By now, we all have seen the two-minute-long CGI-generated trailer for The Age of Bhaarat Game. Developed by the Indian Game Studio, Tara Games. Age of Bhaarat is a collaboration between the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, author Amish Tripathi, and veteran game developer Nouredine Abboud. The game is a third-person action game set in mythical India with a linear storyline and RPG elements. Age of Bhaarat, even before its release, is showing signs of being underdeveloped with lackluster gameplay and copycat mechanics. And is being falsely marketed on the pretext of drawing inspiration from Indian mythology. Join me today in our The Age of Bhaarat Game Review, a AAA title where the mediocrecy meets mythology.
Tara Games and Age of Bhaarat Development
Tara Games is a newly established gaming studio set up in Mumbai, India. Co-founded by Amish Tripathi, the acclaimed author behind the Shiva Trilogy of Books, and Nouredine Abboud. Who has previously worked on the Driver Series and was the co-producer of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands. The studio is also joined by one of the greatest Bollywood actors of all time, Amitabh Bachchan.
Tara Games is looking to deliver AAA Gaming experiences inspired by Indian Mythology. Aiming to deliver true narrative-driven games on a global level with backdrops deeply rooted in Indian Culture. The Age of Bhaarat is the studio’s first endeavor into the world of Video Game development. The team revealed the game’s story and design through the latest trailer posted on their social media accounts.
Age of Bhaarat Review and Why It Feels Off
By now, we have all seen the trailer and snippets of Age of Bhaarat Gameplay, and there are many things wrong with this project. The trailer itself is a 2-minute-long Cinematic cut, exploring the world-building and different elements of the game. The voice in the trailer is ofcoure of Amitabh Bachan narrating the story of the game. Yet the monologue feels far-stretched and not engaging. Below are three main reasons for what’s wrong with Age of Bhaarat and why it feels mediocre at best.
Gameplay and World
One of the biggest selling points of the game is its gameplay and innovation, but that claim falls apart very quickly. It is impossible not to notice how blatantly The Age of Bhaarat resembles Black Myth: Wukong. From the combat style to literally its character animation. Even the weapon design is a mirroring of Wukong, which in itself was a groundbreaking title. The game feels like a copy-and-paste job rather than a fresh approach. Tara Games seems to think that innovation means recycling what already works, and players are seeing right through it. (Just Check the Comment Section on the Trailer.)
Yes, the game is still in early development but that doesn’t excuse the lack of originality or polish. What we have seen from the trailer isn’t promising at all the gameplay looks clunky, uninspired, and anything but innovative.
Lack of Innovation
The developers have claimed the game to be on an AAA level of polish, but it looks mediocre at best. The graphics of the game are on par with Indie titles and AA Games, and even those look better. The animations look janky with cartoonish design to their world and environments. The assets look completely as if they were picked from a third-party game assets website. If the developers are promising an AAA Game, then it should be on par with other games in its genre, for eg, Elden Ring, God of War, or Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
The AAA Gaming Industry has already been under much scrutiny over the last few years. With massive flops and unpolished games being released just for profit. The industry has lost its essence when it comes to game design and innovation. That goes the same for The Age of Bharaat, which feels like a knockoff of an already hit formula copied and pasted in a different setting. Which brings us to the most absurd thing the devs have done with the game.
False Pretext of Indian Mythology
The marketing for The Age of Bhaarat is nothing short of deceptive, falsely marketed on the pretext of being inspired by Indian Mythology. That is an outright joke once you see the trailer and game in action. There’s maybe like 5-10% of what reflects Indian Mythos or cultural depth in the trailer. Slapping a Hindi name on the protagonist and giving him a vaguely traditional outfit doesn’t cut it.
What makes it even worse? The enemies look like they were pulled from a Google search (Give me 10 different enemy classes for a cheap Wukong knockoff). Some are Japanese-inspired, while other feels like leftovers from five different games. It’s a chaotic mess with zero coherence, zero authenticity. And when I say this, Zero respect for the source material, it pretends to “Respect”. With an author as acclaimed as Amish Tripathi, part of the process. It is unbelievable how Tara Games didn’t just miss the mark, they weren’t even aiming in the right direction.
Why Age of Bharaat is a straight-up Slap in the face of Gamers
The Gaming Industry is widely known for its many antics and deceptive models of working. The Age of Bharaat Game is no less than that, while a brilliant Idea on paper. The delivery and overpromises of this game are just straight up a slap in the face of gamers. Being sold on the pretext of its inspiration from “Indian Mythology”, it is a simple cash grab. Sold on sentimental values rather than delivering a good game. In a market where players are aching to play games developed on their home turf. There is still time for Tara Games to get their act together and develop their game before they even think about releasing it. The Age of Bharaat? Nehhhh more like The Age of Copypaste.
Gamers are ready to play a game that they can invest their time in, enjoy it and talk to their friends about it. But when something priced at such a high value is sold on the pretext of false information and overpromising features. It feels like a betrayal of trust between gamers and developers. This divide in recent years is edging towards where the AAA bubble is about to explode due to lackluster game releases. We love all developers and their efforts in creating something magnificent. All we demand is the worth of our hard-earned money.
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It’s disappointing to see another project lean on mythology as a buzzword without doing the legwork to explore it meaningfully. Indian stories are rich and complex—using them lazily feels like a missed opportunity for something truly unique.
It is very disappointing to see such big names coming together and selling game on false marketing. The concept of Age of Bhaarat is brilliant, except it is being poorly delivered with lackluster features and story elements
Totally agree with all the points & comments. The game lacks a soul. Im not against copying, but atleast add your own flavour to it, modify it in some way, make it more engaging. Their copy is literally ctrc C + ctrl V.
Same old mythology nonsense, no story, bank on fake nationalists to defend the game. Feels as if they made a game on UE5 becoz Buzzword, then when its over, theyll finally slap dialogues & a story in the end.
Ive played free indie games that are objectively a million times better.
Such a waste
Agreed 100%, the dev’s are falesly marketing the game as an homage to Indian Mythology but at the end of the day The Age of Bhaarat is a total knockoff of already developed ideas and games.