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Sentient artefact

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Includes at least one item that expresses sentience to a degree, commonly by talking to the wielder and possibly people around them.

81
games
22
platforms

Alternate name: Sentient weapon

Soul Eater: Plot of Medusa (Nintendo DS)
Soul Eater: Plot of Medusa
NDS 2008-10-23
Thief Gold (Windows)
Thief Gold
WIN 1999-10-29
SoulCalibur IV (PlayStation 3)
SoulCalibur IV
PS3 2008-07-29
Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic (Windows)
Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book
WIN 2015
Soul Eater: Battle Resonance (PlayStation Portable)
Soul Eater: Battle Resonance
PSP 2009-01-29
Heretic II (Windows)
Heretic II
WIN 1998
MÄR Heaven - ÄRM Fight Dream (PlayStation 2)
MÄR Heaven - ÄRM Fight Dream
PS2 2005-11-03
Dust: An Elysian Tail (Xbox 360)
Dust: An Elysian Tail
X360 2012-08-15
SoulCalibur III (Arcade)
SoulCalibur III
ARCD 2005
Heirs to Skull Crag (MS-DOS)
Heirs to Skull Crag
DOS 1993
SoulCalibur IV (Xbox 360)
SoulCalibur IV
X360 2008-07-29
Thief: The Dark Project (Windows)
Thief: The Dark Project
WIN 1998-11-30

The first video game about Sentient artefact was released in 1993.

Namco, Konami and Namco Bandai Games has published most of these games

Unlike living weapons, these can be quite inorganic and otherwise not exhibit any signs of life. Usually they exist through some magical, demonic, or otherwise mystical means, but even some Sci-Fi style things are appropriate (A.I., in case it's "trapped" into the artefact).
Related:
* Living weapons
* Odd appliances
* Animate weapons

Related sites

Related trope at TV Tropes (The Sword That Speaks)
Wikipedia article on "Sentient weapon"

Platforms

Linux 18
Windows 14
PS2 10
Arcade 5
Mac OS X 5
X360 4
Wii 3
Nintendo DS 3
Xbox 2
PS3 2
PS 2
Mac OS Classic 2
MS-DOS 2
Saturn 1
GBA 1
PSP 1
Android 1
Dreamcast 1
Amiga AGA 1
Amiga 1
BSD 1
GameCube 1

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