Swords and Adventures bills itself as “the fast-paced, addictive RPG you’ve been looking for.” Unfortunately, it is anything but. Well, it is fast-paced, but only in the sense of how fast you’ll die. You’ll die fast because the game is all dice rolls. You see, combat is rolling either a combat die or a magic die, Then hope for the best. Combat and magic has two stats, Combat and Magic respectively, then Combat Damage and Magic Damage. One I think deals with your chance to hit. The other is how much damage you do. when you do hit Oh and magic attacks are limited by MP, which needs to refilled at a temple. But it really doesn’t matter, as you’ll still die constantly. But I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s start at the top with Swords and Adventures.
You have three classes to chose from in Swords and Adventures. Barbarian, Elf and Wizard. Barbarian focuses on the combat stat, Elf both, Wizard focuses on the magic stat. You then travel through one of three areas facing monsters. If you win you get gold, XP, and an artifact occasionally. If you die, your gold and artifacts are taken from you. There’s a town, with five places, The inn restores health. The temple restores MP. FIghing School raises a stat for gold. The shop sells artifacts. Finally, the square has quests for you.
The downfall of Swords and Adventures is the “combat.” There’s no explanation for how any of it works. If you enemy throws a 1, and you throw a 1, sometimes you’ll draw, sometimes you won’t. I think it has to do with the base stat, but I’m not sure. Either way, its not fun. There’s no game play here. Just roll the dice and pray. Real RPGs have stories and options to make things interesting. This game has neither. It’s a mix of frustrating and boring, not a good combination. It is therefore getting a Not Recommended with a 4 back-end score. Swords and Adventures is a complete game, but it is broken to the very core. How anyone though this is fun, is anyone’s guess. Not recommended with a four back-end score.
Overall: Swords and Adventures is a rogue-like RPG that is absolutely no fun to play at all. Skip!
Verdict: Not Recommended
| Release Date | 2/15/23 |
| Cost | $6.50 |
| Publisher | 4way Studio |
| ESRB Rating | E |
P.S. For some reason, I feel like posting a decent game called Dark Dungeon Warrior!
