The First Templar

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A Common Game, like an assasins creed

The First Temple is a very intriguing game that comes from the Bulgarian study Haemimont Games, also known for his work on more strategic games like Tropico Imperium Romanum or 3.

Is set during the First Crusade and focuses on the Knights Templar, but also the game is also treading on territory already explored by the famous saga of Ubisoft Assassin's Creed, so he has a difficult job on their way to success.

Therefore, The First Got Templar offer the best action adventure genre still has a long way to go? Find out.

History

The First Temple is set during the First Crusade and the Knights Templar shows and are starting to get weaker and weaker ties with the church because of the emergence of an influential Inquisition and many other problems of the Middle East.

Although this environment has already been explored by the franchise to Ubisoft Assassin's Creed, in which the murderers had to stop the Templars controlled the world, this new game features the Templars as the good guys.

The main character is a young knight named Celia, who uncovers a vast conspiracy within the Church and try to find the mythical Holy Grail.

During his travels throughout Europe and the Middle East will partner with different characters, from brothers to a girl Templars accused by the Inquisition for practicing witchcraft.

While some parts of the story are very close, The First Templar is able to offer a good story with many surprises that will keep players entertained during his campaign for 9 / 10 hours, depending on what is done or explore in the game.

Gameplay

The First Templar has no gameplay too different from the genre "hack and slash," while at the same time providing some elements of Assassin's Creed and other games, because you can use swords, shields and daggers to kill the murderers through attacks chained or special tricks.

When you fight, you can make a very powerful movement that will leave your opponent vulnerable to further attacks by your comrades.

The gaming experience is essentially cooperative, so that Celia will always have a companion at his side. Players can go through as one of the two when they want in order to combine the two different attacks to defeat the toughest enemies.

Unfortunately, unless you play with a partner or even a stranger, you'll be disappointed to see that the computer-controlled comrades will come to be easily damaged, so you have to take a look from time to time in their lives but you should not forget about your health.

If you are injured, as there is any chance to regenerate health, have to withdraw from the fight and return to the nearest tree with fruit or the nearest water source to gather life-force. If the partner falls, you must go to him, and if you have enough energy you can restore your health.

You can update your skills in a special display with talents and abilities in a cross of the Knights Templar, which is divided into four parts, to increase stamina or health, one to improve resilience, while the other two parts focus on various types of attacks.

Each character has his own cross of skills and experience so that you can unlock many special abilities for the world and use them as best you into the story.

You can also increase your skill levels of the game exploring and discovering pieces of cloth, which allow you to complete outfits that include certain benefits in combat. Some even hide special weapons such as swords or shields.

As you go through each level to try to meet the objectives of the history, the game also adds additional challenges, such as helping to NPCs, finding things or rescue others.

A pleasant surprise is that The First Templar open levels are quite large and allow you to explore without a lot of invisible walls, so your route is not too well defined. Unfortunately, the mini-map on the top left corner does not show you what's in your environment, but it just shows you you, your partner and the position of your goals. This surely recoil at some levels are too vague because it does not know if your target is behind a wall or is hidden under your position.

During the game some sudden blockage can occur, which has happened to us when trying to play it in Ultra Quality mode, despite having a very powerful PC. Blockages are more common when traversing a map, so that the transmission of map elements may have been more direct to hide these transitions.

Just like in Assassin's Creed, the game also has a mechanism of camouflage by which the game's characters try to avoid attracting the attention of many enemies through stealth. Apart from the graceful posture, mechanics camouflage works well in some cases, but most times it is very annoying because you have to do to progress. You have many options during times of camouflage, as it is trial and error, and need to go undercover and eliminate enemies until the game decides that you can use your normal attacks again.

Graphics and audio

In terms of graphics, The First Templar could not aspire to the status of game Triple-A, because the graphics do not have too much quality in some cases. The animations are fluent in the gameplay or combat, but during the cinematic characters look very bad. Graphics are good overall, but much lower compared to other games this year.

With regard to the sound, the game has a good soundtrack, but the voices had to be more prepared. Though the voices are generally good, the dialogues are not up to par, and no change of tone or express any emotion.

There are some speeches given by Celia are not bad, but they are few and large distances between them.

Conclusion

Overall, The First Temple is a pretty decent game, but it conveys the feeling that there are certain aspects that should be improved, including graphics, code or dialogue of the game, though it is still a good action / adventure.

While not the murderer of Assassin's Creed, The First Templar certainly entertain the players, especially if you have friends to play with and explore its interesting history.

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Good fun unknown Gem.....

I bought this not expecting much when it was on sale and I was pleasantly surprised at how fun it was. The combat is very enjoyable with alot of different moves and animations which you unlock with loot on a skill tree. The combat isn't hack and slash in the sense you cant go charging in there pressing the same buttons going crazy not getting hit, the a.i. will hit you and they will do alot of damage they aren't totally useless. You will need to parry, block, dodge, reverse and think about your attacks for different enemies and learn the patterns of the different enemies. Great fun co-op which I highly recommend doing as the A.I. bot really isn't upto much keeps dying but its a good job you can keep reviving him or her. Its a decently sized game as well 20 Chapters at 20 different locations, me and my m8 played it through on hard and it took us around 15hrs. Theres some fun puzzles and Indianna Jones like Temples where you have to avoid all kinds of traps and obstacles which was a good change up in gameplay. The graphics look good on high settings nothing ground breaking but good enough, the animations for executions kills are good but the voice acting in the cut scenes will make you cringe however the story of the game is decent enough. Basically well worth checking out this game if your on the fence whether or not to.

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Like Dante

This game can't help but remind me of Dante's Inferno. It's gameplay and feeling feels so similar yet so distant. Mainly because of the horrible dialogue and horrible level design. Combat feels smooth and ongoing just like Dante's infenro. But the level design..is really just bland. It's not very memorable and unique to fight in. I just didn't get the vibe that other games give me. Anyway..the AI in this game varies. i don't understand why can't all your enemies can't just rush forward and kill together. It always has to be a 1v1 huh? Your companion ai is bad. Play with a friend. The companion ai does nothing but the most simple things. Sometimes it'll neglect your health and let you die. Other times it'll simply die reaching you. Visual quality is good and bad at the same time. You'll find that it's average with it's cons and pros. Look at the texture quality and fx quality and you'll see what I mean. anyway..an okay good if its for an okay price.

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Nothing special

The First Templar is basically an hack’n’slash, but it has also a very small GDR component: finding hidden objects around the map or gaining experience in combat, you will unlock equipments, life, strength or weapons. In the game there are also small puzzle game, but really basic, like "unlock the door" or "lower that bridge". The gameplay behind the game puts us in control of two characters at a time. I recommend to play with a friend, since the AI of the partner isn’t the highest level, in fact, will happen several times that he will die in idiotic ways possible. But luckily, there will not be gameover until we will not be both killed. The different types of enemies, will force us to implement different tactics to knock them down. Colored icons will warn us about the blow launched by the enemy, so we will have the time to shield or dodge it.The graphics, considering that the game was released about a month, it is ugly. The effects, like fire or smoke, are ridiculous. There are some beautiful environments, but it is not surprising that much. Not even for the music the game shines. The story behind the game is fascinating and full of surprises, we must find the Holy Grail during the Crusades. So, if you don’t look for the graphics at all costs, I recommend it, but at a lower price.