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He’s got dozens of ways to screw this up; but is can he find a way to win his war?\n\nStories: The Path of Destinies is madcap epic fantasy where each choice you make takes you into a different story. But each story — some dark, some romantic, all action-packed — is true in its way, and will lead you to victory if you pay enough attention...","111282\u002Fco248w_webp","111282\u002Febjs88xklnc2zdfifck1_webp","2016-04-12","2024-09-14T03:23:08.489443-04:00","2026-03-27T17:40:55.894292-04:00",12815,"stories-the-path-of-destinies",true,"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FoK1paB_-bcc",0,71.68,439190,[21,54,81,107,139,167,192,218,243,269,293,318,351,374,400,421],{"id":22,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":23,"author":24,"original_score":31,"normalized_score":17,"review_url":32,"review_date":33,"summary":34,"created_at":35,"updated_at":35,"author_id":25,"last_edited_at":35,"outlet":36},83724,15,{"id":25,"bio":26,"name":27,"avg_score":26,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":28,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":29,"claim_token":26,"article_count":30,"claimed_by_user_id":26},2569,null,"Simon Smith","2024-12-03T06:58:58.109644-05:00","2025-02-26T10:54:58.220368-05:00",61,"0","https:\u002F\u002Fgameluster.com\u002Fstories-the-path-of-destinies-review\u002F","2023-06-14","We are all familiar with the concept of choose your own destiny type stories, in our younger days these were interesting books that ultimately had us choose our own fate. Would we escape the monster chasing us by having our character use an ingenious plan, or would we fall to our death after being dropped by a giant bird. These adventures were great and truly put us in control of the narrative, and while this works in a book concept, does it really work in a videogame? This acts as the burning question, despite being a big part of the modern game industry very few choice driven games rarely diverge off a linear path, and this is where Stories comes in.","2025-02-26T10:53:25.24096-05:00",{"id":23,"logo":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"tags":40,"bluesky":41,"twitter":38,"youtube":38,"facebook":38,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":42,"website_url":43,"score_format":44,"average_score":45,"default_timezone":46,"last_review_date":47,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":49,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":50,"editor_in_chief_email":51,"published_authors_count":52,"published_reviews_count":53},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameluster-logo.jpg","GameLuster","gameluster","[  \n  'independent',\n  'women_led',\n  'online_media',\n  'ingestion_pending'\n  ]","gameluster.bsky.social","Your source for gaming news, reviews, and features, driven by a passionate crew of diverse gamers and content creators!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameluster.com","10",74,"UTC","2025-10-15","2026-04-24T13:42:44.708699","bobby@gameluster.com","jess@gameluster.com","axel@gameluster.com",45,373,{"id":55,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":56,"author":57,"original_score":64,"normalized_score":56,"review_url":65,"review_date":66,"summary":67,"created_at":68,"updated_at":68,"author_id":58,"last_edited_at":68,"outlet":69},60004,80,{"id":58,"bio":26,"name":59,"avg_score":60,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":61,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":62,"claim_token":26,"article_count":63,"claimed_by_user_id":26},4896,"GR Staff",73.50961538461539,"2025-01-26T13:18:09.648328-05:00","2025-01-26T15:56:20.576246-05:00",224,"8","https:\u002F\u002Fgamerant.com\u002F\u002Fstories-the-path-of-destinies-review\u002F","2016-08-10","Challenging players through gameplay doesn't seem to be what Spearhead Games is interested in, however. It's hard to find a game released this year that is so deft at telling a story while giving players so many looking glasses through which to view it, and for a game that's true ending can be reached in well under ten hours, that's an incredible feat. While Stories: The Path of Destinies isn't going to wow players who want flashy combat and wild innovations to the genre, its average level of gameplay keeps it compelling long enough to tell a tale that is well worth telling.","2025-01-26T15:35:14.556279-05:00",{"id":56,"logo":70,"name":71,"slug":72,"tags":73,"bluesky":26,"twitter":74,"youtube":75,"facebook":74,"mastodon":76,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":77,"website_url":78,"score_format":44,"average_score":45,"default_timezone":46,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":79,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":80,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGame-Rant-Logo.png","Game Rant","game-rant","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'online_media',\n  'ingestion_pending'\n  ]","GameRant","@GameRant","","Game Rant launched as an online gaming publication in 2009, and we're now a leader in gaming news, reviews, analysis, community discussions, and gaming guides.","https:\u002F\u002Fgamerant.com\u002F","2025-07-04T09:28:49.429906","editorial@gamerant.com",{"id":82,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":83,"author":84,"original_score":91,"normalized_score":92,"review_url":93,"review_date":94,"summary":95,"created_at":96,"updated_at":96,"author_id":85,"last_edited_at":96,"outlet":97},67755,10,{"id":85,"bio":26,"name":86,"avg_score":87,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":88,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":89,"claim_token":26,"article_count":90,"claimed_by_user_id":26},1367,"Zack Furniss",74.72222222222223,"2024-11-28T10:23:35.842319-05:00","2025-01-29T08:17:17.792213-05:00",18,"\n\t\t\t7.5\t\t",75,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com\u002Freviews\u002Freview-stories-the-path-of-destinies\u002F","2016-04-26","Despite some repetition and a handful of weird glitches, it’d be hard for me not to recommend Stories: The Path of Destinies. 