Theseus: Journey to Athens

Theseus: Journey to Athens is a decent little RPG based on the ancient Greek myth of Theseus' journey. It follows the classical source material quite closely, and any added content and deviations from the historical path are based on other myths and archaeological records. And deviations from the historical outcome are plenty - the game is heavily focused on giving the player choices and consequences. In fact, choice and consequence is the main gameplay element of Theseus: Journey to Athens. How you get to Athens (or if you even reach it at all) and what you do on the way there is all up to you. Character development happens not by accumulating XP and leveling up, but certain choices during the game will raise certain stats. Stat increases are basically this game's quest rewards. Combat plays out on a tactical square grid, with turn-based movement. It's rather simplistic and nowhere near the tactical depth of similar RPGs, but it's serviceable. You can win most fights by kiting, as l...

This is a true labor of love. It's a game based on Greek Mythology, not the Greek Mythology of Brad Pitt movies but that of the ancient storytellers. You travel through real places as the ancient Greeks imagined they had been in a time of myth and legend before history had become something concrete. It's definitely a niche product, but if you're interested in the setting, you will get a kick out of it. It takes those stories that you've read and does a great job of bringing them to life and putting you in them. It's not a long game, but there are many viable paths toward victory giving it lots of replayability. The developer is committed to it and still improving on it and responding to feedback after release.

Nice little RPG centered around the Thesean myth, with good music and charming pre rendered graphics. The game offers a good amount of choice and consequences in interactions with characters and environments, leading to various endings and places to visit. The turn based combat is somewhat simplistic, but it's sufficient for the length of this highly replayable game.

A short, interesting game drawing from Greek mythology. You can either follow the myth of the six labors of Θησεύς closely or choose your own path.

Short and fun game, feeling almost like a choose your own adventure game book. There are multiple endings based on your choices, so the game can be played a few times just to see the different outcomes of your journey. For the asking price, I would say it's worth it.

Nice small game that draws inspiration from Ancient Greek mythology and literature. You play as the hero Theseus, who after just having reached manhood sets on a road to Athens to reunite with his alleged father, and face trials that surface along the way. Gameplay is a combination of text adventure and RPG, where you are given options how to solve certain situations (heavily influenced by your character’s stats); RPG part is rather symbolic, there is not much in the ways how to improve your party or equipment, and only very few abilities so combat is pretty much reduced to a turn-based game of attrition. On the technical side the game is a solid craft, with nicely renditioned screens in top-down view, and quite good and thematic music. Controls feel a bit crude and the game is relatively short, but with multiple story branchings there is good amount of replayability. Overall the game feels like an edutainment piece and is available at a good price, so if you like myths and stories f...

This is the kind of game that teaches you the valuable lesson that old people on the road are much more dangerous than entire legions of assorted wild beasts, bandits and rebel soldiers. It can be finished in like 90 minutes though and is rather rough around the edges (go figure, it was made by like one guy working with a 486 in a garage), so it's better to pick it up on a sale if you're curious.

This game is a nice little romp along the journey of the greek hero Theseus to the city of Athens. Although seemingly a labor of love, it’s a bit rough around the edges. [b]The Good:[/b] [list] [*]Graphics are surprisingly charming and above average for a game of this scale. None of the “closed” buildings can be entered, sadly. [*]Music also seems to be on point, all of the tracks adding to the general feel of the game. [*]Choices & consequences are the game’s meat, shaping the plot by the options you pick in story events, and determining the routes you take towards the ending (I believe there’s three different ones aside from the game overs). [*]Based on a criminally underused setting for RPGs, it’s historically accurate, even in its portraits. [/list] [b]The Bad:[/b] [list] [*]There’s only 2 savegames to use, which normally wouldn’t be such a fuss if the game progress was straightforward. However, as most options branch or exclude other options in the future, it ma...

Temporary review: a modest, yet decent adventure based on the Greek mythology.

Nice little game about the legend of Theseus,pretty short but good for such a small project with some choices and consequenses.Still it's mostly an amateur work and it shows,so get in during a sale