FIVE: Guardians of David

The dev's put forth a great effort on this game. If you're into arpg's and desire a better understanding of Biblical times this is the best game out there presently. The soundtrack and sound effects are well done. The narration and voices are fitting. The storyline is engaging and according to the Scriptures. The devs have a graphic novel type transition between missions which works very well. There are a few issues - Movement using point & click often becomes cumbersome and you can get stuck behind your mates, although you do get used to it. I wish they'd implemented additional difficulty levels; once you're geared early on the game becomes way too easy. Lastly, the five guardians profiles irked me from beginning to end. I understand marketing to a particular demographic, but it undermines the game's integrity by depicting these battle-hardened MIDDLE EASTERN Hebrews as pale-skinned Westerners. A few of them nearly look effeminate. Otherwise, I was really impressed with the devs' effort as a whole and I hope to see further games in the future being intellectually honest to the Bible as this one has done.

This is a good game to spend time on by both relaxing and learning the Biblical stories written about King David. It is both fun and educational, as well as very engaging. I also love the armours and weapons throughout the game. There are also cache explanations of the Tanakh verses the storyline was based on (mainly from 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, but occassionally also from Genesis and Exodus), for which you can also solve quizzes that give prizes in much superior weapons and armour.

[h1]INFELIZMENTE VOU NEGATIVAR[/h1] Levei em consideração a temática cristã, os referenciais bíblicos, embora uma empresa pequena, conseguiu apresentar bons e aceitáveis gráficos, no entanto... a movimentação [b]TERRIVEL[/b] deste jogo me irritou ao ponto de desistir de prosseguir. Fiquei frustrado pois realmente gostei de ver uma produção cristã, mas com essa movimentação destruindo meu gameplay e paciência não rola mesmo.

Appassionati del figlio di Jesse? Il vostro posto è qui Poteva essere sicuramente un gioco migliore, la storia raccontata è ricca di elementi e gli spunti sicuramente non sono mancati agli autori, ma è un gioco uscito nel 2015 (lo stesso anno di The Witcher 3), forse è uscito con appena 10/15 anni di ritardo Forse l'unica cosa positiva sono le slide storyboard, sicuramente oltre la media del videogioco, ma sono ben poco rispetto al gameplay che è assente/inesistente per molta parte del gioco. Sconsigliato per tutti tranne che per Mauro Biglino

Its fun not preachy for a biblical game, does not stink for a bible based game, Dibalo like,

It's a good game although there are several glitches. Not the best but definitely worth the price..

Oh no...it could have been so enjoyable, the premise is fresh and excellent, I wonder why so few games take place around the events of the bible. The bible has some really intriguing tales to tell and yet it is always kind of ignored in videogames. If events from it are picked up then it's vague and metaphorical - what we have here is a history lesson come to life... The "caches" littered across the game-world teach you interesting events of the surroundings of (King) David with the matching biblical passages. The intermissions between the levels (which are indeed very linear) are nicely drawn and pretty to look at (they are even voiced), so are the character portraits. The ideas of a good game are definately there but...well...here we go with the negatives which are certainly dominating: - the pathfinding (worst of it all): it is so atrocious, I don't know what to say...it's not only the AI pathfinding but also the movement in general...if it's Gods will you shall move...if not...you're character will refuse to do any step in any direction... In the sneaking-related-level it was especially annoying...not only that the sneaking felt out of place...no, it even was barely possible to sneak and assassinate the enemies because the character didn't move and when she started moving she did it in the wrong moment. I had no influence on the movement scheme which is an absolute no-go... - the AI: as others mentioned...it's plain bad. The characters that you aren't controlling at the moment will only use their normal attacks, and it's impossible to switch between them fast enough to take advantage of all of their skills...I imagine this would be much better if every "guardian" was controlled by a human player, but that's not how it should work... -the items: there definately is a broad choice of armor and weapons, but their stats are so strange, the "rare weapons" sometimes are immediately surpassed by "white" common weapons...that's no incentive to look for better, rare equipment... - achievements: if it wouldn't have achievements it would be okay, but is has achievements and they're not working for some. I can not get more than 3 achievments, it just stops at that, they are bugged... -the levels: they are uninspired and often small and narrow...which doesn't help with the weird movement of the characters... - the boss fights: the bosses sometimes get stuck during the fight...that's not what an epic boss fight should be like... - the death/save system: when you die, you directly appear at the last checkpoint (of which there are many - I never thought I would say such a thing - too many)... Yeah...this game could have been so much better...it's so sad...it has such good ideas which are ruined with sloppy, partly bugged gameplay...I just hope that one day they will release a biblical-themed game with a more fleshed out gameplay because I'm absolute loving the welcome diversion from the standard fantasy setting...

[b]Calificación: 5/5 (Excelente)[/b] Como alguien que esperó años para jugar este título desde su lanzamiento, puedo decir que valió cada céntimo invertido, incluso sin haberlo encontrado nunca en oferta. A pesar de los errores que presenta y del hecho de que el equipo desarrollador ya no existe (así se habla en el foro), lo que hace imposible que se solucionen los bugs, el juego sigue siendo perfectamente disfrutable. Ninguno de los problemas técnicos afecta gravemente la experiencia (no hay cierres inesperados, pérdida de progreso ni necesidad de aplicar parches). [h3]Lo malo:[/h3] [list][*]Los personajes suelen atascarse en las esquinas de las estructuras. [*]En ocasiones, los enemigos o los guardianes permanecen inmóviles, sin atacar ni defenderse. [*]Algunas preguntas, respuestas e información sobre los alijos no están traducidas al español. [*]Las frases de los guardianes al ser seleccionados desaparecen tras jugar durante mucho tiempo seguido. [*]No es posible elegir una dificultad, lo que hace que el combate pueda sentirse demasiado fácil en algunos momentos. Además, la cantidad de enemigos parece insuficiente. [*]El guardián elegido puede quedarse pegado al jefe final y no alejarse a menos que uses una habilidad de salto largo. [/list] [b]Detalles adicionales:[/b] [list][*]En las misiones de Ariella y Urías, se pueden romper vasijas, pero no contienen botín, lo cual parece ser solo un detalle de ambientación. [*]No tiene mucho sentido incluir vendedores de armas y armaduras cuando los botines que se recolectan durante la historia son mejores. [/list] [b]Preferencias personales:[/b] [list][*]Me habría gustado que los objetos se recolectaran automáticamente al acercarse a ellos, en lugar de tener que seleccionarlos uno por uno. [*]Sería útil tener una opción en los ajustes para omitir el video de introducción. [*]Los pasajes bíblicos en español parecen ser traducciones literales. Habría sido mejor usar una versión ya adaptada al español. [*]También habría estado bien incluir un logro en Steam por encontrar todos los alijos del juego. [/list] [b]Conclusión:[/b] A pesar de sus defectos, FIVE: Guardians of David es una experiencia única que logra capturar la esencia de su historia bíblica. Si eres fanático de los RPG con toques narrativos, definitivamente vale la pena jugarlo.