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The Precursors

Precursors, predecessors, the legend of galaxy... Who are carrying the forebear's genes among existing races, we can suppose only... Worlds of galaxy are everlasting, beautiful, unique and dangerous. Some of…

47 4 December 2009

The Precursors is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Deep Shadows, released 4 December 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Precursors is

The Precursors is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Deep Shadows and released in 2009. It was published by Play Ten Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Vital Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Precursors, predecessors, the legend of galaxy... Who are carrying the forebear's genes among existing races, we can suppose only... Worlds of galaxy are everlasting, beautiful, unique and dangerous. Some of them are inhabited, some ruined and deserted, other - just a smugglers trans-shipment stations.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

The Precursors holds a critic score of 47 out of 100. That places it above 5% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 20 points below the year average.

What it launched against

The Precursors launched on 4 December 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

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When did The Precursors come out?
The Precursors was released on 4 December 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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