We. The Revolution

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 43
  3. Negative: 4 out of 43

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  1. floralgreen
    Apr 5, 2019
    9
    I think it's quite good. The graphics is probably the high point, but the gameplay is innovative and varies over time. It's not a 10/10 because it's not for everyone, e.g. there is a lot of reading. However, if it's your cup of tea, then you can't go wrong.
  2. BulgarianCritic
    Apr 10, 2019
    10
    Man i love everything about this game.The story and intrigue is amazing the characters are great i can finally become a **** judge like how i always wanted to.The only downside is the lack of music but everything else is great
  3. OrlandoPloom
    Mar 24, 2019
    5
    The negative reviews tell truth. The writing is really bad (after Act I it's a joke), the gameplay is meaningless and the devs just missed the point. Yes, you do face difficult choices (moral) but you don't care about it. All you care are the reputation bars. So... Let's kill this guy, who cares if he is innocent, but this faction needs it or I'm dead. Sounds great on paper but to beThe negative reviews tell truth. The writing is really bad (after Act I it's a joke), the gameplay is meaningless and the devs just missed the point. Yes, you do face difficult choices (moral) but you don't care about it. All you care are the reputation bars. So... Let's kill this guy, who cares if he is innocent, but this faction needs it or I'm dead. Sounds great on paper but to be honest... you just sit there and do whatever for these reputation bars. If you won't, then you lose, if you do, then why should you care? And investigation mechanics? There's no such a thing, more like beautiful interface trying to hide that there's no actual gameplay.
    Wouldn't recommend anyone for a full price, and even on a deal only to people who really enjoyed the trailer (and you can leave the game after Act I, the second one is just worse).
    We see there a lot of super sweet reviews and I honestly don't know why, maybe some people really enjoy this game, but I don't, and I feel like you shouldn't, because it's just a way to get your money, give you a promissing concept for 2 hrs and leave you without refund opportunity with a crapy game in your library.    … Expand
  4. cinciangjanpang
    Mar 29, 2019
    4
    I don't know. I have mixed feeling. I see that devs put a lot of work in this game but they are just doing it wrong on so many levels. The filthy casuals write positive reviews on steam and it's clear that true gamers won't even try to review such a shallow game. The press will tell you that "the concept" is great but the execution is bad. What should I tell you? The experience is shallow.I don't know. I have mixed feeling. I see that devs put a lot of work in this game but they are just doing it wrong on so many levels. The filthy casuals write positive reviews on steam and it's clear that true gamers won't even try to review such a shallow game. The press will tell you that "the concept" is great but the execution is bad. What should I tell you? The experience is shallow. The game is mediocre. But listen carefully, when a game is mediocre and can't even make you feel something then it's the worst kind of gaming. I will give it a 4 out of 10. You know, if this was a test in a school then this game should be marked D (someone answered a few questions, but overall missed the point). I understand that many people care about the "concept" of this game, but why if the experience is just... not here. I'm talking about the experience becaus We. The Revolution tried to be an actual experience. And it fails so badly.
    I'm grieving over the concept which was wasted. That's the feeling you get.    … Expand
  5. HubertKulesz
    Mar 24, 2019
    6
    I'm sure that the indie game website was paid to write that review. There's no way anyone would give this game 9/10. It's clearly a manipulation.

    This game is Text + UI, 100% of it. And the UI is sweet and clear, but the text is... questionable. With all the animations and cutscenes one may wonder why they didn't hire a writer? Or why they hired such a bad one. You can find better (I'm    I'm sure that the indie game website was paid to write that review. There's no way anyone would give this game 9/10. It's clearly a manipulation.

