The Technomancer

The Technomancer offers action and intriguing plot for the destiny of humanity on Mars.

The Technomancer is a complicated old-school game, but its content is very rich and it features a complete combat system and a well-developed atmosphere throughout the story.

A story-driven action-RPG set on Mars, where a mage-warrior will be the center of a complex and intriguing adventure. Pick your side, decide how and what you’ll do, and see how the story will change based on your actions. A must have for all the sci-fi fans looking for a new adventure with a very good story.

The Technomancer tries hard to grab some originality in a very congested genre market. While it doesn't always stand out on its own, it does enough with a familiar formula and a solid story to make it more than worth your time. The Techomancer's tale is certainly one worth telling.

Not much about the game stands out as must-play, but it’s a good recommendation for RPG-loving friends who are looking for a sci-fi/steampunk RPG to play.

Spiders has design an ARPG with a great story and a dynamic combat system but with some problems in the progression of the game. Too many missions make you feel like a messenger and make for a slow development of the plot.

The Technomancer has some big flaws, but with its rich universe, fascinating dialogues and pretty graphics, it doesn't fail at being a good Action-RPG.

Filled with goodwill, The Technomancer is one of the best RPG from Spiders, but the overall quality and the lack of budget take their toll on the final result which only offers a mild feeling.

With its enjoyable narrative and fun quests, The Technomancer is certainly worth playing, even with its bland visuals.

The Techomancer is a good attempt, but is unable to renew the genre. Because of movements that are too wooden and poor fluidity, the gameplay makes you easily bored and can't amuse as it should do. Mars is made well, it's actually huge, but to be able to visit all of it, you will need plenty of patience.

A very ambitious action-RPG in The Witcher style, which sometimes convinces but in other aspects is still a bit immature.

This is a game full of potential successes. Unfortunately it lacks atmosphere and features a few annoying elements. Still it is worth a try because of all the options and the changing storylines it offers, but not at full price.

Inoffensive and enjoyable enough for action-RPG fans, but it does far too little to distinguish itself. [Aug 2016, p.78]

Whether or not it was intentional, The Technomancer has the charm of a thoroughly enjoyable SyFy Channel original series; it’s pretty cheesy, but it’s also entertaining.

The Technomancer sports a neat idea and an intriguing setting, but ultimately falls short due to boring conversations, mediocre gameplay and disappointing graphics. This could have been so much better.

Spiders managed to make another good adventure, but the execution and the technical side drag the experience a bit. Still, it's the most ambitious project of the studio so far, and your opinion will depend on your expectations.

If you’re not a gigantic fan of the genre, I can’t really recommend The Technomancer.

The Technomancer is a lost opportunity for Spiders Studio. The game has some great ideas, but its execution is a disaster.

The Technomancer is an ambitious sci-fi RPG limited by the realities of budgets. Fun and intriguing, but lacking polish and certain genre staples.

This is the B-list version of a big budget RPG. It’s almost inspiring how plucky Spiders is in its execution of The Technomancer. It's clearly trying to emulate the range of worlds and playstyles of games like The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age in a sci-fi setting, but isn't quite up to the task. It’s buggy, flawed, and, frankly, kind of cheap. This is absolutely a SyFy Channel-grade RPG, with all that implies.

The game certainly isn't at the level of the top-end western RPGs and a lot of its gameplay elements have been done in greater depth elsewhere. However, sometimes a lighter game is what's wanted, and for those looking for a less overwhelming experience that's easy to just pick up and play, The Technomancer is a solid and enjoyable experience for the twenty-five or so hours a playthrough lasts.

Light frustrations aside, the depth of Technomancer cannot be denied. Systems abound there are infinite possibilities for differing characters; reputation, talents, abilities, XP bonuses, crafting, team recruiting, and much more await those that are in for something that borrows from a few other franchises but in smart ways.

The Technomancer might have been the beginning of a new and fresh role playing-series in the hands of a more experienced developer, like Bioware. It's a game worth playing for its story and setting, but the game's full potential is never realized.

The Technomancer's big sci-fi ambition is marred by its lack of polish and botched execution in a couple of big areas. It won't win any awards on the presentation side of things, but the core gameplay nevertheless elevates it and delivers some fast and chaotic fun. It's just too bad that the overall package wasn't able to come together as well as it could have.

The Technomancer tries to make an effort. Almost every aspect that you would expect from a roleplaying experience is there. Multifaceted character development, party-interaction, decisions with consequences, crafting, stealth. But there is not enough quality, everything seems superficial. In the post-Witcher 3 or-Fallout 4 era you have to do better.

Even in light of its technical glitches, predictable narrative and total personality flatline, The Technomancer isn’t necessarily a bad game, it just isn’t a good one.

Good for a fight, dull for everything else. [Issue#176, p.81]

Its approach to open ended gameplay is appreciated and its combat is fun enough for the first ten hours, but the game eventually loses steam and its story is nothing worth shouting about. To make matters worse, technical problems harm the experience to the point where you'll find it hard to care about the characters during what are supposed to be emotional scenes.

I was never engrossed, enticed, or even entangled in The Technomancer’s web of dystopian dreams. It’s competently made – there’s been far worse games reviewed on TSA recently – but what felt mildly interesting in trailers turned out to be perhaps the most boring science fiction adventure I’ve ever played.

The Technomancer, like Bound by Flame before it, tries to be too much like the genre leaders instead of finding its own way, and ends up falling short of the mark.

Overall it feels like an atmospheric step forward for the developer, but a mechanical trip backwards. Until that gets sorted, the red planet can wait.

It's ambitious, but there's no real spark of life. [Sept 2016, p.111]

The Technomancer tries to be an epic RPG, but it fails miserably. The big world, layered story and many combat possibilities are okay, but they do not matter as the game does not seem to have a soul, or a good experience to give gamers.

Derivative setting, dull NPCs, and clunky combat make The Technomancer an exemplar of lost potential.

There are much better experiences out there for much less money, and you shouldn't waste your time with lacklustre games like this.

The combat, while plentiful and entertaining when using technomancy, feels stiff with an over reliance on dodging and ineffective stance system. Character development is as scarce as it comes and made worse by poor voice acting and characterization, which are possibly the most immersion-breaking issues of the game.