
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative-driven RPG that comes to life on the pages of the protagonist's journal. Set in a ruthless world where any form of dissent is mercilessly crushed, the story follows a man who has dared to challenge the existing order. Set out on a lifelong journey and become an individual able to carve out their own destiny... But remember that freedom never comes cheap.
Life in the Great Arknian Empire is harsh and its hardest Lot is yours by the circumstance of birth. You are a commoner, holding no rights and no title. To seize your fate and become the rightful heir to the legacy of the Brante family you will have to come to grips with ossified tradition and prejudice. Embarking on a life-long journey from one's birth until true death, you will have to endure great upheavals, face adversity, and make many difficult choices. Every decision will affect not only the protagonist, his family, and loved ones, but may even topple the foundation of the Empire itself.
At the turn of time
Every imperial citizen's life is predetermined by their estate. The deities known as the Twin Gods have bestowed this truth to the world, dividing mortals into Lots. The nobles lead and rule over others, while the clergy guides people on the one true path, and the lowborn suffer, toiling away for the glory of the Empire. You may accept your fate without question, but it is also in your power to change the cosmic order that governs all.
Your choice is not an illusion
Divided into chapters, the game keeps track of the player's deeds, the skills they acquired, as well as other overlapping circumstances that shape a unique plotline for each playthrough. Every decision has its consequences and you will be held accountable throughout the entire journey. To protect your family and loved ones, to impose the rule of the Emperor and make a fortune, or to try and change the world as you see fit... Make your choice, but beware of the follies of pride and ambition.
Fight for your life
One man is anything but omnipotent in this realm yet under your guidance, Sir Brante may become a person who can endure every trial fate throws at him and rewrite the very laws that govern his world! Develop and train your character, leveling up such traits as determination, sensitivity, and endurance. All of the hero's skills, starting with those acquired in infancy, will affect his personality, worldview, and relationships, ultimately unlocking new talents and possible storylines.

Find your own path
The first complete walkthrough can take you upwards of 15 hours! Numerous branching paths that affect the unfolding story will make every playthrough a unique experience: become a noble judge, learn the ways of the inquisition, plot a revolution as a member of a secret society, or embrace an entirely different purpose. Be brave and fate itself shall bend to your will!
There and hereafter
Resurrection system allows the character to keep his experience upon death, letting the player reevaluate past steps and make adjustments to their strategy going forward. Take control not only of your life but also your demise, then put everything at stake in this cycle of death and rebirth!
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Languages: English, Russian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 170 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 169 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
The game quickly became dull, it just plays itself for two reasons: 1) Stats dictate everything because they grey out decisions (at the point you can only pick one out of five, nice choice game lmao). Because of this, I already picked a ton of decisions I didn't want to take, it locked me in a specific route I didn't really like and that route quickly became worse and worser so I just lost interest in that specific playthrough, I might start all over again. 2) You make very few choices, you're actually reacting to the choices made by NPCs most of the time. I really liked the initial part of the story because you discover things about the game world and the characters organically while growing up, which is really cool, and characters aren't flat or dull like the game itself. Well, except Sir Brante which gets pushed around by everyone all the time. Another element that is frankly badly done are the relationship points. If the players sees "5/5 friendship" but can't see that in the dialogues it means there's something badly done. That's why a ton of other games with relationship point just hide them to the player. Oh and localization... the italian translation it's so bad at the point it calls "noble" people that are lowborn in the family tree and "italian" is translated as "italien" (that's FRENCH by the way)
Boring and artificial intelligence
Кароче это, по сути, крутая интерактивная книга с элементами RPG. Привычных боёв тут нет, зато ты проживаешь всю жизнь героя от рождения до смерти в мрачной империи, где все разделены на сословия. Вроде бы рпг-ха и должно быть прикольно, но чет не зацепило, без негатива к разрабам. Могу отметить один плюс: выборы реально решают: (есть шутка но не буду) и тут сам решаешь, кем стать например судьёй, инквизитором или революционером. Последствия одного шага могут аукнуться через десятки игровых лет. Меняется вообще всё: сюжет, характер героя и отношение к нему. А вот минус: Минусы на любителя: Читать придётся очень много, много букав сложно читать.
Having played this game, I am now eternally plagued by steam recommending me various hentai visual novel garbage. Heavy is the burden imposed upon your average "choices matter" enjoyer... Anyway, the game is really good with establishing an interesting narrative and lore that gets you immediately hooked. It presents you with an arrangement of storylines to pursue, always keeping you on your toes with choices that challenge your views and morals. You really have to carefully plan out your skills and behaviour direction; there are always matters you have to sacrifice in order to achieve something. This kind of careful maneuvering straight out of an otome VN felt very exciting to encounter in a game that doesn't focus itself on wooing some dude's png. My only complaint is that I really wished for the game to have some kind of voiceover, but it's obvious the game was made on a tight budget so voice acting couldn't be implemented. Generally I don't care much for voiceovers, but I felt like the game could've potentially benefitted from it quite a lot. It's still a great 'choices matter' VN though, would take the follow-up plunge of cursed steam recommendations anytime.
Весьма интересно и увлекательно. Единственный минус после пары прохождений и начала попыток выполнить все ачивки игры превращается в крайне унылый калькулятор скрещенный с Exel таблицей где ты часами сидишь перебирая варианты сотен решений в попытке получить очередное достижение.
If you enjoy poorly written text repeating the same phrases and concepts to you dozens of times for several hours like the authors think you have dementia, this is a game for you.
Буквально каждый забег мой в этой игре выглядел так: всю жизнь спокойно существуешь, имеешь неплохие статы, держишь отношения с персонажами на высоком уровне и думаешь что спокойно дойдешь до конца. Но в один прекрасный момент тебе не хватает одного очка какой-нибудь дипломатии и за два последующих года ты срёшься со всеми и теряешь всё что только можешь, после чего тебе остаётся только смириться и умереть в канаве. Есть ощущение что эту игру можно осилить только если заранее знать какой выбор делать и вместо отыгрыша персонажа просто фармить нужные циферки. Конечный итог: 🔒 НАПИСАТЬ ПОЛОЖИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ОТЗЫВ - Требуется "решимость" ⩾ 13 (у вас 12) 🟢 УМЕРЕТЬ
太痛了 剧情好憋屈 数值要求有点小严格 后期好难玩随随便便就家破人亡了;;但是剧情和背景做得真不赖!文本量不小 还是很好玩的!
재밌긴 한데, 제발 스킵기능이랑 회차플레이적 요소 좀 넣어주세요 넘 빡셈
Игра очень увлекает за счёт самой подачи и истории, но не слишком увлекайтесь отыгрышем, иначе быстро получите плохую концовку.
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