PittaGAF
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They say it's the best in the serie, with a more prominent role of magic and a greater sense of danger wandering around. The setting (a weird labyrinthine fortress) is also the best of the four chapter.
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Sorcery! saga |OT| Four games, three years in the making, one epic adventure
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They say it's the best in the serie, with a more prominent role of magic and a greater sense of danger wandering around. The setting (a weird labyrinthine fortress) is also the best of the four chapter.
More_Badass
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Part 4 is out now on iOS and Android!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sorcery!-4/id1126935885?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inkle.sorcery4
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sorcery!-4/id1126935885?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inkle.sorcery4
I'm pretty far into Sorcery 3 but I fear I've kind of ruined the series for myself. I love everything about the games but I've become kind of paralyzed by the rewind feature where I feel the compulsion to constantly retry things to get a more 'desirable' outcome or to not waste resources
autoduelist
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anyone with Amazon Prime and an android device can get the first two via Amazon Underground for free. I've played some of the first - great game.
More_Badass
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Part 4 actually removes rewinds, so you're good
More_Badass
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Do you try going back in time?I'm still stuck in 3 too. No one wants to help me.
Jamesways
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I'm still stuck in 3 too. No one wants to help me.
There certainly can be a lot of wandering around aimlessly across the map looking for an artifact or two. Some of the major puzzles can be a bit obscure with the time spotlights as well.
Where are you stuck?
Edit-
Part 4 actually removes rewinds, so you're good
Oooh, So multiple play-throughs legitimately incoming then. Remember those passwords folks.
I was bummed there wasn't cloud saving across devices so I did one play-through with about the worst you could, no spell book, no gold, choosing to fight everything rather than spells. It didn't go very well at all.
RelentlessRolento
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Just a heads up that I think the first two are free on Amazon Underground. I have yet to play them but have always been intrigued by them.
I haven't played the game for months, but my memory tells me that I was somewhere in the southeast region of the map, in some swamps. I think I was trying to tackle one of the serpents. I already killed one or two, can't remember exactly. The problem if I recall is that I already know the weaknesses of a bunch of the serpents, but I don't have the means to actually exploit most of those weaknesses. I'm also somewhat paralysed by the time limit and was unsure if I should keep exploring to try and beat all the serpents, or simply figure out how to get to the end of the scenario. :/
Jamesways
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Yeah, I wandered around those swamps a long time too. The key is the lake to the east of them. There is a way to actually beat all 7, a lot of people find/get through 6. The time serpent can be a real pain. If you wander enough, they'll find you too. But it is like part 2, I think you can just bullrush to the end.
keep in mind there's essentially two maps in different times, if nothing of note is in a spot in one time, try moving the tower lights on it to check another time.
PittaGAF
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Rock Paper Shotgun REALLY loved Sorcery! 4.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/22/sorcery-part-4-review-pc/
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/22/sorcery-part-4-review-pc/
More_Badass
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Really really loved it
Herr's another
www.gamezebo.com/2016/09/22/sorcery-4-review-magical-conclusion/
Saucycarpdog
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Quite the glowing reviews I see. Trying to speedrun 3 right now so I can sink my teeth into 4!
Part 4 actually removes rewinds, so you're good
Just got to part 4 and you're a dirty liar!
More_Badass
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Keep playing
Triggerhappytel
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I'd quite like to give this series a whirl with the first game, but at £4 it's a bit much to buy blind for me. Maybe if/when they go on sale.
More_Badass
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If you're into RPGs, interactive fiction, games where choices and consequences matter without resorting to mortality meters, and branching paths where things can change in huge ways, the Sorcery series would be up your alley
They aren't good mobile games, they're good games regardless of platform.
Have you played 80 Days?
Triggerhappytel
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Yes, I played 80 Days, but I only ran through it once. Been intending on doing it again. I think it's from the same developers, right?
More_Badass
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Same dev, and that's a game to play like six, seven times or more. There's so much content, so many cities and stories and routes, that you can play that many times and basically experience different things each time.
hydrophilic attack
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Welp, finally finished up 3. I defeated all the serpents but it took me 22 days, so my character thinks I was too slow and the archmage will see me coming. So looks like 4 is going to be tough for me. Also interesting, at the end it said I had specifically defeated the Sun serpen which makes me think I could have just carried that one with me into the next game? I wonder how that would have affected the game.
So 4 takes place inside that fortress right? That sounds like good news to me. Sounds like it could be a bit tighter, like part 2. 3 felt a bit unfocused. Sure, it was nice to be able to go wherever you could, and it was certainly ambitious with effectively two different world maps, but exploring through it all became echausting after a bit, and the rewind function made it even more so. I didn't use it at all in the first game, used it a quite a few times in the second game (I didn't want to lose money in swindlestones) and used it all the fucking time in 3. Seemed impossible not to. There were so many events where you you could lose so many things if you weren't careful. Just getting through the map without taking a bath, ruining half your inventory was a bit of a puzzle, even WITH rewinds. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how the lack of rewind changes things in 4.
So far the game only has 500 downloads on Android which is very sad. Hope it eventually reaches 10000 like the previous games.
