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The Thaumaturge
Released On: Mar 4, 2024
74
7.5
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 59 Critic Reviews
74
63% Positive
37 Reviews
37 Reviews
32% Mixed
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 59 Critic Reviews
74
63% Positive
37 Reviews
37 Reviews
32% Mixed
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The Thaumaturge's gritty, demon-taming take on the monster collecting genre is a welcome twist. Taking place in 1905 Poland, there is certainly some language and actions in the game that can feel uncomfortable, but it all works with the overarching theme of struggling with mental health and personal flaws. Despite the sensitive nature of the story, Fool's Theory does well to not over sensationalize traumatic story beats. Gameplay is simple and engaging, and the combat is easy to learn but can be challenging on higher difficulties.
The Thaumaturge, with its unique setting that combines Slavic folklore with a largely unexplored time in world history, is a title that oozes character. It's certainly not without its flaws, but as far as AA titles go this one is as solid as they come.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 46 User Ratings
7.5
70% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
15% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
15% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 46 User Ratings
7.5
70% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
15% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
15% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
A good narrative, true grey decissions that make you keep thinking what will you say, a world full of life and a lot to do and explore... and the salutors are a great fresh air
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The Thaumaturge successfully delivers a weird and surprising RPG that is filled to the brim with narrative. Whether you’re chasing down demons, or manipulating the minds of the socially elite, you’ll feel the power of the Thaumaturge. With its complex turn-based combat and choice consequence system, there are plenty of opportunities for replayability.
The Thaumaturge presents a fantastical look into history and allows players to take the wheel. With supernatural creatures, investigations spanning whole neighborhoods, and solid voice acting, there’s a lot to enjoy. It doesn’t get everything right, but it does provide enough depth and creativity to take the journey once or twice.
Only for story fans: The dark role-playing game scores with its strong setting and a decent plot. However, exploration and combat wear out quickly, and a lot of potential is wasted in detective work.
Lurking behind a dated exterior is a limited but sophisticated RPG with a unique setting and some memorable new ideas.
The Thaumaturge is another example of a game whose developers had a good concept in hand, but failed to bring it to fruition. Diving into the world of semi-alternative Russian Empire and Polish nationalists turned out to be an entertaining (albeit specific) experience, which was spoiled by unsuccessful implementation of progression and battles, as well as poor work with Unreal Engine 5.
Played it only for a few hours, but the game is mesmerizing, and it's finally slow paced and not giving You the annoying options of modern games where You can do everything from the get-go, which is annoying to figure out, mainly if You're older like me [40yo]. I like characters, dubbing, sounds, effects, the animations are a bit on the low-cost side, but who gives. It's a good game, could use HDR and RayTracing though.
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A relaxing mystery to solve, with great graphics and light combat. Most of the game is experiencing the setting that is rare in gaming, 1900ish Eastern Europe with Eastern European mythology. The game provides a break from typical fantasy settings, yet has an interesting mythology to experience. Great graphics, very good voicing. Not too hard, can be played as a relaxing game.
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A story-driven RPG set in 1905 Warsaw, Poland with interesting turn based combat. While i liked the setting the bad voice acting took me out of the game multiple times. The combat is interesting but once you found your favorite skills none of the fights become so difficult that you would have to change them ever. Overall enjoyable but also forgettable.
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(MY SCORE : 7.9 /10) Quite an exciting Isometric Story-Driven RPG game! With a unique combat system, namely Turn-Based, where we can also use some of the Salutors we get to help us overcome our opponents!This game is set in early 20th century Poland, when Poland was controlled by the Russian Empire, and we play as Wiktor Szulski, a thaumaturge who returns to the city of Warsaw to investigate the mysterious death of his father, Stanislaw **** a thaumaturge, Szulski is able to read traces of emotion in objects and explore the souls and mental weaknesses of people who interact with him. He is also able to recognize "Salutors", metaphysical creatures attached to a person. Szulski himself was accompanied by a Salutor named Upyr. As he explores his family's past and carries out investigations, Szulski is drawn into various plots involving the future of Warsaw. Where he met Grigori Rasputin, a socialist rebel in the city, who was about to rebel against the Russian Tsar, Nicholas II **** finish this game we have to go through Prologue + 3 ACT + Epilogue.
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Summary The Thaumaturge is an isometric, story-rich RPG with a unique take on turn-based combat, character development features, and investigation mechanics, facing you with morally ambiguous choices set in a world teeming with mysterious powers and strange ethereal beings called Salutors. The year is 1905. Warsaw lives under the yoke of impe...
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X
Initial Release Date: Mar 4, 2024
Developer:
- Fool's Theory
Publisher: 11 bit studios
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