- Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Pendragon is a turn-based strategy game, where every move you make drives the narrative, and every story twist opens new gameplay opportunities. Will you advance and show your mettle, or cautiously retreat? Will you slip round enemies, or encounter them head-on? And when sacrifices are required, who will you put in harm's way?
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Grave, earnest, plot-driven and epic.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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COGconnectedJake HillOct 202088/100I’ve played Pendragon dozens of times. I’ve unlocked most of the characters (I still can’t see to get Branwen the archer to trust me) and I know there are stories I haven’t pursued to their conclusions (Excalibur is out there, and I will find it). So rather than a traditional RPG or strategy game, Pendragon plays like an impressionistic take on a classic Nintendo formula. You’ll tell your own stories and if you play them right, the dream of Camelot will live on.
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EurogamerRobert PurcheseSep 2020A new classic of narrative and strategy, and a game with plenty of space for the player to enjoy themselves.
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PC GamerAndy KellySep 202078/100An accessible strategy game tied to a powerful, dynamic story generator.
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KeenGamerBennet Gehring-NobbeOct 20204/10From Inkle, the creators of Heaven’s Vault and 80 Days, comes Pendragon, a rogue-like narrative strategy game. It hopes to blend writing and gameplay, to constantly have one influence the other. While it succeeds in some ways, it falls short in so many others.
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GameSpotDavid WildgooseSep 20206/10Pendragon is a fascinating but flawed experiment in procedural narrative.
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Snippets via OpenCritic, where 69% of critics recommend it.
About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- inkle
- Publisher
- inkle
- Released
- September 22, 2020
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person, Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- Ink
IGDB rating 7.6/10 from 3 ratings.
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