Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Review – A classic and old school RPG

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By: Capybara Games Inc

Version #: 1.07

Date Released: 2013-09-21

Developer: Capybara Games Inc

Price: 4.99

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The word Swocery is a pun on ‘sword’ and ‘sorcery’, this alone should tell you loads about what this game is about. A classic and old school RPG, you take on the role of a adventuring monk as you set across your journey completing quests in the meantime.

Superbrothers: Sword & Swocery EP features a super pixelated graphics system where everything was pretty much a bitmap. This concept did raise an eyebrow from me throughout the whole experience but I suppose it’s a pretty unique way to set yourself apart from all the high quality special effects of current adventure games (think Infinity Blade) that it would otherwise have to live up to. It does also pay homage to the classical generation of games.

Now the game process is rather cool here, as players are not limited to merely talking to one non-playing character to another. Actual tasks are assigned and these can be accomplished through creative methods like physically manipulating how the devices is being held. Fights also take place in which the player’s character goes to battle with wild beast, but this takes place in a turn based system and given the bitmap graphics, they aren’t that quite impressive.

At $4.99 this game is indeed a little on the higher end of the price spectrum. However, if you are a fan of an extensive plot and you love a good RPG, you might want to just give this one a shot. I personally didn’t like how the graphics were done, but I loved the entire adventure I was immersed in.