Confrontation

 PC
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5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 41
  3. Negative: 18 out of 41

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  1. DrSepsis
    Oct 15, 2013
    4
    The Positive: From what I saw it had a cool basis for a decent story and original and cool sounding names.

    The Negative: Almost everything else. The graphics are plain and dated looking. The maps are just a dull excuse to walk from point A to point B fighting a limited variety of baddies over and over again in order to get XP. Points where just a few lines of voice acting would have    The Positive: From what I saw it had a cool basis for a decent story and original and cool sounding names.

    The Negative: Almost everything else. The graphics are plain and dated looking. The maps are just a dull excuse to walk from point A to point B fighting a limited variety of baddies over and over again in order to get XP. Points where just a few lines of voice acting would have sufficed to get a plot point or idea across are instead filled with excessive text.

    Pathfinding is terrible often leading the one character you're trying to save to walk into the enemy or get trapped behind one of your one characters. The combat skills are slow to respond making timing in combat awkward at best. I found it very difficult to stick with this game beyond the first few levels. What could have been an enjoyable game and idea ended up being an ordeal brought about overcoming the very fundamental mechanics that the game is based on. At the current Steam price of $20 this game is sadly overpriced.    … Expand
  2. BluePhoenix666
    Apr 7, 2012
    3
    I can't recommend this game, not at the $40 price tag. It's outdated graphically and the need to constantly rotate the map to see what's going on is annoying. Combat system is OK but most of the skills feel weak and using targeting skills is a hit and miss affair when it comes to clicking on the right target. Overall, this game ISN'T FUN to play at all. If you prefer being frustrated andI can't recommend this game, not at the $40 price tag. It's outdated graphically and the need to constantly rotate the map to see what's going on is annoying. Combat system is OK but most of the skills feel weak and using targeting skills is a hit and miss affair when it comes to clicking on the right target. Overall, this game ISN'T FUN to play at all. If you prefer being frustrated and bored, then this game is for you.… Expand
  3. ea6527
    Apr 9, 2012
    4
    I cannot recommend this awful game to anyone who breathes, between the awful path-guiding and the even worse targeting system, this game is a disgrace to humanity, I really wish I could get a refund on this piece of crap. If at least the story was any interesting, but no, yet another generic game. Even though it's less important than the rest, the graphics are goddamn awful as well.
  4. Klewer
    Oct 25, 2013
    3
    Found this overall to be a fairly average game. While the graphics and actual setting are solid enough the average skill use and game play is poor at times and the very bad optimization means this game feel as though it is always labouring and never feels smooth.

    Give it a miss.
  5. Broyax
    Apr 12, 2020
    0
    Cyanide, c'est l'autre petit studio français qui fait des daubes en série, autrement dit un daubeur en série ! ici, il a récupéré la licence d'une sorte de jeu de plateau et en a fait... une daube, sans doute consiédérablement plus daubée que le jeu de plateau d'origine... à supposer qu'il ait été daubé d'une façon ou d'une autre bien entendu, car qu'en sait-on après tout...

    Quoi qu'il    Cyanide, c'est l'autre petit studio français qui fait des daubes en série, autrement dit un daubeur en série ! ici, il a récupéré la licence d'une sorte de jeu de plateau et en a fait... une daube, sans doute consiédérablement plus daubée que le jeu de plateau d'origine... à supposer qu'il ait été daubé d'une façon ou d'une autre bien entendu, car qu'en sait-on après tout...

    Quoi qu'il en soit, on se trouve en présence d'un ersatz très approximatif de "jeu de rôle" (d'où les guillemets...) soit un jeu de rôle sans le rôle et réduit à sa plus simple expression, à savoir des combats répétitifs à la con aussi ennuyeux qu'il est possible de les rendre ennuyeux : mais à cet égard, on peut faire confiance aux blaireaux de Cyanide, ils en connaissent un rayon en ennui et en fatuité !

    Si au moins, ç'avait été du tour par tour, alors peut-être que... mais avec des si, Paris serait en bouteille au lieu d'être embouteillé par les merdafioules et autres saloperies qui puent (notamment, les (censuré) qui sont partout)... Toujours est-il qu'on s'emmerde dans ces combats à pause alors que l'interface est généralement mal faite et que le jeu reste globalement fort vilain !

    Aucun intérêt à y trouver donc, y compris comme presse-papier (version physique avec disque, manuel, boîte et même carton de présentation !): pas assez lourd !    … Expand
  6. keefbaker
    Oct 27, 2013
    3
    Characters I didn't care about wandering about in a world I don't believe in. Much like reality TV really. Yeah, it tries to be an updated old school RPG but it feel more like a poor strategy game set in an ill thought out world with bad voice acting. I really wanted to like this more but didn't.

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 27
  3. Negative: 9 out of 27
  1. CD-Action
    Jul 31, 2012
    45
    Confrontation's potentially brightest feature – combat system – turned out to be abysmal and the game has nothing else to offer. [September 2012, p.56]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    May 30, 2012
    50
    A monotonous attempt to relive the glory days of RPG combat. [June 2012, p.62]
  3. PC Master (Greece)
    May 28, 2012
    58
    Cyanide Studios used a low-budget production to bring a relatively unknown setting to our PCs. Unfortunately, the effort failed. Any good ideas were lost in repetition and underperformance. The script is a messy mix; the logic behind it is "pour as many components from the Aarklash setting as possible into a cauldron and cook it", but the result is something rather tasteless. [June 2012]
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