Choice of Life: Middle Ages
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
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Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Reigns is a choices matter, medieval and card game game
developed by Nerial
and published by Devolver Digital.
Released on August 11th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 7,919 reviews of which 6,917 were positive and 1,002 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.26€ on Eneba.
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I've always been a fan of Choose Your Own Adventure books growing up, and this game successfully scratches that long lost itch in spades. If you enjoy text-based adventures, a simple but unique jagged, paper-esque artstyle, finding brutal, outrageous ways to meet your medieval demise, or simply wish to replace doomscrolling with side-scrolling, this is the game to stick with. And besides, it's less than $5!
Reigns is what happens when Tinder, medieval politics and an extremely unsafe workplace join forces. You play as a succession of kings who must respond to every royal problem by swiping a card left or right. Each decision affects the Church, the people, the army and the treasury. Allow any one of them to become too weak or too powerful and your reign ends—usually violently, embarrassingly or both. It sounds almost too simple, but there is considerably more hiding beneath the oversized cards and minimalist artwork. The good: -- The basic idea is excellent. Every problem has only two possible answers, but you are rarely given enough information to predict all the consequences. Helping the peasants might empty your treasury. Supporting the army might annoy the Church. Refusing to pet a dog might initiate a chain of events that reshapes the kingdom. Standard monarchy stuff. -- It is very easy to learn. There are no complicated controls, enormous technology trees or forty-minute tutorials explaining grain production. You read a card, consider the likely consequences and swipe. -- The writing is consistently funny. Reigns does not take its medieval setting too seriously. Advisors, priests, generals, doctors, animals and assorted lunatics regularly appear with strange requests. The humor is usually brief and understated, which suits a game built around conversations lasting only a few sentences. -- Failure is part of the entertainment. Death is not really a punishment. Each dead monarch is replaced by another, while previously triggered events, discovered characters and unlocked cards remain part of the larger story. Some reigns last decades. Others end after a few years because you accidentally gave either the army or the clergy enough power to remove you. -- There is more progression than initially appears. New cards, characters, objectives and storylines gradually enter the deck. Completing royal challenges opens additional possibilities, so the game is not merely an endless sequence of unrelated random questions. -- The presentation is simple but effective. The artwork is clean, distinctive and immediately readable. It looks like a mobile game because that is clearly part of its design, but it is a polished and attractive one. -- It works well in short sessions. You can play for ten minutes, ruin the lives of several thousand fictional citizens and leave feeling productive. It is particularly suitable for those moments when you want to play something but do not want to remember seventeen keyboard shortcuts and the diplomatic situation of Eastern Europe. The bad: -- The decisions can be deliberately vague. The game indicates which groups will be affected, but not always whether their meters will rise or fall, nor by how much. This creates tension early on, but it can also make some deaths feel arbitrary rather than deserved. -- Repetition eventually becomes noticeable. You will encounter familiar cards during later reigns. New content continues to appear, but not quickly enough to prevent stretches in which you are swiping through situations you have already seen several times. -- Memory gradually replaces strategy. At first, you make decisions by interpreting the request and considering the political consequences. Later, you often choose an answer because you remember that the other one caused your head to become detached from the rest of your administrative apparatus. -- Balancing the four meters can feel restrictive. Sometimes the most interesting or funniest answer is obviously dangerous, so you select the boring option simply because the treasury is nearly empty. That is arguably the entire point of ruling a kingdom, but it can still limit experimentation. -- Completion requires patience. Reaching the main conclusion and unlocking most of the content involves repeating many reigns, meeting particular characters and triggering specific event chains. Players who only want a few casual runs will probably enjoy themselves. Players determined to see everything may eventually begin treating medieval government like spreadsheet management. Overall: Reigns takes one extremely simple mechanic and stretches it much further than expected. It is clever, funny and surprisingly addictive, even though repetition and occasionally unclear consequences prevent it from remaining equally enjoyable forever. Best played in smaller sessions rather than during one enormous royal marathon. Recommended for: -- Fans of choice-driven games -- Achievement hunters with some patience -- People who enjoy dark humor -- Aspiring monarchs who consider “not being executed this year” a successful political platform Not recommended for: -- Players looking for deep traditional strategy -- Anyone who needs every consequence explained in advance -- Kings with an intense fear of being overthrown by chickens, priests or their own treasury Final verdict: Recommended. A smart little game about maintaining political balance, uncovering strange storylines and discovering approximately how many different ways one man can die while wearing a crown.
Very hard for me to give a positive score to this one but I'll tell you this - it may look quite enticing to play through this game in one or a couple of sittings, but please take your time with Reigns. Otherwise, the repetitiveness and RNG-induced frustration will kill you, trust me. Especially the latter. That being said, some things I enjoyed: - The black and absurd humor - Game rewarding you with new events, characters and cards from time to time, for that sweet dopamine hit - Ways of dying being one of the collectables and mechanics of this game (still haven't figured them all out) - The simplicity of it all: it's either swiping left or right to choose your action and move on with the story If you're ready for a game that will do everything in its power to discourage you from going forward due to intentionally bad and absurd RNG (think Darkest Dungeon but you can see it from a mile away and there's absolutely nothing you can do to prevent it), then go for it.
"Would you reign this kingdom for me?" - asked Jeremy Foreskin and I listened. Reigns is a fun small indie title where your decisions impact your country. You have to maintain positive relations with four factions but not too much as they'll hug you to death (just like Michael Jackson's doctor). I enjoyed the gameplay, graphics, music and some of the jokes. It's fun and short, check it out :)
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Reigns is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
No, Reigns is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Reigns received 6,917 positive votes out of a total of 7,919 achieving a rating of 8.48.
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Reigns was developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital.
Yes, Reigns is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Reigns is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Reigns is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Reigns is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Reigns is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Reigns does not support VR.
Reigns is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for Reigns. Explore additional content available for Reigns on Steam.
No, Reigns does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Reigns does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Reigns is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Nerial
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Devolver Digital
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11 Aug 2016
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