    This game is Text + UI, 100% of it. And the UI is sweet and clear, but the text is... questionable. With all the animations and cutscenes one may wonder why they didn't hire a writer? Or why they hired such a bad one. You can find better (I'm talking about execution) games in early access than this. And I don't even see how this game could be better. For now, it's 6/10 at its best. If you are really into French stuff and revolution... go ahead, you have 2 hrs to refund, right? I didn't. I played it to the end. I feel like I lost my time. Gameplay is tedious and I wouldn't mind if they delete it. The story is just simple, don't question it, don't think about it, it's here for your entertainment. The audio is just bad for 8-10 hrs. Maybe one can like it but I don't believe that you can enjoy it for such a long time over and over again.
    The developer delivered us a mediocre indie horror game in the past but I really wanted to believe that We the revolution will be a good game. It isn't. I like how some people changed their positive reviews to negative ones after a few days. The game feels like an early access title where only first act is playable, and the second one will be released in the next update. But steam page says it's not early access, so... 6/10. I got really mixed feelings about this title and the devs. There's something unhonest (or I'm just emotionally hurt because of my RIP hype) about this game. It gets significantly worse after 2 hrs (when you can't refund), the animations and promotion clips are just 10/10 when they can't hire a decent native writer? It would be awesome to get french dubbing, but eng is good enough here. And the dev delivered us a horror game 2 yrs ago in full 3D. I don't get it how it works, but I understand they wanted to do something more meaningful when we don't need more mediocre horror games. I didn't write a review on steam because there is no mixed option (neutral review) and I guess you should be really careful if you want to play it.    … Expand
  6. Klewer
    Jan 9, 2021
    5
    Struggled to get in to this. Interesting premise where you are a judge during Revolutionary France. The gameplay has interesting mechanics, however like any game with reputation and factions, decisions end up boiling down to keeping them all happy. Story was ok, but struggled to keep me enthralled.
  7. lord_raccoon
    Feb 16, 2020
    9
    Personally i enjoyed the game a lot. People judge it for not being a real court detective. But in fact, the game gives you the real atmosphere of the revolution. And not only french, but in fact any of we had in history. The thing which starts with positive ideas of reformations, of bright future and over with brother killing his brother. Revolution is a tragedy, a inevitable sacrifice forPersonally i enjoyed the game a lot. People judge it for not being a real court detective. But in fact, the game gives you the real atmosphere of the revolution. And not only french, but in fact any of we had in history. The thing which starts with positive ideas of reformations, of bright future and over with brother killing his brother. Revolution is a tragedy, a inevitable sacrifice for new generations.
    There are some minuses in the game, like some boring mini-games and a lot of extra boring content, but i can close my eyes on it, when i remember the feelings i've experienced when the game was over. Great plot, unbeliveable atmosphere. I felt real remorse for verdicts i've made, when i was judging innocents and released true criminals. I did it for reputation, to hold my power, to not lose my revolutional judge position. And only in the end of the game i truly understood, if it all would be real, how many innocent people would suffer of this actions. And that is what developers trying to bring us.
    At some point, it changed my mind about the politics, about it's impact on peoples life, and how the fanatism and mistakes of people can change the history.
    Thank you, devs. This is one of my brightest game experience.    … Expand
  8. Babutto
    Oct 23, 2021
    6
    Pros.:
    - The aesthetics continue the traditions of "This is the police." I quite like them.
    - No bugs and glitches. - Introduction of the history of French Revolution for the broader audience who has no idea about it. - Mechanics of acquital or executions to balance the factions. Cons.: - The story is a very simplified version of what was really happening. The game operates    Pros.:
    - The aesthetics continue the traditions of "This is the police." I quite like them.
    - No bugs and glitches.
    - Introduction of the history of French Revolution for the broader audience who has no idea about it.
    - Mechanics of acquital or executions to balance the factions.

    Cons.:
    - The story is a very simplified version of what was really happening. The game operates different personalities and also refers to different political clubs who fought to benefit from the Revolution. However, the game does not explain anything about it. It is very brief. For the person who never heard of them these are just words in the flood of terms. That is no good since the educational aspect is kind of wasted. Better to make a small term library in the Hierarchy section.
    - The story about the miraculous brother is garbage. He manipulated everything being just a hobo after the war. Never convincing. I understand they used the same idea as Monte Cristo, but the level of details and development is far, far from the perfection.
    - The behavior of Fidele's wife is awful. That character is so dumb and wasted. I feel like some of the developers don't really like women because there were many characters who exploit the worst from women (the lady who was killing infants, prostitutes, maids covering rapes and so on). Yes, the times of revolutions are not easy. Yes, men are also shown as brutal and warmongering, but I don't understand why they should have ruined the whole family story of Fidele to emphasize his struggle and suffering? There are so many ways.
    - I think the "war" part of the game is a waste. I had been able to maintain order in all sections until the game started severely cheating on the invasion forces tactics (same cheating in dice game). The invasion from different sides, inability to use barricades if you control ALL the sections, inability to have more than one special agent. So, the game forces the player to give away the sections, forces to lose and shrink to only one district. There could be more varieties in this strategic element but they did not develop it well enough.
    - Some of the report questions and answers are awful. Killing a judge is an Anti-Revolutionary act because the judge represents the justice of the Revolution. Though, it is NOT so according to the report of Fedele's wife's crime. There are many cases like that.

    The game is worth playing. But the game narrative becomes a failure at some point and the potential is kind of wasted.    … Expand
  9. Crimert
    May 29, 2020
    8
    It's a good "Choices Matter" game which has many plot-twists! The story-telling is so good! I recommend this game to anyone who likes History & Choices Matter kind of games! 15hrs on record.
  10. v1cto
    Oct 31, 2020
    10
    Amazing game maybe not with spectacular mechanics but very interesting ones that i never experienced, maybe cuz I played very few games in my life. Story of france revolution is what made me wanna play this game and I can say that they did a good job.
  11. Rnoviok
    Dec 4, 2021
    8
    great game with an interesting storyline and difficult decisions for me 8/10

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Adventure Gamers
    Jan 13, 2020
    50
    We. The Revolution’s striking looks and memorable moments are all too often overshadowed by myriad gameplay mechanics and a constrained, confusing plot.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Jul 8, 2019
    70
    Good game. But only that. Not for everyone, especially not for children and minors. Too much text will turn off some players. But excitement for every new case and hope that you will behead Robespierre will be enough to keep you until the end.
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  3. MGG
    Apr 27, 2019
    80
    We. The Revolution manages to plunge us into the darkest era of France, with an innovative scenario, and the special appeal to play as a judge. There is always something to do, and the system of choices and repercussions is cruel but just. It's a good thing that you can go back in time whenever you want and make different choices. The game is as expected: immersive and refreshing.
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