Xbox 360 Critic Reviews

First Templar leaves me with mixed feelings. One the one hand it's a very fun and engaging game to make your way through with a friend, but on the other hand it has little problems here and there that mar the gameplay. It seems like it was sloppily put together and could have been better constructed all around in order to make the gameplay more fluid. It's a decent game to go through at least once and is definitely worth picking up. Not necessarily at full price, but it's certainly worth playing.

The First Templar draws you in with interesting characters and rhythmic combat, but technical foibles can lessen your fun.

It may not be the most memorable action adventure RPG game available but it does contain an enjoyable story with some interesting characters that you will meet along the way.

Although it lacks polish, The First Templar makes the most of what it has, and the result is quite respectable.

It helps that The First Templar's endearingly off-kilter presentation keeps expectations low, and even at its best it's still only pretty good at what it does. But being surprised by a game that succeeds on modest terms is often more satisfying than grudgingly accepting a hyped blockbuster that fails to deliver, so while the final "not bad" score might be the same, the actual experience couldn't be more different.

The whole affair just suffers from a lack of polish all round.

Technically inept in many ways but there's an earnest charm to the action that proves far more entertaining than higher budget rivals.

It doesn't take long for The First Templar, a Crusades-era action-adventure, to rear its low-budget head. [Aug 2011, p.82]

It's a rental, but it's worth trying out despite the flaws if you happen to find it at a reduced price.

In the end, it's an obviously low-budget game that lives up to the lowered expectations you must entertain in order to enjoy it.