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Fates of Ort

Fates of Ort is a retro inspired fantasy RPG with a focus on strategic action and a story driven by your decisions. It is a tale of sacrifice and difficult choices, in a world under threat of annihilation by the avaricious force of Consumption magic. Magic is powerful, but it is not free. Every spell you cast requires a little bit of your life energy to spark it. Cast enough spells and you will extinguish your very soul. This means you need to be strategic when fighting, balancing the cost of magic with the risk of taking damage from your enemies. How each spell manifests in the world depends

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July 13, 2020
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Windows, macOS, Linux
Developer
8BitSkull
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8BitSkull
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Fates of Ort is a retro inspired fantasy RPG with a focus on strategic action and a story driven by your decisions. It is a tale of sacrifice and difficult choices, in a world under threat of annihilation by the avaricious force of Consumption magic. Magic is powerful, but it is not free. Every spell you cast requires a little bit of your life energy to spark it. Cast enough spells and you will extinguish your very soul.

This means you need to be strategic when fighting, balancing the cost of magic with the risk of taking damage from your enemies. How each spell manifests in the world depends on what divine power you choose to combine it with. For example, the Evoke Force spell will cause the ground to erupt with a series of sharp ice crystals, summon a thunderous lightning strike, or barrage the ground with a meteor shower – all depending on what the spell is combined with.

Use the magic spells at your disposal to defeat the demons spilling out from the underworld. In Ort, time is frozen whenever you stand still. This means you have the opportunity to plan your attacks and be strategic. Like any RPG, you will be slaying enemies to collect loot and experience. The items you pick up will improve your magical abilities, though some come with curses...…

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★ 8.2/10GOG · 52 ratings
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Most helpful8

★ 4 / 5
When I dreamed of my perfect RPG, I imagined it to definitely have a more creative progression system than increasing HP and damage values. I…
★ 5 / 5
The first thing that struck me about this game was how it stands out at a glance. To me, it's not attempting to be flashy…
★ 4 / 5
I had a lot of fun playing this game. I tried to do as many quests as possible and got a little over 30 hours…
★ 5 / 5
I had lots of fun with this. It's a casual, action oriented RPG game, similar to Zelda or Diablo. Strategy also plays a big part…
★ 5 / 5
...even if you haven't played similar games in your childhood. This game gets so many things right - the combat is fun, the puzzles are…
★ 5 / 5
I've played it and finished it in 6 and half an hour. And I've skipped 60% of the world and quest. I just rush the…
★ 5 / 5
I'm not great at reviewing stuff, but i'm 44 years old, been gaming since age 7 and the Nintendo Entertainment System. Migrated to PC at…
★ 4 / 5
Really enjoyed my time with this one. I hardly ever finish games and was able to complete this one. I thought the open-world-that's-not-too-big-and-too-empty was very…

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★ 3 / 5
The game uses pixel art, sometimes ovesimplified to my taste, but it did not deter me from playing it. However, despite an appealing story, the…
★ 5 / 5
Highly recommend it. An advice that I would give to myself when playing for the first time: Just go explore, don't worry about sniffing every…
★ 4 / 5
The game has such a cool core system that it's a total joy to play. The time-stop system and spell variety really makes you feel…
★ 5 / 5
A well made game with great writing. Once you make a decision, there's no re-dos so take your time. Lots of depth in the magic…
★ 5 / 5
I'm not great at reviewing stuff, but i'm 44 years old, been gaming since age 7 and the Nintendo Entertainment System. Migrated to PC at…
★ 2 / 5
I wanted to like this game, but unfortunately, on Linux the game will not work natively or when using the Windows version with Proton.... Main…
★ 1 / 5
Cute retro RPG with interesting mechanics and enough content to buy on discount. However, rendered mostly unplayable by a few bugs: (M1 Mac) - Scaling…
★ 3 / 5
The game is fun and somewhat original, but also repetitive and not very challenging. You travel a pixelated isometric environment depicting kind of science-fantasy kingdom,…

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