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Bound By Flame

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure

Space needed: About 2.6 GB
Time to beat: about 19 hours
Plays offline: Yes

Overview

Bound by Flame is a 2014 action role-playing game developed by Spiders and published by Focus Home Interactive. Bound by Flame puts the player in the role of a victim of demonic possession who must choose between the evil powers that are offered or rejecting them in favor of developing heroic talents.

Bound by Flame lets the players customize their character. During the creation of their hero, players will be able choose their gender and then choose from three pre-made models.

The story takes place in the fictional land of Vertiel during a war between the Elves and Red Scribes against an assembly of immortal necromancers known as the Ice Lords and their undead empire, the Frozen Shadows. The player character is an unnamed mercenary known only by their pseudonym; Vulcan. They are a demolition specialist in service to the illustrious sellsword company, the Freeborn Blades. Vulcan is a mysterious person whose past is largely forgotten by them. The Freeborn Blades are under the employment of the Red Scribes in their attempt to hold back the army of undead in service to the Ice Lords.

Bound by Flame received mixed reviews. It was criticized for its lack of deeper character development, relationship building with party members, poor AI system, short length, and poor combat that gives the game an unnecessary difficulty. Excessive and inappropriate swearing and profanity to give the game an artificial edge as well as out of place jokes and misplaced dialogue and information have also been cited. Kevin VanOrd of GameSpot stated that there are several questionable design choices such as when "you're asked to enter a name for your character, a name that is then summarily ignored by the game's supporting cast...