Posted on: August 30, 2024
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The Thaumaturge
Description
The Thaumaturge is an isometric, story-rich RPG with a unique take on turn-based combat, character development features, and investigation mechanics, facing you with morally ambiguous choices – set in a world teeming with mysterious powers and strange ethereal beings called salutors.
The year is 1905. Warsaw lives under the yoke of imperial Russian tsardom. Its inhabitants constitute a diverse group of different ancestries, views, and beliefs with often conflicting interests: Russian soldiers, Jewish merchants, Polish townspeople, and more. Despite the circumstances, the city is a buzzing metropolis, where one can attend a breathtaking party with the high society, and later get robbed in one of the dark alleys of the Praga district. A city of great hopes and dreams on one hand and dark desires on the other.
A thaumaturge bears both a gift and a burden at the same time. This parallel holds true for Wiktor Szulski, the game’s titular protagonist, who is drawn back to the tumultuous streets of 20th-century Warsaw by family matters. The gift of thaumaturgy is intertwined with family legacy, passed down through one's ancestors. This mystical inheritance significantly shapes Wiktor’s life journey tied around a pursuit of unearthly entities and their hosts. As only a thaumaturge can tame these ethereal entities - known to a select few as salutors - utilizing their mystical abilities to discover secrets hidden within the human soul and speak to the Darkness, no one understands quite like Wiktor how everyone suffers their own demons.
Features:
- Shape your story – as a full-fledged RPG, it allows you to alternate your choices and make you deal with the aftermath.
- Develop your character – creating your own version of the thaumaturge will allow you to approach situations in different ways.
- Experience unique turn-based combat and defeat your foes using human attacks and skills as well as psychic strikes delivered by salutors.
- Influence and manipulate the temperaments of other characters to bend their will to your liking.
- Tame the power of salutors – use the unique set of their skills to gain an advantage while exploring the world and when bringing your adversaries to their knees.
- See the world that’s inevitably gone – explore the uncommon, heavily researched historic period of the early XX century Warsaw, where crime and luxury are often two sides of the same coin. Meet historical figures and learn about their involvement in the story.
- Created in Unreal Engine 5 to deliver a detailed & beautifully crafted world.
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Popular achievements
Chapter I. What Am I Doing Here?
Finish your business in the village and go to Warsaw.
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Chapter II. Stakes and Costs
Learn about a particular court secret.
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32.01%
Fast and Nervous
Win a skirmish in 6 rounds or less.
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Not So Fast
Delay or interrupt the actions of 50 enemies.
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41.26%
Factory of Pain
Inflict 1,001 damage to your enemies.
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35.3%
Complete Domination
Win a fight with full Health Points.
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41.11%
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26 h Main + Sides
41 h Completionist
26.5 h All Styles
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PC Gamer
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The Thaumaturge might be a bit light for RPG lovers, but it's a gorgeous, incisive look at a world long past.
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8/10
The Thaumaturge is a slow, text heavy caper that is often curious and sometimes captivating, weaving revolutionary labor politics and mysticism together to create a unique and charming piece of historical science fiction.
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8.5/10
The Thaumaturge is a touch underdeveloped and rough around the edges in some respects, but it delivers where it counts, serving up a unique, immersive world, affable cast of characters, and a satisfying amount of freedom to chart your own course. The Thaumaturge bodes well for the upcoming Fool's Theory remake of The Witcher, but it's no mere audition. This is a memorable RPG that casts a strong spell all its own.
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Posted on: September 4, 2024
guille3
Verified ownerGames: 38 Reviews: 5
Great title
The ambiance of the game is fantastic, the music especially and the mecanics are very enterteining. Very Polish in the best way possible. Recomended
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Posted on: October 17, 2024
DrAcid
Verified ownerGames: 155 Reviews: 3
Great adventure, overall 7.5/10
This game is a LOVE LETTER to Warsaw of early 20th century! Not quite an RPG, more like an interactive narrative-driven adventure. Lots to explore, every corner of Warsaw, people and activities. Pretty great fight system - not too challenging, but the buffs really require a level of strategy to win in most fights. And... my favorite part --> the game's opening is in GEORGIA (The country) <3 just loved it, got sold on the narrative and all. Especially, since we're there and struggling with occupying forces... The game shows a great perspective of most people towards Russian occupation.
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Posted on: July 22, 2024
ChrisMatters
Verified ownerGames: 317 Reviews: 9
Crashes, crashes, crashes......
TLDR. I recomend this game. I had fun despite rising frustration from crashes. THE GOOD: I really loved the story in the game. Game take place in interesting times and place not seen often in other titles. Music was great. Combat was fun with reasonable level of challenge. Characters were good. Location nicely detailed THE BAD: Game is unpolished. You cannot load game in the middle of cutscenes. You clip into some furnitures and wals. Autosave slightly useless as it saves when you are already locked in certain decisions. Clues system for quests make it easy to miss prior and miss best outcome THE UGLY: Frequent game crashes Antyvirus reports suspicious activity of TheThaumaturge-Win64-Shipping.exe (part of game files) PDB files in game folder? Really?
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Posted on: November 11, 2024
Thanri
Verified ownerGames: 14 Reviews: 1
Solid Game With An Interesting Premise!
I've enjoyed the time I've spent with The Thaumaturge so far. It has a very interesting narrative that will appeal to gamers that like exploration and investigation. There is a noticeable lack of polish in some of the animations, but that is to be expected from a non-AAA game, and it doesn't detract from the gameplay at all. No major bugs encountered so far. The combat is interesting, but can get a tad repetitive. If you're the type of gamer who enjoys historically immersive games or investigative/detective games, then definitely give this game a try!
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