We. The Revolution

[Ross Scott]

Genre: Strategy

Year released: 2019

Ross's rating: Unrated

Link to game:

https://af.gog.com/game/we_the_revolution

Free to play: No

GaaS: No

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[Kira Yoshikage]

Inb4 Ross gives this either a hazy or Love/Hate rating. The battle parts are down-right infuriating at times

[Slug_Man]

This is a mixture of RTS, courtroom battles and a bunch of other stuff, set during the French Revolution. You play as a judge who decides who lives and who dies. If you go against what different groups want (the public, the aristocracy and your family) think, you will become less popular. Apparently the courtroom battles are short and could be better. I like how they’ve mixed several different play styles.  

[Blindfolded]

It's rather simple really.
If you're fine with a game that doesn't take the setting "French Revolution" seriously and tries to toss in random ideas that don't even feel like they belong to the same development team. Then you're gonna love it, maybe.

If you're not tho...well...you'll be left wondering, a different version of Ross's thoughts "why aren't there more games set on the French Revolution?" instead as "Why didn't they just made 3 or 4 different games set on the French Revolution if they loved it so much? Why did they shoved it all in one?"

There are games that try to add DLCs later on in order to release unfinished games. This is the part of the text where I make an analogy relating such events to what happens in this game, but I honestly don't know if it's fair or even that simple.

Whenever it was the case of someone using too many hallucinogenics or too little, or if a hacker edited the script and it ended up being better so they just rolled with it, or the producers just had enough of France and it's...attitude, proceeding to throw a big tantrum...may just remain a mystery.

Edited August 5, 2019 by Blindfolded (see edit history)

[Lemon Cemented]

I’m really torn on whether or not I want to play this. On one hand: I’m not a fan of the graphics style and I’ve heard mixed reviews. On the other: I’m a huge history fan and particularly of the French Revolution and times of revolution in general. I agree with Ross that there aren’t enough French Revolution games, but I also would be disappointed if this simplified it to the point of the setting being nothing more than aesthetic. If anyone has played this and has thoughts I would love to hear them.

[okasion]

This game was great, even if you're not into politics.

[BurningSheep]

"TehSnakerer" has done a review of it in case anyone's interested.

[Gabe]

It was far more kind to the French than I would have liked, and the story is all over the place. It failed to grip me, and it had that "Bystander protagonist" effect when you're game is all about reading a story, it needs to be a good one.