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The First Templar - Special Edition

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3.6

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The First Templar - Special Edition
Description
The First Templar follows the story of two main characters – a French Templar, and his companion, a noble lady who has been proclaimed a heretic. Taking control over these two unlikely allies, the player must uncover the mysteries behind the Templar Order, play a role in a grand conspiracy, and disc...
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3.6/5

( 92 Reviews )

3.6

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Product details
2011, Haemimont Games, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows 7/8/10, 2 GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, Direct 9.0c compatible graphics card with 256 MB, Version...
Time to beat
10 hMain
13.5 h Main + Sides
19 h Completionist
13.5 h All Styles
Description
The First Templar follows the story of two main characters – a French Templar, and his companion, a noble lady who has been proclaimed a heretic. Taking control over these two unlikely allies, the player must uncover the mysteries behind the Templar Order, play a role in a grand conspiracy, and discover the secret of the Holy Grail. The heroes face powerful opponents at every turn, including Sacracen, King Philip the IV of France and the Inquisition.

The First Templar features both single player and co-op modes. When playing solo, the player can switch between the two characters, leaving the control of the second hero to the game’s AI. At any moment a second player can join in and take control of the AI-controlled hero.

Key Features

  • Expansive Historical Game World: Return to the 13th century, where European culture is on the brink of collapse. 20 historically accurate locations from around Europe have been recreated for the player to explore
  • One player - Multiple Roles: Instantly swap between playable characters, focusing on the best skills for the job. Drop in/out cooperative play allows a friend to help out!
  • Fast Paced Action-Based Play: Unlock furious combos to unleash upon waves of challenging opponents
  • RPG-inspired Character Development: Each character has unique abilities and skill trees, which players develop as they explore the game world
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manual (EN) manual (FR) manual (DE)
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The First Templar - Special Edition supports local co-op play.

The First Templar - Special Edition supports local co-op play.

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
10 hMain
13.5 h Main + Sides
19 h Completionist
13.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2011-05-12T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
4.3 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Violence, Blood, Mild Language)

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Posted on: December 25, 2024

angry.squirrel

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Games: 297 Reviews: 4

Abysmal in every way

Buggy game with terribly clunky controls (calling it clunky is an insult to actually clunky games). Atrocious writing even by video game standards, highly repetitive core gameplay loop and generally awful brain-dead design. Combat feature only minimum amount of variation, there are some combos available, most of them fairly useless - combat is basically using standard attack with some power attacks thrown in to destroy shield or knock down enemies with occasional block or roll-dodge. Enemies are quite spongy with elite enemies ignoring you attack and simply hitting you through your combos, which may not be so terrible, however you are always outnumbered and controls are way too unresponsive for such an enemy design to be engaging. If you get knocked-down mid movement and do not immediately release movement button you start rolling on the floor and that cannot be cancelled and enemies will hit you. TO get you have to button-mash LBM. Some move or combinations are not cancellable in certain situations and cancellable in others, combine that with need to be able to play three characters with reasonable skill and it becomes very tedious with no payoff. Now encounter design is basically non existent, you are almost always outnumbered, which sadly leads to prioritizing any skill that help you attack multiple enemies at once, as they are simply better further reducing any player choice in building a character you way (unless you like pointlessly gimping yourself). Level design does not exist, everything is a corridor with occasional fork in the road. Story telling is insulting and horrible even by already low video game standards. Like tortured prisoner allowed to keep her weapons and by immediately ready to kick ass despite being 50kg woman. Yeah I know it's cliche present in many games, it's still terrible. Game's also quite historically inaccurate, what a shock. This game is not worth you time even for free. You should be payed to play this junk.


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Edited on: October 29, 2025

Posted on: October 29, 2025

JMayer70

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Games: 504 Reviews: 202

Boring

Reminds me of The Witcher series, but much buggier, emptier and well, boring. And well done "nabetsedeauirs", "urgotbikini" and "rosieposie" for some of the crassest examples of "Steam quality trash reviews" I've seen on GOG yet. Urgotbikini is right about "God is power God is love" (depends which God).... so he's getting a posrep now!


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Posted on: July 4, 2024

Ezplorer

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Games: 41 Reviews: 4

Thanks!

Pretty solid title. Thanks for sharing this game in the giveaway.


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Posted on: July 4, 2024

Burger Kang

Verified owner

Games: 821 Reviews: 4

Finally!

After having watched "The Last Templar" years ago and being totally lost and confused by the subject matter, I am really looking forward to to playing this and finding out what these Templar dudes were all about. Thanks for making this possible GOG!


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Posted on: July 3, 2024

Pohahonta5

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Games: 1 Reviews: 1

I hate it when you can't play co-op!

Why is this tagged "Multiplayer" when you can't access the "Multiplayer".


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