Tyranny
About
Tyranny is a plot-driven dark fantasy game. The player assumes the role of a minion at the dark lord's service. Tyranny is a spiritual successor to Pillars of Eternity and uses the same graphics engine and gameplay model.
Plot
The game is set in a medieval world called Terratus that was almost completely conquered by Kyros, an immortal evil overlord. No one has ever seen Kyros, but he spent four centuries uniting all the realms under his reign. Kyros rules through his powerful viceroys, the Archons, who, in turn, command their minions called Fatebinders. The protagonist is one of Fatebinders at Kyros' service. He or she is sent to the Tiers province that is torn by the conflict. Two of the Kyros' armies fight each other, and it slows down the conquest. The protagonist has to stop the conflict or to be executed.
Gameplay
The player has to create the main character from scratch and define his or her abilities. The game has no character classes, and the character skills are individual. The process of customization also includes several questions about the character's background. The answers define how the character is perceived by the others and which factions he or she may join. The factions also influence the main character's abilities and the companions the player can recruit.
Like in Pillars of Eternity, the player has to make difficult decisions that strongly influence the plot and the lives of NPCs. Every dialogue option may lead to a dramatically different outcome.
System requirements for PC
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.80 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 840 @ 3.10 GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS450 with 1GB VRAM
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.10 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Radeon HD 6850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 with 1GB VRAM
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
System requirements for Linux
- OS: 14.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.80 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 840 @ 3.10 GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS450 with 1GB VRAM
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- OS: 14.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.10 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Radeon HD 6850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 with 1GB VRAM
- Storage: 15 GB available space
System requirements for macOS
- OS: OSX 10.10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.9 GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Radeon HD 6950m with 1GB VRAM
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- OS: OSX 10.11
- Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.9 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD R9 390m or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750m
- Storage: 15 GB available space
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Tyranny reviews and comments
So much buildup of characters, companions, bases and lore and then when everything is ready for the big fight it suddenly ends in a ten minute slideshow ends this great adventure.
Obsidian finally made a decent game with that game engine and it ends abruptly and with a sense of wasted investment. The game feels like a very content cutted title, but here there is no Bethesda breathing on their necks and the failure is entirely on them.
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