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Breath of Death VII

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning is a parody of retro RPGs.

90 22 April 2010

Breath of Death VII is an indie developed by Zeboyd Games, released 22 April 2010 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Breath of Death VII is

Breath of Death VII is an indie game developed by Zeboyd Games and released in 2010. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning is an indie turn-based role-playing video game developed and published by Zeboyd Games. It was released on April 22, 2010, for Xbox 360 under the Xbox Live Arcade service, and on July 13, 2011, for Windows. It was later bundled with its spiritual successor, Cthulhu Saves the World, as a compilation pack. Despite the title, the game is standalone and unconnected to any other games. A parody of 8-bit Japanese role-playing games, it takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which humans have gone extinct. The main character, an undead skeleton knight named Dem, is accompanied by other undead party members in a quest to stop an evil force. Breath of Death was…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Breath of Death VII holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.6Ghz or higher, 1GB of RAM and DirectX 9.0c compatible. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Breath of Death VII launched on 22 April 2010, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter and Skate 3. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Skate 3.

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Breath of Death VII — frequently asked questions

When did Breath of Death VII come out?
Breath of Death VII was released on 22 April 2010 for Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Breath of Death VII?
At minimum, Breath of Death VII needs 1.6Ghz or higher, 1GB of RAM, DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics, 200 MB of storage.
How many GB is Breath of Death VII?
The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("200 MB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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