Platforms
- PCAug 20, 20246.9playscore6.918 Critics6.6800 Players
- PlayStation 5Aug 20, 20247.3playscore6.917 Critics7.8221 Players
- Xbox Series X|SAug 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics6.674 Players
- PlayStation 4Aug 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics7.8216 Players
- Xbox OneAug 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics6.674 Players
41 critic reviews · 1 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- While some of its gameplay diversions miss the mark, Dustborn is an excellent example of how to craft engaging characters and wrap a story around them. The game is filled with surprisingly natural sounding conversations, whether they’re serious and detailed or funny and light. It’s very rare that I encounter characters that are so believable in a game. Quite the achievement considering one of those characters is a gruff, bearded New Yorker with dwarfism who heals people by reciting poetry, who I honestly wish I got to spend more time with.
Gareth Chadwick · Sep 27, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - É difícil recomendar Dustborn diante de um catálogo com propostas mais fortes e melhor estabelecidas. Embora ele tenha um universo muito específico, o ritmo monótono e a dificuldade de criar laços com os personagens deixam a experiência em uma cadência nada envolvente. O game tem seus acertos, como as canções e a direção de arte que agradam aos ouvidos e olhos, mas é pouco diante de toda a jornada que o jogador precisa superar. Não é um jogo ruim, mas com certeza, não é bom o suficiente para se destacar.
Raphael Batista · Sep 25, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Duskborn might serve as a fair game if you're willing to put in the work. However, it isn't the game for you if you want modern-day gameplay, a captivating narrative, and memorable protagonists.
Maisie Scott · Sep 18, 2024 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full review - Dustborn es un juego ambicioso que logra destacar en varios aspectos, especialmente en su narrativa y estilo visual. Sin embargo, sufre de problemas de ritmo, repetitividad en la jugabilidad y ciertos fallos técnicos que impiden que alcance su pleno potencial. Además, siento que Red Thread Games ha querido tratar de contentar a todos los jugadores con la inclusión de un sistema de combate que palidece respecto al resto del conjunto. Se trata de un juego con un potente mensaje, pero que hay que hacerle la vista gorda a varios aspectos para poder disfrutarlo plenamente.
Alberto Martos · Sep 02, 2024 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full review - It's a shame that a game with so much potential couldn't find some great mechanics and focus on them. Instead, it focused more on a political statement that it shoves down your throat every chance it gets. Dustborn offers excellent visuals and voice work with some solid writing when it focuses on the story, but falls flat from janky and simple combat and noticeable bugs.
Garri Bagdasarov · Aug 29, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Dustborn tells a touching tale brimming with personality and political messages with each character offering a unique perspective that enriches the narrative. While these diverse viewpoints occasionally lead to inconsistencies in tone, the game succeeds in delivering a strong, but potentially divisive, story. The musical elements provide a refreshing twist to the gameplay, standing out against the uninspiring combat. Overall, Dustborn adds various elements to the interactive drama genre, and while not all are equally successful, the game offers a compelling experience that will resonate with those seeking an ambitious tale.
Jaz Sagoo · Aug 27, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Where Dustborn works – its characters and story – it really works. Leaden combat and side-missions leave it a little lacking.
AJ Small · Aug 23, 2024 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full review - I admire a game that is willing to take a risk, and certainly trolling the people who believe that games should be mindless content that doesn’t challenge their intelligence with a “political idea,” is a creative risk I can admire. But beyond the initial amusement that I took from knowing that somewhere out there someone is absolutely fuming about this game on a forum or in a tweet, there’s actually very little intelligence in Dustborn. It’s also an experience that is so culturally specific that it probably shouldn’t have been a global release.
Matt · Aug 21, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Haphazard at times and calmly cacophonic at others - Dustborn has much going on, and it's far from harmonious. Nevertheless, the characters and intriguing setting help sustain interest.
Ravi Sinha · Aug 20, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Derrière ce road trip au design Comics se cache une histoire à la fois critique de nos sociétés, mais également du regard des autres et de la quête de soi. Si une de ces thématiques ne vous intéresse pas ou pire encore vous refroidit au plus haut point, passez votre chemin. Car Dustborn ne pourra captiver autrement que pas son histoire tant sa technique n'est pas au niveau et son gameplay, bien que diversifié, ne brille sous aucune de ses formes. Il restera un bon jeu narratif, qui ne marquera malheureusement que celles et ceux se retrouvant dans l'évolution de ces personnages.
Aekonimi · Aug 20, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review
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Community Reviews
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
Dustborn is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure game about hope, love, friendships, robots…and the power of words.
You play Pax: exile, con-artist, Anomal — with the ability to weaponize language. Looking for a new life and a way out, Pax has been hired to transport an important package from Pacifica to Nova Scotia, across the Justice-controlled American Republic. Sounds like a legit reason for a road-trip, right?
So pack your bags, assemble a crew with their own peculiar powers, and get ready to travel the country!
Explore the stunning Neo-Western landscapes of an alternate history America on a robot-driven tour bus, and stop at a dozen locations along the road to build your crew, manage relationships, complete missions, and face increasingly difficult challenges. But the people you stole the package from want it back, and the authoritarian Justice is hot on your heels, so don’t forget to pack your baseball bat!
(And, oh yeah, you’re travelling undercover as a punk-rock band, so you’ll definitely need to brush up on your musical skills before your next gig.)
At the end of the road lies salvation…but to get there, you’ll need to cross an entire continent.
Developer: Red Thread Games