Every decision, both public and private, compounds to direct your fate towards either power or ignominy. Fidèle is a man pulled in different directions-between justice and careerism the truth and what different factions want to hear his family and amplifying his reputation among the sections of Paris. Your rulings in the courtroom intrude into your relationship with your family. Fidèle’s private life is just as important, and one must be careful to balance nights out discussing politics with time spent around the family dinner table. Nor does the game stop at the public square. One oratorical slip-up and it is you who might be next. You also harangue the crowd gathered to watch the blade fall. If you sentence a defendant to execution it is not enough to sign and seal the paperwork. But the game does not begin and end in the courtroom. To the historian who has read actual case files from the Revolutionary Tribunal the desperation and political opportunism that color them feels real. The cases ring with a degree of historical accuracy, though most are undoubtedly made up. If Fidèle’s reputation falls below a certain threshold, you risk losing the game. As the player rules on these cases, the various ideological sects of Paris react, and these reactions in turn solidify or detract from Fidèle’s reputation as a judge. The story of the French Revolution is told through the daily unfolding drama of court cases that cross Fidèle’s bench. The Revolution -playing judge, jury, and executioner of the French Revolution as Fidèle-is, pardon the pun, well-executed. There is a weariness underlying this revolution. Cases grow more complex while The idealized sterility of justice is rapidly contaminated by public opinion, as is Fidèle’s liver from excessive drinking.
WE. THE REVOLUTION 1.0.2 FREE
It is impossible to exercise this judgement from a vantage point free of political prejudice, and as the game progresses the politics of revolutionary Paris constrict the application of justice.
Acting as the ironically-named Fidèle, a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, the player must decide who should be pruned from the overgrowth and who deserves to be spared. Fathoming the depth of their power and intentions remains elusive. Various competing factions (royalists, the common people, revolutionaries), having overgrown the crumbling edifice of the Old Regime, yield to no one in their attempts to best one another.
WE. THE REVOLUTION 1.0.2 SERIES
This is the second review in our three-part series of reviews of We.
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