A long time ago, we mentioned Lesser Evil Games’ The Executioner. Two years later, and the game’s first episode is out now on Steam!
The Executioner takes the unusual step of putting you in the role of an executioner, where in lieu of hacking and slashing everyone, you’re faced with moral dilemmas and complex situations as the man in the hood. Not only must you seek a signed confession from those who face your axe, but you’ll have to weigh the politics involved: Do you satisfy the town’s judge, or risk angering your employer by saying you aren’t sure a man’s guilty? And when you do put someone to death, will you be merciful, or will you give the crowd a show?
You’ll also have to manage your own sanity while you’re doing all of this. Just to up the ante. The title’s UI is mainly a text-based, with around 20 hours of story to discover.
“We believe that our game provides an opportunity to live through a hard, painful and rather dark experience – and experience the ethical trap in which the participants of the Milgram experiment were caught,” says lead writer Elena Sivakova. “We want our players to fully understand the price of a lesser evil.”
As mentioned, the first episode is out today, with the following two to come out in three-month successions.