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Immortal: Unchained

In Brief

Immortal: Unchained is the latest addition to the genre of ultra-hardcore action RPGs. Take the role of a living weapon to try and stop all life from being extinguished in the universe.

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Introduction:

You are a living weapon. Unwillingly unchained by the Warden, the player's skills are put to the test, given only the instruction that they must stop the end of the world. With a story the player must piece together themselves, the central character sets off with no memory of their past.

Other characters in the game may shed light on the situation, but the reality is not always clear, as characters are always operating on their own agendas. Use your diverse arsenal of ranged and melee weapons to clear your path as you explore dark sci-fi interconnected worlds in your quest for truth and salvation. Collapse

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Installation:

Assuming you win one of the 20 Steam keys for Immortal: Unchained, you must activate the game via your Steam client. Once activated it will be permanently tied to your Steam profile and you'll be able to install the game at anytime, anywhere on any computer, so long as you can validate who you are (usually via emails etc.). If you don't have a Steam account, you will first have to download and install the Steam client HERE

Then create a Steam profile/account. Once that has been completed you can input the Steam code that you've received (after completing the form filling) via the game button along the top of the Steam client, (located between friends and Help). From the drop-down menu select 'Activate a product on Steam'. This opens a product activation window. Just follow the prompts to complete activation. Once the Steam code has been accepted, the game will be associated with your Steam account and can be installed any time you wish

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Immortal: Unchained to work, please visit the problems section over in the Game Discussion forums, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE or check the Steam forums or contact Steam support.

The Game:

Key Features:

• Explore futuristic fantasy worlds, and sift through lies to unveil their secrets, in a story written by a narrative team including Anne Toole (The Witcher) and Adrian Vershinin (Killzone: Shadow Fall, Battlefield 1).
• Tactical, up-close and personal action with a combination of ruthless gunplay and vicious melee combat.
• Annihilate legendary bosses in godlike clashes that will be remembered for eternity.
• Undying but unforgiving: Death is not the end, but the pain is very real as you struggle to redeem your mistakes.
• Delve into the vast possibilities of builds and weapon choices to find your own playstyle and defeat your opposition your way.

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I read several reviews of Immortal: Unchained, most of which were rather harsh, comparing the game to a watered down Dark Souls with guns, but I would disagree. It may have a similar story, but the game has its own feel. I particularly enjoyed the easy to use character customization screens, though it would have been nice to have been able to change facial features rather than use various facial masks/beards and colored tattoos, still, I spent several minutes creating the characters, one male and one female. You get several disciplines to choose from, each with it’s own advantages, for example, the marksman excels at long range combat; using accurate rifles to acquire targets from far away and fire at critical spots plus a set of swords for back up. Their innate Aspect Pattern makes them even more deadly at long range. Other disciplines include Tracker, Vandal, Raider, Wanderer and Mercenary. Each character has several attributes which include Finesse, Perception, Strength, Agility, Toughness, Endurance, Expertise and Insight. As with all RPG’s these attributes can be improved throughout the game by earning bits. Bits can be used to improve any attribute plus upgrade weapons.

This is a hard game to beat. I spent five hours trying to get past the first stage without success. I still haven’t figured out the tactic for getting past the first boss. Despite this frustration, I have enjoyed exploring the different disciplines. As each time I died I decided to create a new character to see if I could beat the first boss with the same tactics that I’ve used for each character. You save your progress via Obelisks, which are also used to upgrade your character and weapons. When you first access an obelisk, you will see four sections named Attributes, Weapons, Aspects and Travel. For me the last two are greyed out as I’ve not progressed far enough to unlock them yet. I will update this review once I’ve succeeded in doing so over the coming days.

As you progress through the game you unlock more weapon carrying abilities, which is called your weapon loadout. When you start the game, you have only one of these slots unlocked, and your first weapon is an underpowered pistol named a prison guard pistol. Once you’ve earned some bits you can upgrade this at an obelisk. Hopefully you’ll have found better weapons by then (I haven’t yet).

Immortal: Unchained takes place across three different planets, all accessed using portals within a central hub area called the Core. Across these three planets you’ll find various environments such as an Arctic/Antarctic zone, jungle zone and of course an industrial complex zone.

There are some interesting aspects to weapon damage, such as localized damage, where shooting them with a sustained fire in the legs and/or arms may dismember the appendages, thus effectively slowing them down and/or disarming them. However, your enemies can regenerate their appendages, so this is only a temporary respite.

The game has only just been released and there are lots of bugs, however, from what I’ve read via Steam news, the developers have already released their first major patch and intend to continue releasing patches to iron out the issues that players are finding.

Posted by Whiterabbit-uk 20th Sept 2018.

Other reviews & Videos of Immortal: Unchained:

You can see several reviews by respected reviewers HERE, HERE (91 community reviews mostly positive), HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. Most of the above reviews are rather negative towards Immortal: Unchained. However, most of the 91 Steam community members who have posted short reviews of this game seem to disagree and have had positive experiences playing Immortal: Unchained. You can read then HERE. You can see several videos of game play (mature language used in some of these videos) HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, & HERE.

Conclusion:

Personally, I rarely listen to the views of the above ‘respected’ reviewers because I believe we all have different idea’s as to what is a good or bad game. I remember a game that was released on Steam about 9 years ago that was slated and ended up receiving a Metacritic score around 40, but I and my son both found the game absolutely brilliant, exciting and different and well worth the £30 I spent on it. I believe today’s game is in a similar position, being slated by many, who confess to loving another hardcore RPG called Dead Souls then trying to compare this game with Dark souls, but in a negative light. Well, this isn’t Dark Souls, it’s Immortal: Unchained; similar is some respects but different in many others. If you used the argument that most of these reviewers are using, comparing it to Dark Souls, then you may as well compare all the First-Person Shooters that have been released over the last 30 years in the same light and damn any but the first few who released the formula that most FPS games follow. Sane with most Fantasy RPG’s and most Strategy games. Most of these genres release games that are basically the same, the main difference being the environments they take place in; which is the same with Immortal: Unchained compared to Dark Souls. In my opinion the game is well worth getting, especially if you like hard core RPG’s. Make no mistake, this is not an easy game as I have already discovered.

If time permits I will update both my short review and this conclusion once I’ve got several more hours game play under my belt. :)

Suggestions:

If you're one of the 20 lucky winners of a Steam key for Immortal: Unchained please give some feedback about your opinion of the game, for example, what you liked or disliked about it, or how it could be improved from your point of view. What, improvements, if any, would change your opinion?

There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game; for example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality?

If we get some decent reviews, judging by the number of times this game has been offered directly from the developers we may get more opportunities to offer keys here on the game giveawayoftheday project.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the developer Toadman Interactive for providing 20 keys for Immortal: Unchained and to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

If this weeks limited giveaway game doesn't grab you, but you still hanker for a new game, you'll find details of some game deals whether they be sale items, indie bundles or games being given away for free in the 'Weekly roundup of game deals', HERE (I've not updated in in a while, but most of the links still take you to the latest deals).

The rest of the information that used to be posted in the game review can be found in the forums HERE. Finally, check out Delenns thread for details of other free games and offers HERE

If for any reason you want to contact the giveaway team, for example, if you have a problem getting the latest game or other issues that the FAQ's thread or these comments don't cover or solve or if you have a game to offer the community you can do so HERE