Bound By Flame

About

You play a hero slowly turning into a demon after a mysterious curse. Your choices shape how the corruption spreads through your body and the world. Craft weapons and armor with layered customization, swap sword components to tweak stats like critical hits and attack speed. Switch between three combat styles: heavy melee, quick daggers, or fire-based magic. Each has its own skill tree and plays differently in real-time battles. Side characters react to your actions, building bonds or rivalries as the story unfolds. The game’s three endings hinge on how much power you take from the demon. Community data shows most players hit around 21% of achievements. The rarest one requires a specific romance choice, locked at 2.2% unlock rate. Combat depth and branching consequences stand out, with over 40 achievements tracking everything from weapon builds to moral decisions. The system rewards experimenting with playstyles and relationships, though the 2014 release shows some age in visuals.

Storyline

A victim of a demonic influence will have to choose between the evil powers offered or rejecting them in favor of developing heroic talents. Dangers and enemies will become more fearsome in battle throughout, increasing the temptations to acquire more power by giving up part of the hero's soul to the demon while progression of the demonic influence will be reflected by the transformation of the hero's body. The game features three endings, depending which choices the player made during the game. In the finale the player's actions determines which ending will play out: the sacrifice ending (involves the player rejecting the demon's powers and killing themselves), demon ending (the player becomes a full demon thus destroying the world of Vertiel) and the king ending (the player exterminates the demon and becomes the ruler of Vertiel).