It is seemingly a great week to not spend cash on video games. Not solely is The Flame in The Flood still gratis via Humble, however the equally delicious-looking cartoon action-adventure Stories: The Path of Destinies by Spearhead Games is currently free on Steam. Grab it now, preserve it endlessly and play it an entire bunch of instances as a result of this one is constructed for the long-haul, for those who don’t thoughts just a little repetition.
Stories is a lovely-looking fantasy hack n’ slash journey, maybe making greater than a nod or two to Bastion. It even borrows the idea of a reactive narrator. While this explicit narrator clearly isn’t fairly as charming (or actively verbose) as Logan Cunningham, he does a good sufficient job of maintaining you appraised of what’s happening each on the planet, and inside the protagonist’s head. But that’s the lesser of Stories’ two massive options – the opposite is made fairly clear within the trailer beneath.
A given playthrough of Stories isn’t particularly lengthy – possibly a pair hours at most – however primarily based in your choices at numerous key story branches (with extra choices opened up by foresight from earlier playthroughs), it could actually find yourself at any of 24 attainable endings, plus one, ultimate, definitive ending for those who’re actually keen to place within the effort and time. The solely actual subject there may be that there’s no choice to skip by way of chapters you’ve already seen, so that you’ll in all probability expertise a little bit of repetition alongside the way in which.
Despite the colorful, outwardly cheerful nature of Stories, lots of the endings are surprisingly darkish. Vulpine protagonist Reynardo is a roguish sky-pirate by commerce, which supplies him just a little extra ethical leeway than most. Depending on simply the way you wish to play it, your path could find yourself greater than just a little blood-soaked, however if you wish to see every part, you might need to play the bad-guy typically.
So, why are Spearhead Games giving away Stories: The Path of Destinies? Simple; To promote their upcoming non secular successor/pseudo-sequel Omensight, which is due out in simply three days. Omensight’s twist is a bit more Groundhog Day; the top of the world is coming, triggered by the loss of life of the Godless Priestess. Who killed her? You’ve received no thought, however just a few journeys by way of the world’s final day may provide you with sufficient info to stop every part going pear-shaped. It seems to be actually fairly good, and you’ll check out a trailer and wishlist it here on Steam.