Oh fuck. The opening of 4 paints
So 4 takes place inside that fortress right? That sounds like good news to me. Sounds like it could be a bit tighter, like part 2. 3 felt a bit unfocused. Sure, it was nice to be able to go wherever you could, and it was certainly ambitious with effectively two different world maps, but exploring through it all became echausting after a bit, and the rewind function made it even more so. I didn't use it at all in the first game, used it a quite a few times in the second game (I didn't want to lose money in swindlestones) and used it all the fucking time in 3. Seemed impossible not to. There were so many events where you you could lose so many things if you weren't careful. Just getting through the map without taking a bath, ruining half your inventory was a bit of a puzzle, even WITH rewinds. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how the lack of rewind changes things in 4.
So far the game only has 500 downloads on Android which is very sad. Hope it eventually reaches 10000 like the previous games.
Oh fuck. The opening of 4 paints
me as a villain. I didn't mean to ruin the lands D: I didn't know T_T But I won't be stopped now
hydrophilic attack
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Sorry for the bump, but 4 is just so damn good that I want to talk about it.
The Co
of M
is amazingly fun to go through and figure out all the different
to get out of the various situations you get yourself into.
And there seems to be so many cool things you can do. Right at the start of the game, there is one thing that you can do, that leads to really big problems unless you figure out how to solve it, which I luckily did. And just a bit further in, there is another huge thing you can do although I rewinded though because it sounded too dangerous once I realized what I had done. And very close to that there is another thing you can do which I imagine has huge repercussions for the final confrontation.
And in the Co
of M
I did something, which I probably shouldn’t have done, which gave me (huge spoiler) serious
Damn I’m not even quite sure what exactly I did. It could be relatively minor, or I may just have fucked myself over royally. I love it.
Seriously people should really play this. It’s fucking amazing. So far it’s the best in the series, even better than 2.
The Co
llege
agic
counter-spells
And there seems to be so many cool things you can do. Right at the start of the game, there is one thing that you can do, that leads to really big problems unless you figure out how to solve it, which I luckily did. And just a bit further in, there is another huge thing you can do although I rewinded though because it sounded too dangerous once I realized what I had done. And very close to that there is another thing you can do which I imagine has huge repercussions for the final confrontation.
And in the Co
llege
agic
Nier D ending vibes, with the warnings you get that you probably shouldn’t do it.
Seriously people should really play this. It’s fucking amazing. So far it’s the best in the series, even better than 2.
Chance Hale
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Spoiler question for the second episode and one of the late game mechanics
If you go back in time to get one of the other lines you missed and either miss or change the exact course of your actions does it overwrite what you did originally? Ie, do I need to beat the same people in that dice game, talk to the same people, redo the same desired paths, etc?
hydrophilic attack
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Yes, saves carry over so start with part one. All games are excellent but there is a risk of burnout if you play them all back-to-back so taking a month or so off in between parts two and three and in between three and four may be advisable. In particular, it seems part 3 burns people out. That one is very open-ended and gives you a lot of freedom, but this brings with it the downside of making it slightly overwhelming and a bit less tight
More_Badass
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Yes, no doubt. I actually prefer them on iOS
hydrophilic attack
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So in 3 you can get the hint to avoid eating from the
which refers to a location in 4. Does anyone know the reason for this warning? I've tried eating it myself and it seems fine. Depending on how you play through this section you can
larder of Throg
gain lots of provisions there. Has anyone figured any downsides to eating there or is it just a warning about Throg's temper, which is relatively easy to deal with? Or is it just flavour text, considering there is a relatively high chance some of that meat is human?
Jamesways
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Anyone complete part 4 yet?
I'm very stuck, and I need some endgame advice.
Edit- finally beat it. Some very clever stuff in there but holy hell can it be tedious. Even worse than 3 if you missed a few things.
Overall a good ending to the series though. Again with multiple endings like the others.
I'm very stuck, and I need some endgame advice.
I can't seem to beat or do anything to the final demon, he eats me every time. Even bringing the minimite Jann into the battle doesn't seem to help. I think I'm missing something. I've gotten so many counter spells through the college and in the book near the end. But can never use any of them. Any ideas? What work for you guys?
It's getting tedious looping through the same parts of the game again and again.
It's getting tedious looping through the same parts of the game again and again.
Edit- finally beat it. Some very clever stuff in there but holy hell can it be tedious. Even worse than 3 if you missed a few things.
They present an option to surpass the door with the birdmen, if you do it's another loop of trial and error that ends in nothing. You to figure out how to open the door.
I liked all the counter spell towers in the two wings of the college, but ultimately some were just a waste a time. I Found having to do the two wings over and over to possibly find something you missed was such a pain in the ass. I went from loving the game to really disliking it often. I'm not sure I want to bother playing through again.
I liked all the counter spell towers in the two wings of the college, but ultimately some were just a waste a time. I Found having to do the two wings over and over to possibly find something you missed was such a pain in the ass. I went from loving the game to really disliking it often. I'm not sure I want to bother playing through again.
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