Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption (stylized as SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption) is a third-person action video game developed by indie studio Dark Star and published by Another Indie. It was released on October 18, 2018 for Windows, PlayStation 4, Switch and Xbox One. The game forces the player to fight bosses representing the seven deadly sins one after another, while removing one of the player's abilities for every fight. It received mixed reviews from critics, who cited its mechanics as a strong point but criticized its environments, music and story.

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption
Developer(s)Dark Star
Publisher(s)Another Indie
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
ReleaseOctober 18, 2018
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

The game's main character is a nameless wanderer who must fight the avatars of the seven deadly sins, each one representing something from their past.[1]

Gameplay

The game takes a boss rush format while being based on the boss fights from the Souls series. The player is given both melee and ranged weapons, as well as health potions, when starting the game. All the enemies have unique attack patterns. Once a boss is defeated, the player must sacrifice something, such as HP, weapon damage or resources.[2] The game has seven bosses in total as well as an eighth final boss.[1]

Reception

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption received an aggregate score of 63/100 on Metacritic for its Windows version,[4] and 57/100, 58/100 and 66/100 for the PlayStation 4, Switch and Xbox One versions, respectively.[5][3][6] Mike Epstein of IGN rated the game 6.3/10, calling it a game that "moves the Soulslike genre forward in some interesting ways", but saying that "it doesn't quite feel like a complete package", and that it lacks "narrative and aesthetic detail".[1] Ginny Woo of GameSpot rated the game 6/10, saying that while ambitious, its aesthetics were not as strong as its mechanics, and it lacked character motivations while having performance issues on Switch.[2] Jordan Helm of Hardcore Gamer rated the game 3/5, and stated that its core gameplay was "pleasing and genuinely tense", but also that it "falters from [...] a lack of context and general purpose", saying that it relied on "templates and tired tropes".[7]

References

  1. Epstein, Mike (2018-10-16). "Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption Review". IGN. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  2. Woo, Ginny (2018-11-09). "Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption Review - Trials and Tribulations". GameSpot. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  3. "SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  4. "Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  5. "Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  6. "Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  7. "Review: Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption". Hardcore Gamer. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
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