GreedFall
GreedFall is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Spiders. It centers on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and story, case, or mission progress, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.9 / 10
About this game
GreedFall is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and story, case, or mission progress. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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GreedFall is strongest when character abilities, faction priorities and quest choices meet, particularly for players willing to invest in conversations.
GreedFall is strongest when character abilities, faction priorities and quest choices meet, particularly for players willing to invest in conversations. Combat skills and diplomatic talents affect how problems can be solved, giving character development practical value while requiring specialisation. Faction relations and quest consequences lead to different endings, rewarding exploration through a deliberately dialogue- and progression-focused pace. The island's cities, forests and disputes over faith and economics give conversations and travel a coherent narrative context. PS5 save migration and documented loading improvements ease continuation, but expansion ownership depends on edition and advertised performance is not a measured frame-rate guarantee. This assessment covers the PS5 base game; additional story content requires ownership. Check the edition and migration conditions before returning for another set of faction choices.
Strengths
- Character investment affects both fighting and alternative quest approaches.
- Faction conflict supplies context for conversation and exploration.
Weaknesses
- Progress depends on time spent with dialogue and development; the expansion is not included in every edition.
Who it is for: RPG players interested in faction narratives and multiple ways to resolve quests.
Play notes: This assessment covers the PS5 base game; additional story content requires ownership. Check the edition and migration conditions before returning for another set of faction choices.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Faction relations and quest consequences lead to different endings, rewarding exploration through a deliberately dialogue- and progression-focused pace. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Combat skills and diplomatic talents affect how problems can be solved, giving character development practical value while requiring specialisation. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The island's cities, forests and disputes over faith and economics give conversations and travel a coherent narrative context. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension PS5 save migration and documented loading improvements ease continuation, but expansion ownership depends on edition and advertised performance is not a measured frame-rate guarantee. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Spiders
- Publisher
- Focus
- Release date
- Jun 30, 2021
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- ExplorationInvestigationMain Story 10–20 HoursLinear LevelsReal-time CombatStory-drivenSlow BurnThird Person3D GraphicsPuzzle SolvingSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideJun 30, 2021
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