Tény, hogy számos grafikai és pár tervezési gond is van a játékkal, amelyeket rengetegen taglalnak is. De az is tény, hogy a harcrendszer élvezetes, a díszletek hangulatosak, és még split screen muliplayer is van beépítve. Teljes áron nem ajánlom, de egy bundle-ben vagy leárazáson megvéve jó fogás, sok kellemesen végigharcolt órát kínál. Külön tetszett a fejezetenkénti újrajátszás lehetősége, ami lehetővé teszi, hogy megtalálhassuk a véltlenül kimaradt dolgokat vagy elvégezhessük a másodlagos feladatokat anélkül, hogy az egész sztorin végig kellene menni újra.

Kezdjük az elején! Ahogy általában minden játékban szoktunk. Úgy ismerkedtem össze ezzel a játékkal hogy tavaly novemberben (mindjárt egy éve lesz) a Gamestar teljes játéka volt. Nem kedveltem ezt a műfajt,de mivel akkoribban (is) az Ezio trilógiát gyürkésztem magamba,így adtam neki egy esélyt. És milyen jól tettem. Egy templomos lovaggal vagyunk (nem olyan templomos) aki a Szent Grált kutatja barátjával Rolandal és későbbi cinkosával (nem ágyas cinkosával mert ő megesküdött arra hogy soha nem kufircol) Marie-vel. Adott 20 pálya (mindegyik kb fél órás) amin vállvetve átkell kaszabolnunk magunkat,választhatunk bármikor hogy kivel megyünk (még co-op során is),és közben a sztori halad. Ami nem olyan rossz,csak hát a karakterek baltaarca és érzelmei annyira szerények hogy beszélni is fáj róla. A harcrendszer ami nagyon jól sikerült ebben a játékban szerintem,és nagyjából ebből is áll a játék. Mész,kaszabolsz,védekezel, vannak különböző ellenfelek,táposodsz,és néha-néha arra gondolsz hogy mikor lesz már vége ennek a játéknak. Néha,én is azt akartam hogy már vége legyen, mert nagyon monoton tud lenni. Éppen ezért ajánlom azt a módszert hogy ne mindennap játszatok vele,és akkor is csak egy órácskát. Így nem fog annyira unalmasnak tűnni. Szerény stúdió csinálta ezt a játékot ez sok téren meg is látszilk,így kell hozzáállni a dolgokhoz,ez nem egy AAA-s játék. De ismétlem,engem valamiért megfogott. Pedig az ilyenek nem szoktak. Érdekes...mivel nagyon kevés olyan játék van ami a templomos lovagokkal foglalkozik így ez a játék kitölthhette volna ezt az űrt de ez azért nem sikerült neki. De a mérleg nem a negatív írányba billen,egy játszható alkotás született valamikor 2011-ben. Az ellenfeleknek meg olyan érzékszervük van hogy osonással nem érsz sokat szóval,not cool man.

Nagyon tetszett a játék, nagyon jól szórakoztam rajta. Sztori remekült ki volt dolgozva, karakterek nagyon jók voltak, nagyon tetszett a csaj és a faszi közti kémia.
Játékélmény remek volt, zenéje kimondottan jó.
Erős 8/10, jó játék, próbáld ki!

The game oozes charm. Too bad it's overlooked.

The graphics are dated, really dated, and you can tell that right away. But somehow, the game itself does not appear to be ugly - the game doesn't try to be anything else but a good and easy linear adventure. But in general, the graphics are STATIC. As in, there's no wind, trees are frozen in time and space, no physics, no discernible effects on the environment by your actions.

The story is extremely easy to follow though. No need to memorize names, locations and tons of redundant quests. And there's an abundant amount of history to enjoy. I'm not sure how much of it is concrete though.

There is a certain degree of suspense in some levels and sequences and there is the ability to do some stealth killing.

You can play as one of the two Templar brothers, and you can switch in between the two any time you want, eventually, another character joins in.
You can also gain experience and exchange it for some combo moves, more health, etc.
You also get to collect some items that enable you to get one or another armor and weaponry.

Your AI co-op partner is okaish for the most part, and your stealth moves are apt to copying your moves, but sometimes your partner with end up on the ground which is when you have to revive him or her.

