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Dustborn

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1.7

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Dustborn
Description
Dustborn is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure game about hope, love, friendships, robots…and the power of words. You play Pax: exile, con-artist, Anomal — with the ability to weaponize language. Looking for a new life and a way out, Pax has been hired to transport an important pa...
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1.7/5

( 56 Reviews )

1.7

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2024, Red Thread Games, ...
System requirements
Windows 10 (64-bit), Intel Core i5 5th generation or equivalent, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 2...
DLCs
Dustborn (Original Game Soundtrack), Dustborn - The Vision Tour Bundle
Time to beat
16.5 hMain
18.5 h Main + Sides
21 h Completionist
18 h All Styles
Description


Dustborn is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure game about hope, love, friendships, robots…and the power of words.

You play Pax: exile, con-artist, Anomal — with the ability to weaponize language. Looking for a new life and a way out, Pax has been hired to transport an important package from Pacifica to Nova Scotia, across the Justice-controlled American Republic. Sounds like a legit reason for a road-trip, right?

So pack your bags, assemble a crew with their own peculiar powers, and get ready to travel the country!

Explore the stunning Neo-Western landscapes of an alternate history America on a robot-driven tour bus, and stop at a dozen locations along the road to build your crew, manage relationships, complete missions, and face increasingly difficult challenges. But the people you stole the package from want it back, and the authoritarian Justice is hot on your heels, so don’t forget to pack your baseball bat!

(And, oh yeah, you’re travelling undercover as a punk-rock band, so you’ll definitely need to brush up on your musical skills before your next gig.)

At the end of the road lies salvation…but to get there, you’ll need to cross an entire continent.

THE POWER OF WORDS


Words have power. Like, actual power. Fight with Shouts and use Vox in conversations to manipulate people and talk your way out of hairy situations. Craft new words, and learn to wield a lingual arsenal against enemies...and friends.

A ROAD TRIP ACROSS A DIVIDED CONTINENT



On the road across an alternate history America, you’ll stop at iconic locations, take on unexpected assignments, meet a colorful cast of characters, enlist new crew members, and evade (or fight) your pursuers. See beautiful sights along the highway, rendered in a colorful graphic-novel-inspired art style that brings stunning 2D illustrations to 3D life.

A DIVERSE CAST OF CHARACTERS



Your crew is your (found) family. Round up, manage and lean on a motley mob of misfits with peculiar powers, compelling stories and clashing personalities. Branching dialogues lead to choices that shape relationships and change how your crew feels about themselves and others.

GAMEPLAY AS VARIED AS THE LANDSCAPE


In each location you’ll explore, investigate and chat with the people you meet, use the crew to overcome challenges, craft new Shouts and Vox, and rehearse with your band. You might also find yourself throwing Molotov cocktails from a motorbike, swing a baseball bat to take down helicopters…and more. You know, just normal everyday stuff.

Dustborn © 2024 Red Thread Games AS. All rights reserved. Published by Quantic Dream. Dustborn, Red Thread Games and the Red Thread Games logo are trademarks of Red Thread Games AS. Quantic Dream and Quantic Dream logos are trademarks of Quantic Dream S.A.S. All rights reserved.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
16.5 hMain
18.5 h Main + Sides
21 h Completionist
18 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
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Size:
14.8 GB

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Critics reviews
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Top Critic Average
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Posted on: January 6, 2025

johnfrye1963

Games: 2 Reviews: 2

Horrible game with a forced message

Skip this piece of crap!!


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Posted on: January 3, 2025

Jezebel1988

Games: 248 Reviews: 100

WOKE - The game

You play as 4 characters, that fight the Law Enforcement of a fictional totalitarian United States by bullying them (no, it's not a joke) and using "the power of words". "Deep" dialogues include lines like the classic "You are racists!". Oh yeah, one character can jump in the air and land on her butt to knock "enemies" over (not a joke). In a nutshell, this is a game that promotes toxicity and hatred towards anyone who doesn't think woke.


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Posted on: February 2, 2025

Mortarah

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Games: 452 Reviews: 62

A Play on Words

It's an interesting story-heavy game that's a bit different from the well-known Telltale formula - mostly that your choices not only affect people but also shape their way going forward (and you can collect gifts whilst walking around which you can then gift to companions for expanded dialogue options). Speaking of, the game introduces a colourful cast of characters - which are (with their relationships) the core of the game. You get to play a protagonist that starts of as an abusive person (mostly because their word powers are about enhancing negative feelings) but you get plenty of chance to improve on that (even though most options allow you to be mean). The most fun part is that often being quiet (or at least wait) is the better choice (though there are cases where you're forced to use powers). Some dialogues are a bit cringey, but most of the interactions are well produced. If only spoken and written text were not so unmatched, and that there were less cutoffs... The visual direction is great, and the story is also saved/recapped in a comic form, interestingly enough (though some decisions didn't seem to reflect correctly - which did bother me greatly.) Also the word power names might be a bit... on the nose? The combat, while being intuitive with its use of word powers and combos, feels unresponsive and somehow unsatisfying. And all the character quips are terrible, not gonna lie (especially when they get interrupted and restarted constantly.) Now for the other main actor here - the music gameplay. The rhythm-game mechanics are really well made with a nice design and positioning. The songwriting part is also a cool touch. I just wish that there were music/band differences with more members on the team (and maybe more songs). I mostly enjoyed the basslines - at least of the latter few songs (but don't ask me about lyrics because my brain just decides to muddle them with the music.) All-in-all a good game that could've been great were it properly cooked.


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Posted on: January 12, 2025

PiLam1

Games: 41 Reviews: 1

Worst game ever made!

A videogame made for very unhappy people. Its nasty and even "racist" at times.


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Posted on: January 18, 2025

Feerbosh

Games: 12 Reviews: 1

This shouldn't be anywhere let alone GOG

Contents of this game are objectively harmful, as they intice behaviours universally understood by psychology as having very strong negative impact.


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