer like Spiders, coupled with a smaller publisher like Focus Home Interactive – but that ‘s what makes it so much more intriguing.
Trying to pull of something with this sort of breadth, without the financial reserves or top-tier publishing muscle of somewhere like EA requires a fair bit of testicular fortitude. Here’s the latest trailer for the game, showing its combat in action.The names of everything are a bit generic, the hit animations are a bit laughable and the whole thing needs a bit of polish, but it’s the first “B-tier” game I’ve seen in some time that piqued my interest.
What do you think? Does it look like a fun diversion while you wait for the next AAA RPG, or does it seem a waste of time? I’m certainly keen to play it, but not at full retail pricing.
Why on earth though, did they use a guy who sounds like he’s reading the side effects of medication to narrate their trailer?
Last Updated: April 14, 2014
Jedi JJ
April 14, 2014 at 09:24
Good to see that they’re keeping it classy by not sexing up the female characters.
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
April 14, 2014 at 09:28
Based on the pic above I would vote “Half-classy” 😛
Jedi JJ
April 14, 2014 at 09:35
To be honest. Judging by the header pic, the one is either a dominatrix or a cross dresser.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 14, 2014 at 09:35
NO SALE!
Hammersteyn
April 14, 2014 at 09:39
Hahaha
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 09:31
Wow and people say JRPGS are generic……..
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
April 14, 2014 at 09:34
To be fair, I love wrpgs..and I think this looks pretty damned generic. 😛
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 09:45
Lol! Well admitting is the first step. In all honesty the combat looks really fun. Everything else has YET to feel compelling. Though will obviously give it a chance. I obviously can’t say, but Amalur and Dragon’s Dogma’s combat looked way more interesting
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 14, 2014 at 10:00
I found Amalur got pretty dull quite quickly. Once you hit the higher levels it’s very easy.
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 10:04
Extremely easy game, But I don’t know I found the gamplay to be pretty fun. Dragon’s Dogma still beats the snot out of it though (combat wise)
Admiral Chief in Space
April 14, 2014 at 10:04
You mean the 4/10 game?
😛
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 10:11
LOL Wookie shall forever be known for that…..Good times……..Now where’s my shaving machine so I can shave all that hair off from his face for giving that game such a low score
Admiral Chief in Space
April 14, 2014 at 10:15
You’d need a badass shaver. That man’s beard is legendary!
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 10:17
Probably a machete sharpened by the nails of Zeus…That might work
Rince Striving Abomination
April 14, 2014 at 09:38
Man tree… Check! Life force being stolen/stripped by evil person with pink hair, CHECK! JRPG accomplished.
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 09:46
A child travelling to a magical land to save his mother’s soul…Chec….oh wait, that doesn’t seem generic 😛
Rince Striving Abomination
April 14, 2014 at 09:47
JRPG lvl 5!
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 09:47
Lol funny enough Ni No Kuni was made by a studio called Level-5 lol
Rince Striving Abomination
April 14, 2014 at 09:49
LOL. That was a coincidence. JRPG coincidence level blue hair!
Hammersteyn
April 14, 2014 at 09:39
Still looks fun though
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 09:43
It does, combat looks awesome, everything else seems very uninspired.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 14, 2014 at 09:36
Is the Mars War Logs game any good? I’ve been eyeing it every time it goes on special, because it doesn’t look bad, but it seems to get very mixed feedback. Same with the Orcs game.
Admiral Chief in Space
April 14, 2014 at 09:46
I’ve also been eyeballing it for some time, but the Metacritic rating scares me off…
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 14, 2014 at 09:51
That’s exactly what’s stopped me from getting it too.
Admiral Chief in Space
April 14, 2014 at 10:03
Look, I don’t mind low MC rating, but I get worried about very low MC rating
Umar's Sin
April 14, 2014 at 09:47
Orcs, while I was skeptical at first, ended being a very rough gem
CAE9872
April 14, 2014 at 10:29
I assume you referring to the Pee Cee version and not 360 one when you say “on special.” I haven’t seen it on special on 360. Yet…
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 14, 2014 at 10:37
Inderdaad.
Hammersteyn
April 14, 2014 at 09:39
WANTS
CAE9872
April 14, 2014 at 10:28
yeah I agree
Admiral Chief in Space
April 14, 2014 at 09:46
Bound by flame sounds like some sort of bondage that Rince is into
Jedi JJ
April 14, 2014 at 10:19
It’s only so they don’t fight back.
Rags
April 14, 2014 at 10:08
Reminds me a bit of Rune!
WoestynK
April 14, 2014 at 11:33
This trailer gives the same “feel” as Dungeon Siege 2 of old…