Also, it's rare in games when the two protagonists tend to agree with each other most if not all the time. The two characters you play as agree with each other constantly, unlike in Bulletstorm, Enslaved, etc. So even though there's enough scripted dialogue between the two characters, I would probably enjoy to listen to some arguments about the inquisition, the church, the main quest and what not.

The game is also easy, but eventually it requires you to pull off some combos and some well-times blocks and counter-attacks to advance further.

The voice acting is pretty poor though.

The game is pretty long. There are puzzles to solve and dungeons to crawl through. There are plenty of twists and turns along the way.

The co-op is outstanding. My best friend and I spent 3 days playing the game. A few months later, we started playing the game from scratch.

When we first tried running co-op we had difficulty finding each other in the lobby, so I e-mailed the dev at the end of 2012 to figure out what's up. They e-mailed back a few days later saying that they were out of the office because of X-mas (they also wished me happy X-Mas), and then asked that we stay put for a couple of days so that they could e-mail us back the activation e-mail (which you unfortunately need to play online), and they did so a few days later.

If you like a nice story with hack'n'slash and occasional stealth elements, and you've got a co-op friend, I highly recommend the game.

Plus, you get to support a small company that made the game in the first place.

Store page DOES NOT inform that you have to register a 3rd party account in order to play single player or co-op. As far as I'm aware, It should have a yellow box up right corner that notifies the customer if it's needful to play (3rd party account or 3rd party EULA). I don't like 3rd-party stuff overall but I respect it when there is a warning.

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Offline mode is for last resort playing in my books; still though you could bypass their DRM launcher if you went offline and disconnected from the internet.

First the game asks me to create a Kalypso Account, then i go to play online and it asks me to create yet an other username and password. After creating those two separate accounts, do I then learn that I need to link the second one to my Facebook to be able to play with friends. The game it self seems lacking after playing abit solo. And being obligated to link to a Facebook account to play multiplayer is just absurd! Even more so since I do not have a Facebook.

Bought this on special for 1.09$ and honestly I don't sugest this to anyone even at 1$ ist'a waste of money.

Rather surprising amount of depth in this game. While I probably wouldn't buy this at full price, getting it on sale or in a bundle is a sure thing.

The graphics are pleasant - not perfect but for the most part I was happy looking around at what the game had to offer. It played a lot like a non-complex Witcher (2). Gameplay was responsive with button combos to swing your sword this way or that or kick or whatever, and there are RPG elements to unlock more combos/abilities/perks. Honestly I was expecting poor gameplay and that was a surprise for me.

The story is better than many of the reviews are stating, but it's not told in a very effective way. Cheesy lines delivered by soft-spoken NPCs in which you see little. But it's there. It's not Shakespeare in that it's easy to miss if your ears aren't open, but it's a bit harder to pick up is all.

Regardless, story is not needed. It's meant to be played not read or watched (in that if it were a movie or a novel it would suck).

The individual cells or environments are unique enough and I rather enjoyed snapping between two characters or having the option to play co-op (not that I have any friends). Many people say there are too many co-op games, but I feel a lot of games just ignore co-op even if it would fit perfectly. At least give those of us who like co-op the option, and those who don't like it lose nothing in the process.

All in all a good experience. A poor man's Witcher 2.

The First Templar is far from being an AAA title, it has terrible writing and sub-par voice acting. It looks dated and it also plays rather simple. Yet at the same time, it has a very refreshing setting, a simple yet fun combat system, a good balance between action and (easy) puzzles and good art design as well as level diversity.

On sale this is definitely worth a few bucks for the +-20 hours of gametime one can get out of this.

In my opinion one of the most underrated games ever. It is a very solid ARPG in a setting without elves and orcs !!!
Graphics are not really good , but never ugly and very atmospheric. Sound and music is very good and voices are great.
You will play with three different chars which can be changed during missions, which can be a lot fun .

The story is really good, especially if you like stories about Crusader, Stonemasons and the holy grail !!
I really enjoyed the feeling to be on a “little crusade” 

The game design is straight forward as in most action based RPG. You have to do a mainquest and lots of bonus quests.
Rewarded XP can be used to get new skills, upgrade skills, get more HP …..

Controlling with a XBOX Controller is solid and works good, but the game never shows Controller Button, only Keyboard shortcuts..

8 / 10

I suggest not buying this. It needs an online profile to play offline single player... 3rd Party Kalypso
No warning of this on Steam