1348: Ex Voto
1348: Ex Voto
1348: Ex Voto, développé par Sedleo et édité par Dear Villagers, est un jeu d'action-aventure indépendant à la troisième personne inspiré des récits chevaleresques, prévu sur PC, PlayStation 5 et Xbox Series X|S le 12 mars 2026. Le joueur incarne Aeta, une jeune chevaleresse errante interprétée par Alby Baldwin, partie pour un périple brutal à travers l'Italie du XIVe siècle afin de retrouver et sauver Bianca, incarnée par Jennifer English, au cœur d'une péninsule déchirée par le brigandage, les mercenaires, le fanatisme religieux et la peste. Les combats à l'épée s'appuient sur les Arts Martiaux Historiques Européens et la capture de performance, avec deux postures à une ou deux mains et la possibilité de débloquer des combos via des livres de compétences et de personnaliser l'arme. L'exploration couvre villages, châteaux, Apennins et vestiges romains, où il est possible de collecter bibelots et trésors. L'édition deluxe comprend le jeu et un livre d'art en anglais seulement. La presse a salué l'ambiance d'un voyage agréable en Toscane moyenâgeuse tout en relevant la rudesse technique et un système de combat basique, et certains joueurs regrettent un manque d'optimisation ou des bugs bloquants, tandis que d'autres expriment avoir apprécié l'expérience malgré ses imperfections.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« If you're willing to forgive a certain amount of roughness and a basic combat system, 1348 Ex Voto will take you on a pleasant journey through medieval Tuscany lasting five or six hours, depending on your patience with exploration. I'm not a keen observer, so I missed a lot of upgrades, but I still enjoyed the game. »
« A technically crude medieval story game that was clearly made with love, but can’t hold a candle to contemporary titles. »
« 1348 Ex Voto starts with a wealth of potential, and unfortunately manages to squander it at every turn, creating a hollow, rage-inducing, and disappointing experience, with its beautiful depiction of Italy and talented performers being its only saving graces. »
« Despite awful PC performance dragging down the gorgeous visuals, 1348 Ex Voto excels at offering satisfying sword combat in an enjoyable, bite-sized adventure. However, as a whole package, it wasn't able to keep me invested in a story that I would otherwise love had there been more time spent developing its central relationship. »
« 1348 Ex Voto is a highly imperfect work that—much like its own history—thrives on dualities, on light and shadow, yet manages to leave a mark in its own way: a small *ex-voto* capable of speaking to us and our modern cages, drawing upon a Middle Ages that proves itself both intimate and relevant. »
« 1348: Ex Voto is a rough-around-the-edges project that still manages to be engaging. With a bigger budget and proper polish, it could have stood alongside Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice or A Plague Tale: Innocence, but that didn't happen. »
« 1348 Ex Voto joins games like A Plague’s Tale and Kingdom Come: Deliverance in giving players a slice of medieval life. Unlike those titles, 1348 Ex Voto is a short time commitment with a relatively simple story and unique character dynamics. If the world weren’t quite so barren and the combat were less frustrating, 1348 Ex Voto’s attractive environments could be the foundation for a special little game. »
« 1348 Ex Voto has proven to be a largely disappointing project. Not everything should be discarded, and some enthusiasts of medieval history might even find it interesting. However, none of the aspects of the production fully manages to convince. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Eu não vou dar uma nota negativa porque até me diverti a jogar,mas também não vou dar nota positiva. O jogo prometia bastante, mas fracassou, veio com erros de textura logo no início, que tentaram corrigir com atualização mas que nos minutos iniciais só piorou, algumas vezes a personagem consoante a movimentação pode aparecer com Lag. O combate, está razoável mas podia estar melhor, é pena demorar-se tanto para se ter um "Perfect parry" que poderia melhorar imenso a jogabilidade, e para piorar quando temos o ataque carregado para o ataque de duas mãos, o mesmo acaba por dar bagunça e encravar a personagem deixando-nos muitas vezes em posição delicada face aos adversários. Se a Sedleo continuar a fazer jogos espero que da próxima vez aprendam a fazer algo mais polido e funcional. »
« c'est un jeu que j'ai aimé malgré que les autres non certe c'est pas parfait mais ca le merite d'exister avec le cadre du jeu qui se deroule en 1348 en italie medieval les points positif je dirais l'environnement des decors qui sont bien fait pour un petit studio, aussi la Narration environnementale du titre ainsi que les objet qu'on recolte notamment les bibelots et les tresor, et enfin l'acting du jeu avec la performance des personnage principal Alby Baldwin (Aeta) et Jennifer English (Bianca) mais aussi du reste du cast pourr le reste comme la Musique c'est bien mais parfois absent sur certain chapitre le scénario c'est pas mal les combat c'est peut etres difficile au début et parfois mal compris par certain joueurs mais au bout d'un moment ca deviens un peu plus facile et au final les combat sont pas mal la note du jeu est 8/10 »
« Government game. Feminists in the Middle Ages, how much creativity.Thank you Italian taxpayers for this game. »
« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »
« There's literally nothing good about this game. The story is a hodge podge and littered with clunky dialogue and social rhetoric. Combat system? Holy smokes, this is the worst combat I've ever played in 40 years. Maybe it makes up for all those shortcomings with playtime or running without error? Forget it, it's about 6-8h to beat the game and it constantly crashes or comes up with weird errors. It's amazing that they released the game and any "professional" critic that gave it higher than a 40, needs to be exorcised from the industry. Frankly, every single reviewer that rated it 40 or higher, should be culled from society, or at the very least from the gaming or media industry. »
« 1348 Ex Voto is what happens when you make a game for the non-existing modern audiences and alienate potential customers even before the launch through mockery. These people will never learn »
« Симулятор ходьбы с лесбиянками в главной роли, без идеи и какого либо смысла »
« Game quá chán, bug lỗi của nhân vật quá nhiều, nước Ý tráng lệ thời trung cổ quá vô hồn, ít người, ít nhân vật, ít model, chắc hãng làm game cạn cả model người rồi, thậm chí còn tiết kiệm model tới nỗi dùng giọng vang ra từ tòa nhà không đã đóng cửa, lỗi 2 giọng của nhân vật chồng lên nhau thay vì đối đáp, thậm chí text lời nói còn đè lên nhau. Biểu cảm và gương mặt nhân vật Bianca quá chán, mắt lờ đờ, miệng thì lúc nào cúng há ra như con cá. Cốt truyện cũng chán nốt »
