Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman

Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG. War broke between the industrious Imperium and the savage tribes of Wilderness…

82 9 September 2013 ESRB T

Adventure Fighting Indie Platform Role-playing (RPG) Action

Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman is an adventure developed by Hexage, released 9 September 2013 on Nintendo Switch, Ouya, Android and iOS.

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What Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman is

Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman is an adventure game developed by Hexage and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Ouya, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG. War broke between the industrious Imperium and the savage tribes of Wilderness. Demons and carrions have returned to the land. Play all sides and make your own decisions. Take countless quests and uncover the secrets of Wilderness!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 Ghz, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 11.1. At 2GB 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

Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman launched on 9 September 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman — frequently asked questions

When did Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman come out?

Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman was released on 9 September 2013 for Nintendo Switch, Ouya, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman?

At minimum, Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman needs 2 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, DirectX 11.1 graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman?

The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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