Heartbound
Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.
Heartbound is a story rich, rpg and adventure game
developed and published by Pirate Software.
Released on December 24th 2018 is available on Windows and Linux
in 6 languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Russian, Spanish - Latin America and Japanese.
It has received 2,341 reviews of which 2,199 were positive and 142 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 7.80€ on Steam and has a 20% discount.
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Requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- Processor: 1.2Ghz+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512MB
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: This game is locked to 60 frames per second.
Linux
- Processor: 1.2Ghz+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512MB
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: This game is locked to 60 frames per second.
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Found this because I saw all the youtube shorts and videos, I'm not normally a big scroller/story game person but it looked like a lot of love and passion had been put into this game, so I thought I'd give it a shot. From the start of the game that love and passion was clear, however I just couldn't get immersed in the story. For anyone who is not normally the kind of 'lots of text' game enjoyer like me, I think you'll struggle to get into this. For people who like the lots of story telling they'll absolutely love it. I also found due to the game being such a small dev team the script writing/jokes are very heavy to one personality so if you don't like the way the story telling is conveyed/ a lot of puns you won't enjoy it. I believe this is the issue I had more than the mass of words issue, I just don't connect with lots of needless puns and they way the story is told, but that's just specific to me. Play the demo and you'll quickly realise whether you like it or not. I feel like if they made a second game and worked on their script writing it would go a long way having that experience. I also very much recommend trying the game at least to help fund a game developer who does care about their players and that needs to be appreciated more than what Triple A games have been doing lately with buggy and poor storytelling games.
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The guy who developed this game is a java programmer but he's a decent lad. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jokes aside, this a really fun and sensible game to play, made me teary eyed some times and in other I actually cried. The take on the turn based battle is also really good, even though we don't see much of it (I'm still at the Tower, 'tho) If you bought this game because of how awesome Thor is and his enlightening opinions and advices over on Twitch and on shorts, don't forget to play it. Might not be your favorite genre or might not tackle on your opinion of what's a good story but man, this is a gem of a game.
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After having Thor's face shoved daily in my Youtube Shorts clips and really liking what he says in those I decided to give his game a go. Having saying that initially I wasn't aware it was Early Access, I thought he was doing bugfixes on streams but I was wrong, he was actively developing the game. Having said that, I want to be clear: THIS GAME IS NOT FINISHED IS IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT (DAILY). From what I checked in the gameplay videos, The First Chapter has been completed 5 years ago, The Second Chapter has been expanded and it's quite good but still incomplete, and the 3rd Chapter is not even started, it is just a 2-minute intro to it. So long way to go. I am not a game dev and have no clue about it, but 5 years in development I would have expected for a short intended game that it would have been in a higher state of development. I do not watch Thor's streams, but I generally like what he is saying, I am not really in the know of the game's progress, but I wanted to give it a go due to the low price, and gameplay theme, and support the guy making it. I have to highlight the fact, that while looking initially very direct, the game has a lot of variety and small dialogues that impact the situation and even the final game outcome. This requires attentive planning and a lot of work to be sure that everything looks right. And there are situations where the players won't even ever see the work behind that. The combat moments are cool implemented in an Undertale Mechanic Way, and one of the fights is a dialogue fight that reflects your game choices. So those matter. It's worth giving it a go and seeing what is all about and if you want to help Thor, but I am sad that is not complete. I have to state from the looks of it that there is still a long way to go, so if you expect it to be a full game, it's not. If you are off-put by paying 10E for an Early Access game, do not buy it then. Get it when it is fully fleshed. I won't lie, I am also disappointed that I did not get to fully experience the game as I was drawn into it, and not having the conclusion of it, having to wait, and most likely forgetting mostly everything about the game by the time it is completed it sucks. But I am willing to give it another go in the future once is 100% done. *Huge piece of advice - You can try the demo and see if its aesthetic, gameplay and dialogue are for you.* Having said that, what is in the game feels well though, and qualitative. It's a game about life, having great general bits of advice but also quirky old-man humor which he does in the streams/shorts. I cannot go much into the game as it has to be experienced to understand it but it is a game made in Gamer Maker, having graphics similar to StarDew Valley and many of this RPG Maker look alike. The gameplay, tone, and delivery are similar to Undertale but also have brighter, happier levels. Having said that the game isn't super intuitive. There were moments when I didn't know what to do, or where to go. So it is not for everyone. Moments where I got stuck or my brain did not work* - Not knowing that I have to roll the logs to clear the path in the prologue. I just got the axe and I thought I had to chop them. I was looking for the keybind. I tried to push it to make it inclined. Accidentally discovered how to clear it. I got stuck in the datapad level. I wanted to clear it successfully, and I know I could push 7 times and just finish it, but one of the numbers, for me, the "40-Love" was impossible to ever figure out, even after reading the explication on it. The second level, the second chapter is so much better in indicating where to go, having paths cleared and opened when reaching a certain threshold. The second chapter is generally such a much better game in terms of player choices, graphics, and settings. I love the save system and how it works. Many Save Points and are easy to load and save. But, I would have loved different save/load slots for different choices/achievement hunting and a QUIT button. Not ALT F4. I like how fast can you get back in the game even after alt f4-ing. Having no save/load system might be also a game's design decision where it teaches you to live with your decisions, not sure about that. BUT... again... I would love a save-load slot system at least after you complete the game.
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The Goblin Lord convinced me to buy this game using his majestic voice like a siren to a sailor... im still waiting for him to Bok my Choy too. New edit : (He didn't actually tell me or forced me to buy the game or anything it's just a joke. I bought the game because I was genuinely interested in it and the game so far has been a blast. It's fantastic! Thor really put his heart and soul into this game and made such a masterpiece. I thank you for this. I really want to see this game get finished and play the entirety of it because this game already holds a special place in my heart.)
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Anyone who has been exposed to Youtube Shorts recently has probably seen the meteoric rise of popularity that PirateSoftware's clips (and streams) had, and with good reason. Thor is just that kind of person that has worked hard to get to the place he deserves, and I'm glad he's finding success more and more by the day, he has certainly been an inspiration to me to try out and tap into my creative ideas after not doing so for a long while But does the success of his media channels translate well into his game? So far, yeah! It's hard to have a strong opinion on it right now, since it's still on early access which means the main focus of it, which is the story, probably hasn't showed half of its best cards yet, but the one it has shown so far, are looking very good and are very, very charming. So keep your eyes peeled for this one when its completed And if you aren't sure if this game would be for you, you can always buy the demo, though that might leave you financially broke, consider yourself warned
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Online players
6
Developer
Pirate Software
Publisher
Pirate Software
Release
24 Dec 2018
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