Flint: Treasure of Oblivion Reviews
It’s tough to recommend Flint, though. While I did enjoy combat well enough, there was no real payoff for it. I didn’t care for why I’d win in battle or what that meant for the characters and the overall story. If you’re looking for a deep narrative adventure, this is probably not the game for you right now, but if you’re really itching for more strategic turn-based combat, or just really love the pirate setting, maybe consider giving Flint a try.
With more development time, copious patches, and some decent tutorials, the good game hidden deep inside Flint: Treasure of Oblivion could be dug up and unearthed. But for now, that treasure remains hidden, with only a map inscribed on the back of a wooden peg leg to try and find it.
Its niche setting and multitude of combat options make Flint: Treasure of Oblivion best suited for methodical turn-based fans and pirate enthusiasts. This is a game you’ll either be frustrated by or fall in love at the helm of this classic pirate tale.
A very pleasant and engaging adventure, Flint: Treasure of Oblivion reaches the goal without distorting the genre and not inventing anything particularly new in the scenario of tacticians with RPG elements. Shuffle the cards on the table by taking inspiration from Baldur's Gate 3, inserting the dice mechanic and, in the meantime, detail an intense story polished to reach as many players as possible. If you haven't read Treasure Island, you want to get closer to Stevenson and then buy this toy here, then this adventure could give you unexpected emotions.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Flint Treasure of Oblivion is a pirate adventure with a successful atmosphere and tone, full of visual details that make it more authentic than many other privateer adaptations.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A well-made SRPG with a full commitment to its piratical inspirations, even if it takes longer than it should to learn systems and control patterns.
Embark upon the dice rolling seas in this tactical RPG pirate game.
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is certainly an interesting attempt to create an engaging RPG experience, both in gameplay and the rare setting for this genre. Board game enthusiasts can find this game worth playing, yet more casual RPG players might be turned off by its complicated battle and deck building, spiced by the amount of randomness.
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a title aimed at a very specific audience.
Review in Greek | Read full review
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a mess of many good ideas, not given nearly enough time to breathe. While the visuals are fantastic -- especially the portraits and comic-book-style cutscenes -- they exist to serve a game that feels both narratively and mechanically unfinished. Between unlikeable characters, confusing gameplay that lacks depth, and an overall lack of polish and size, Flint: Treasure of Oblivion fails to make good use of its many innovative ideas, and would've been better served if it had been reigned in.
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a fun experience and should be great with a couple of updates and changes; the story is great, the level designs are pretty, and it’s worth giving a shot, if only for the story. Combat is unique but not new in the way it sets Flint: Treasure of Oblivion apart from other games, so it shouldn’t be too hard to master.
TTRPG fans will find themselves right at home with this challenging adventure. A complex gameplay set of rules to strictly follow laid next to an invigorating art style and wild pirate narrative, Flint: The Treasure of Oblivion is not easily accessible. But what it lacks in approachability, it gains in substantial rewards to those who dare embark on the search for this rich bounty.
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion combines strategy role-playing gameplay with pen and paper elements - and it works! However, as a player you have to teach yourself a lot, the fights lack oomph and some aspects of the game are unfortunately not intuitive.
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