The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Who are we? What dictates our lives? Nature or Nurture? On a philosophical level 'Sir Brante' can force you to look at the world around you in a different way. More jaded probably. It could also be said the game is a refelction of its developers' mindset. If so, don't invite them for dinner or introduce them to your suicidal friend. This is a grim game and there doesn't seem to be a way of living till the end without being a servant of some awful person or group. For many people in this world, that is a reality of their lives. The game itself is well designed graphically and has a good story to tell. The voice overs are well produced, the text well written - it behaves like a modular novel where you decide [almost] what happens next. You can choose to be an honest person, a scoundrel, a cruel person or some mix of them. Whatever you choose, you will get caught up in a revolt, and in that situation there are no good choices. When you do eventually die, you are asked to justify your life before the twins, another exercise in philosophy. Good points - 1 - Thought provoking 2 - Attention to detail 3 - Slow 4 - Auto save at the end of each year so you can pick up where you left off 5 - Very well written and planned out Bad points - 1 - Grim, with a capital GRRRRR It's a game that's worth playing for the mental stimulation, for the thought-provoking look on life. If you want fun, go elsewhere. If you want a story that will have you look at life differently, give it a go. If you want to try before you buy, there is a demo. It's not for everyone and it'll be a while before I have another go, but if you like your games to leave you pondering things, then this may be for you.

With decent replayability, it is easy to get inside your character. I would recommended to play without the feature that tell you effects in advance of your choices. As pointed out by earlier commenters, that lead to stat-optimization and break immersion. I played without it my two first games. My character died in both cases but choices made were much more consistent with an human being life.

Playing this game I was thrilled, and made great decisions, then i was bored, and made terrible, lazy decisions, that caused pain, death and distress to innocent people... I got tricked by apparently good characters, i died to protect my friends, discovering afterwards that they didn't even wanted it. I protected my family, to betray it just after, still being coherent... and trying to be faithful to myself i found out that I didn't develop the qualities needed to make a real change in the world I was living in.... When i died, i cried, and I don't cry playing videogames normally. So i guess it's 5 stars, and many, many more hours of exploring this incredible, brilliant game.

This game is like a book that you write choice by choice. I am almost done with my first playtrough and I can see how different my path can be and there are three main path to the game! I really can raccomend this game to anyone who is interested in story focused game. You can search on youtube for a video about this game on a channel called lack of entertainment. Please enjoy!

Excellent game, I have put many enjoyable hours into my characters. I have never played anything like this before . Art work is very stylish woodcut type. This game has graphic descriptions of violence as the society portrayed is brutal. You may not be able to make the choices you wish to take because your previous actions have put you on a limited path where choices you have may not be true to your goals. You have to spend time allocating stat points but that shows insight on the story and how it is told.