Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Reviews
Flintlock is an explosive Soulslite that throws lots of weapons your way. The pacing may not be great, but that can be looked over thanks to the gameplay itself.
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn mixes up the action-RPG formula a little bit, allowing you to control and risk your currency to earn more. Combine that with a flashy, engaging combat system with a thoughtful difficulty adjustment system, and you have a recipe for a good time. Exploration tends to drag down the experience, with many side paths running far too long for what you find in them. Parrying also lacks the kind of refinement necessary to truly make combat shine. Aside from these balancing issues, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is still a solid Soulsborne affair worth checking out.
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is an enjoyable and highly accessible Soulslite. A44 created a great entry point for the genre, not to mention an exciting fantasy setting that mixes black powder, magic, and influences that go beyond the usual European medieval style. The combat is fun and won't cause you to break any controllers. The story is also worth following, although the game perhaps end up too soon, leaving narrative and gameplay possibilities to be explored by a sequel.
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a tasty hybrid between action adventure and soulslike. The AI of the enemies as well as the general balance of the adventure need to be reviewed, but overall it is a truly superb title, capable of entertaining for many hours.
Review in Italian | Read full review
As long as you can put up with some repetitive enemy design and the story not being all that, then Flintlock is worth a punt. It all comes together for a consistently good experience that never tries to break the bank to become something more. It does nothing insultingly bad; neither does it set a new benchmark for anything specific. Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a good video game — nothing more, nothing less.
When looking for reasons to continue in Flintlock, most of them have to do with seeing another gorgeous vista, going off the beaten path for resources, and finding more fights to play around with new magic skills and combinations. More of that could and should come from the narrative, but what Flintlock does right, it does well, and in a way that welcomes more players into the fold. That, apparently, is something A44 can do that FromSoftware won’t.
A fresh setting and effective dialogue writing combine with the mechanics of a fast-paced, physical action RPG with plenty of offensive possibilities.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A well designed game with satisfying mechanics that is brought down by performance issues and some lack in enemy variety.
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a sublime semi-open world that champions quality over quantity, but unrefined combat puts a damper on A44's original gunpowder fantasy.
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a great Souls experience. A title that knows how to carve its own path with a much more agile and dizzying gameplay that differentiates it from the rest. It has good final bosses that present challenges to overcome, challenging and hard, but fair.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Flintlock comes along with good ideas and an exciting premise, but in the end it turns out to be a half-baked Soulslite attempt.
Review in German | Read full review
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is an approachable action RPG with satisfying combat but a narrative that unfortunately left little impression on me. While combat itself is enjoyable, battle variety is somewhat lacking, quests feel typical, and the narrative is forgettable.
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a phenomenal action RPG starring a compelling duo.
Despite a dazzling art direction and one killer new hook for the Souls-adjacent combat loop, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn struggles under the weight of unnecessary RPG systems and an overarching lack of refinement to its many ideas.
This final review of Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn has been a roller coaster of conflicting feelings. The end result is of decent quality, despite various structural limitations, and it manages to shape a balanced experience with a substantial amount of content. While it certainly doesn't stand out in terms of character or personality, and numerous narrative questions remain unanswered, the accessible and somewhat enjoyable gameplay compensates for these shortcomings just enough. However, it does leave a bit of a bitter aftertaste.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn successfully strikes a balance between being a great entry point into the Soulslike genre for those new to the genre, while still largely scratching the itch that genre veterans will be on the lookout for.
A Soulslike that flows like water, ends too fast, and is erased from the memory as soon as it ends.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Flintlock The Siege of Dawn fails to achieve all of its goals. Its story is based on a plot full of clichés and repetition, and its characters do nothing to save it. Despite the introduction of innovative systems like collecting Reputation, the gameplay doesn't get a chance to shine due to outdated animations and weak AI. So, I can't recommend buying this game even with the $40 price tag.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Flint and steel accompanied by some otherworldly magic of rogue gods. This is what defines the death-infested and movement-dependent world of Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. A 'soulslite' title from the creators of Ashen doesn't really innovate on the action-adventure RPG genre but presents players with unique and captivating setting, neat combat mechanics, epic soundtrack and quite a lot of beautiful landscapes to explore. Will you dare to challenge the gods?
Review in Slovak | Read full review