Smoke and Sacrifice

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  • Summary: Smoke and Sacrifice is an open-world, narrative-driven RPG, where exploiting living ecosystems is the key to your survival. Craft, fight, survive and explore the huge open world in this beautifully hand-painted, gothic adventure where every character has their tale to tell. Sachi's home isSmoke and Sacrifice is an open-world, narrative-driven RPG, where exploiting living ecosystems is the key to your survival. Craft, fight, survive and explore the huge open world in this beautifully hand-painted, gothic adventure where every character has their tale to tell. Sachi's home is the one tiny patch of fertile land which remains in an icy wasteland of a world. Her farming community thrives thanks to their devotion to the blazing Sun Tree, which replaces the lost light of the failed sun. After sacrificing her firstborn child to the Sun Tree, Sachi discovers a darker secret beneath the aura of priestly benevolence. Will she discover the truth hidden in the secret underworld, or perish in its swirling, deadly smoke? With the odds stacked against her, strange creatures challenging her every step, and the ever-looming smoke waiting to steal life and memory, will Sachi ever discover the truth of what happened to her son?… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. FNintendo
    Jun 9, 2018
    90
    Immersive, involving, disturbing but also beautiful, Smoke and Sacrifice puts the player in a world where RPG and survival horror elements come into play in an effort that will allow the exploration of an immense world and which will keep players mired in its adventure for long, enjoyable hours.
  2. GameSpace
    May 30, 2018
    81
    Smoke and Sacrifice is a game that's worth your time and money. There's a lot of game here, and a lot of replayability, though the narrative loses its surprises after the first run. At the budget price of $25 USD, it's hard not to say yes to Smoke and Sacrifice. Some better choices could have been made with the UI and the save system, but overall SnS is just as good a survival RPG as Don't Starve, with a far more serious tone and story.
  3. TheSixthAxis
    May 30, 2018
    80
    A dark and twisted fantasy RPG which uses elements of survival games to great effect, Smoke and Sacrifice is a beautiful piece of indie software. Tonally and physically challenging, the artistry on display sets it apart from its peers, creating a foreboding world that’s well worth being drawn into.
  4. Eurogamer Italy
    May 31, 2018
    70
    Smoke and Sacrifice is a discreetly crafted survival-game, absolutely canonical in gameplay, enhanced by an intriguing storyline.
  5. Everyeye.it
    Aug 10, 2018
    70
    The title is, in fact, a more than discrete but a little too simple survival that, unfortunately, stumbles on a decidedly elementary control system and on a basic repetitiveness in the crafting and exploratory mechanics that, in the long run, can bore.
  6. Nintendojo
    Jun 7, 2018
    67
    Despite some of the aggravations, Smoke and Sacrifice is a fascinating entry into the Switch lineup, and is worth a look for players pining for a crafting-based action RPG on that system.
  7. GameCritics
    Jun 11, 2018
    40
    It’s a shame that such lovely art is paired with monotonous environments, a rudimentary story, and subpar combat and crafting elements. My advice? Smoke something else.

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  1. bl1rt
    Jan 3, 2019
    1
    Nightmarishly repetitive and unbalanced. Run through a plain map and kill the same two enemies a hundred times, and you're off to the nextNightmarishly repetitive and unbalanced. Run through a plain map and kill the same two enemies a hundred times, and you're off to the next plain map with two different enemy types. The enemies drop materials, for which you have to constantly make room in your inventory, even though almost all of them are useless - but you don't know which. The interesting, but ultimately unpleasant artwork fits the gaming experience.… Expand

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