The Technomancer

Platforms

• PC

  Jun 28, 2016

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  6.6

  playscore

  6.0

  16 Critics

  6.8

  1.75K Players
• PlayStation 4

  Jun 28, 2016

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  6.8

  playscore

  6.4

  30 Critics

  7.5

  2.77K Players
• Xbox One

  Jun 28, 2016

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  6.9

  playscore

  6.3

  7 Critics

  7.4

  78 Players

41 critic reviews · 2 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  Hardcore Gamer

  6.0

  Yet for all the bite-size moments of intrigue and opportunities that at least fit the role-playing intent satisfying well — both in and away from its unique handling of dialogue options — it’s hard to ignore the technical mishaps and sheer lack of believability in its narrative structure. The Technomancer in the end, if ambitious, doesn’t quite meet the standards of its seniors it so desperately vouches to meet.

  Reviewed on PC

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  PC Gamer

  6.0

  As an RPG, Technomancer offers very few ways around any given obstruction. There are some problems that you fight through and some that you talk through, but few where I could choose to fight or talk. The only persistent moral choice I made was whether to execute or spare incapacitated enemies. Though killing had an effect on my karma, it doesn’t seem to be an important effect.

  Reviewed on PC

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  The Jimquisition

  5.5

  Spiders is a developer with its heart in the right place, and one can tell it wants to make good games. For some reason it struggles to pull out the stops needed to make something great, save for the time it outdid itself with Of Orcs and Men. With The Technomancer, we have a game trying to be a sprawling sci-fi adventure while paradoxically not trying much at all.

  Reviewed on PC, PS4

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  MMORPG

  6.0

  The Technomancer isn’t anything to write home about, but if you’re willing to overlook its flaws, this is Spiders’ most compelling world to date. Their vision of Mars is one that would be worth exploring even with its rough edges, if not for the sheer imbalance of a combat system that persistently drags the experience into the dregs of frustration. Spiders isn’t short on interesting ideas, it’s just the execution.

  Reviewed on PC

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  GameSpot

  6.0

  There’s a lot to nitpick about in The Technomancer, but the game also fills a specific niche. This is the B-list version of a big budget RPG. It’s almost inspiring how plucky Spiders is in its execution of The Technomancer. It's clearly trying to emulate the range of worlds and playstyles of games like The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age in a sci-fi setting, but isn't quite up to the task. It’s buggy, flawed, and, frankly, kind of cheap.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  COGconnected

  5.5

  Even in light of its technical glitches, predictable narrative and total personality flatline, The Technomancer isn’t necessarily a bad game, it just isn’t a good one. It exists as an example of how Spiders dreamed of making an epic, open world RPG but ultimately was limited by its resources. Sadly, in its attempt to be like so many other great RPGs we know and love it loses its chance to be anything unique.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  Wccftech.com

  7.2

  The Technomancer is a well made action-RPG and the best title released by Spiders so far, thanks to the additional polish and increased size of the game's content. Just don't expect to be able to explore a massive world like those in Fallout 4 or The Witcher 3 or you may be disappointed.

  Reviewed on PC

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  ZTGD

  6.0

  These were my two biggest issues with Technomancer, but things just kept adding up. It seemed as if the longer I played it, the more I picked up on its weaknesses. Visually at times it’s interesting and the story has some intrigue, but ultimately I just found myself bored with it the longer it went on. Characters didn’t seem interesting, quests were typical, and nothing really pulled me in.

  Reviewed on XB1

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  Dual Shockers

  6.5

  I really wanted to like The Technomancer during my twenty or so hours with it, but constantly I was pushed into battles that were just not fun. I liked my companions, their stories, and the overall progression of the conspiracies and faction wars occurring on Mars.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  Attack of the Fanboy

  6.0

  The Technomancer's big sci-fi ambition is marred by its lack of polish and botched execution in a couple of big areas. It won't win any awards on the presentation side of things, but the core gameplay nevertheless elevates it and delivers some fast and chaotic fun. It's just too bad that the overall package wasn't able to come together as well as it could have.

  Reviewed on PS4

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