This mechanic was my favourite part of the game getting a read on somebody’s personality and getting them to see your side of the sandwich…er, baguette, was always rewarding and played heavily into the political aspect of the game (more on that soon). Reading the audience, a roaring crowd or an attentive politician, you choose the right kind of thing to say to get them to take your side. That’s without getting into its diplomacy at various points in the game - including the aforementioned public executions - you’ll have a chance to open up an ‘argument wheel’. The Revolution such a good political thriller. That lingering sense of danger is what makes We.

There’s always a threat lurking in the shadows, waiting to strike. You always feel constrained by something, whether it’s the latest political intrigue or a threat from a baron’s henchman. The Revolution so engrossing is just how well it brings out the mood of the Reign of Terror. This game never has a dull moment, but that’s not just down to the variety in gameplay.Ī huge part of what makes We. There’s always a new mechanic being triumphantly unveiled to wow its players, from a board game-styled map screen where your allies do your bidding, to a turn-based combat scene. The Revolution is not content to sit on its core gameplay loop and call it a day. Political debates, gambling dens, back alleys, and even battlefields. The Revolution’s struggle for power thrusts you into all kinds of situations. Now, if this is making the game sound like Ace Attorney with (somehow) more death, hold on to your hats because this game is taking you on a field trip. And you can’t do that if you spend every night drinking and gambling with chums and comrades for (important) information and resources. Maintaining strong family ties is just as important as keeping up with the (radical) Joneses. Each member of your family gives different buffs to reputations, and you can’t please everyone. But whereas your family’s harsh lives in Arstotzka are dependent on you for survival, your judge’s Paris home is vital for yours.

The Revolution has family relations as a game mechanic. Just like Lucas Pope’s pseudo-Communist document thriller, We. That’s not to say that the cases are ever easy. Innocent or guilty? Prison or death? You should probably pick death, because you can do a rousing speech and pull the rope yourself. You have ultimate power over your verdict, jury and (real) prosecutor notwithstanding, and the defendant’s lives are, as such, in your hands. Lawyers call such pesky details ‘questioning’. Most of the early game will be spent in that infamous courtroom, hearing out defendants and the mad circus that surrounds them. Taking place smack-bang in the middle of the ‘Reign of Terror’, you play as a (fictional) judge on the (real) Revolutionary Tribunal at the turn of the 18 th century. The Revolution is here to fill the guillo-gap. My point is that video games need more guillotines.

I wouldn’t trust the top of my head to hold a hat. But those are all that exist off the top of my head which, to be fair, is also where I keep my YouTube Poop recommendations list. There’s no forgetting the wonderful bug-fest that was Assassin’s Creed Unity, and grand strategy titles like Europa Universalis and (to a lesser extent) Empire: Total War use the Revolution as a potential setpiece.

All of modern European history revolves around the French Revolution and its aftermath, so why are there so few games about it? Its perverted sense of justice for The People - not helped by its morally controversial leaders - brought a culture of fear and terror to France, allowing its people to welcome a military dictatorship with open arms. What began as a noble uprising against a feudal society that oppressed the weak to feed the rich became corrupted and totalitarian within the space of a mere decade. There’s a melancholic tragedy to the French Revolution.

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