Stories: The Path of Destinies
Reynardo the Fox is a clever rogue, but he’s not as clever as he thinks. He's got himself sucked into a Rebellion against the mad Emperor, and now he’s got fateful choices to make. Should he rescue his oldest…
Stories: The Path of Destinies is an adventure developed by Spearhead Games, released 12 April 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Stories: The Path of Destinies is
Stories: The Path of Destinies is an adventure game developed by Spearhead Games and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a steampunk world of talking animals set on islands floating in the sky, Reynardo, a retired fox corsair, is drawn back into action when his hometown is destroyed by the raven armies of the tyrannical Emperor Isengrim III, who seeks lost artifacts and forbidden magic to summon the banished elder gods. Escaping aboard his airship with a mysterious book, Reynardo joins the Rebellion against the mad Emperor. The book proves to be magical, letting him glimpse where his choices might lead, so that when a path ends in disaster he can turn back and try another, piecing together the truths he needs to reach a better ending.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 37 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Stories: The Path of Destinies holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 89 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 24 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel CPU Core i3-2500K 2.0GHz+ / AMD CPU Phenom II 570, 4 GB RAM and GeForce 8800 GTX, GT640, GT730, Radeon HD 5850, HD Graphics 530. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Stories: The Path of Destinies launched on 12 April 2016, within three weeks of Dark Souls III, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank and Don't Starve Together. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls III, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Stories: The Path of Destinies yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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