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I needn’t insult anyone by commenting on its replayability. Safe to say you’ll get about 24 games out of it depending on whether you see it through or give up, and for the current price it’s not a bad deal. For a game that’s well-structured, well-planned and well-designed I could hardly be more thankful that I was fortunate enough to cover it. In such a short space of time Stories has rocketed onto my list of favourite indie games and if that’s not compliment enough then I don’t know how else to phrase it. 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For gamers, by gamers.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com","hello@gamespew.com","United Kingdom",{"id":168,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":169,"author":170,"original_score":76,"normalized_score":17,"review_url":175,"review_date":176,"summary":177,"created_at":178,"updated_at":178,"author_id":171,"last_edited_at":178,"outlet":179},144568,149,{"id":171,"bio":26,"name":172,"avg_score":26,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":173,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":174,"claim_token":26,"article_count":52,"claimed_by_user_id":26},12350,"Guest Writer\u002FEditor","2025-05-07T12:52:36.977813-04:00","2025-05-07T14:33:30.473868-04:00","https:\u002F\u002Fsirusgaming.com\u002Fstories-the-path-of-destinies-review\u002F","2016-04-18","You can also forge magical swords and collect crystals that enhances Reynardo’s capabilities. There are 4 different upgradable swords. There’s one that heals you progressively in time, one that gives off fire and adds damage to your attacks, one that freezes enemies giving you more time to plan your attacks, and once that gives you a fast attack speed (I personally love this one, since I’m the type who likes fast attacks). The crystals you’ll collect are kind of rare, since you need to forge these swords first to open different gates (which can only be opened by using the sword as a ‘key’). Most of them give nice stats (like the, you guessed it right, more bonus attack speed!), some… not really. You can only equip 3 crystals at a time, so make sure you combine 3 crystals that make the most perfect synergy for you. The environment was kind of sharp to the eyes at first (mostly because of the lighting), but it’s really amazing how Spearhead Games (props to them) was able to optimize the game’s graphics. 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I counted, there are 6 types of enemies (and that’s counting the sentry guys that just hang around in hallways for you to kill). Yes, you are earning experience and unlocking new abilities, but as I mentioned it all comes back to mashing attack against the same enemies as you did 2 hours ago. There may have been more incentive to use all the trickery if Stories was more difficult, unfortunately it is mind numbingly easy. In the first hour and half of play I didn’t take one hit from an enemy. As the enemy density and variety increases (slightly) your passive abilities and unlocks only serve to make you overpowered so they pose no threat. For instance, at one point I had a gem that made shield enemies drop their shields when I attacked them (mashing attack again), time froze every time I counter attacked an enemy, and once I built up my combo multiplier enough (by mashing attack) everything dies in one hit. 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Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e",5,"sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":352,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":353,"author":354,"original_score":361,"normalized_score":362,"review_url":363,"review_date":10,"summary":364,"created_at":365,"updated_at":365,"author_id":355,"last_edited_at":366,"outlet":367},99891,137,{"id":355,"bio":26,"name":356,"avg_score":357,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":358,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":359,"claim_token":26,"article_count":360,"claimed_by_user_id":26},8921,"A.J. 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It’s only a shame the story itself wasn’t more cohesive and tightly more constructed as to join the rest of Stories’ strengths.","2025-02-08T09:07:46.308867-05:00",{"id":423,"logo":435,"name":436,"slug":437,"tags":73,"bluesky":26,"twitter":437,"youtube":438,"facebook":437,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":439,"website_url":440,"score_format":44,"average_score":268,"default_timezone":46,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":79,"headquarters_city":441,"news_editor_email":442,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":190,"reviews_editor_email":443,"editor_in_chief_email":444,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FShackNews-Logo.jpg","ShackNews","shacknews","Shacknewsgames","Gaming News on the Cutting Edge of Technology.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002F","Canton, OH","tj.denzer@shacknews.com","bill.lavoy@shacknews.com","asif.khan@shacknews.com"]