Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist

This is not an RPG and it's not an adventure either. This is a MAZE game. The whole 'fun', 'challenge', or 'difficulty' is based on the dumbest clichés of all games - NO MAPS. If you like blindly wandering round and round, trying to figure out which of the same-looking paths you might have overlooked so that you can move on to yet another maze, then this is the game for you. If that's not your idea of entertainment, stay away. I'm now at Delamere Vault and I'm so TIRED of this repetitive approach I decided I can't care less anymore. Uninstalling now. And I'll make sure to never again buy a game by Amaranth Games - I will not support any ♥♥♥♥♥♥ who still thinks no maps is fun. Thank goodness I bought it during the sale for only a few bucks - this is definitely NOT worth 15 euro. Two other extremely annoying things: It's impossible to turn off music, sound, and sound effects. Even if I turn them off in the Options. Even if you manually edit Settings.txt. The game will STILL force the sounds and effects on you. Plus the devs clearly did expect that anyone might try to play it again - there's no way to skip the annoyingly long intro - in fact it's interactive, you have to press enter after every damn line...

One of my favorite games since childhood.

This has had a massive facelift from its predecessor and is in many ways vastly better. If you haven't played any Aveyond games before, start here. There is virtually no overlap between the stories so you're missing nothing, and Aveyond 3 was such a drag I never finished it. For those unfamiliar with the series, this is an RPG that focuses heavily on fetch quests, with a fairly simple combat system. If you love being a master battle tactician, this is not the game for you. There is a really impressive depth of quests here, and most of the characters have their own individual journeys to explore. There is a much greater sense of getting to know the characters. Robin's shop was a particularly good add-on. A few points to decide whether this game is for you: - It focuses on fetch quests, not fighting. However, I was impressed with the way that the very simple combat system was expanded with new options, for example being able to equip Hi'beru with books that gave him different spells. Another very clever touch was that Robin's abilities depend on who else is in the active party. - There is a lot of walking backwards and forwards, so some patience is required. The amount of pointless walking has been cut back massively from Aveyond 3 (thank goodness) but travelling is still lumpy in places. The maze-like quality of maps has also reduced to an extent, but some of the early areas may be frustrating if you don't make a quick sketch. - It uses a humorous storyline rather than going for the serious take of its predecessor. Personally I enjoyed this; it gave it a fresh angle and plenty of originality. The ending was weak and very abrupt, but much of the story's purpose comes from following the journeys of the characters anyway, so saving the world is an afterthought. - A very detailed free guide is available online, so there's no getting stuck working out what to do. Overall, a solid recommend.

Story: Basically after the first couple of chapters... The men get bossed around by the women. Boyle turns out to be incompetent and foolish (is the worst player at a card game where you're [b]supposed[/b] to cheat — but still keeps challenging people to play him at that game). Robin is a straight up idiot — basically a dumb blonde. Hiberu is pretty wimpy and clueless too. If the devs want to make a game in which women are the winners... fine. But be honest about that and tell people that Ingrid will be the one in the driver's seat, not Boyle. Aside from that: The difficulty at the end game suddenly ramps way. Difficult is fine, but the game shouldn't suddenly change gameplay difficulty/style right at the end — like this one does. Also feels like it was made to sell the strategy guide. Like the swordsinger thing... Very non-obvious that you would backtrack so hard to get it started up. Only time where I dropped so much time into a game, only to decide that the gameplay at the end was just too tedious to continue.

作为一个RPG谜，并在玩完了阿月前几部之后，我对阿月4很期待，实际上它也没有辜负我的期望。更加精美的画质与完善的机制，更加多的支路副本，都增加了这个游戏的可玩性。同时致敬要素依旧少不了，从阿月1贯穿到阿月4的Aveyond与老太太，永远不死的吸血鬼夫妇，以及开着高科技飞船从山洞打到城堡的松鼠大军们，无论哪个都会让人会心一笑。

A really great RPG and definitely ranks amongst my favourites. It's a long game with loads to do and plenty of side quests. The main character is Boyle - a retired evil lord :D who acquires various minions to fight alongside him. Full of humour, and hilarious character interactions. Fights are quite challenging and you have to think about your strategy. A couple of very complicated puzzles, but I like that. Sadly this is the last Aveyond game and I've enjoyed all of them.

This game is excellent up to about half way then it gets very boring and repetitive. No maps to help you and the world map is completely useless. I really enjoyed the characters and dialogue but just couldn't stand any more running around here and there with very little help from the game. This is one time I agree with the negative reviews. Prophecy of Darkthrop is the best of all and will be my last Maranth game. They should have stopped there.

As expected, Aveyond 4 was so fun to play. The plot is so interesting, there are a lot of witty and funny conversation. The characters are so funny and likeable., really love the idea of villain with good heart being the main characters! However, I feel that there are a lot of interesting thing related to side quest and main quest but it could be more interesting if it is explored more and I feel that the ending is kinda rushed and left a feeling of "that's it?" But overall really love this game and really recommend anyone to play this!! Anyway, I am looking forward to more aveyond series in the future!

I really wanted to like this game but sadly i couldn't. As someone who grew up with aveyond 3 and had so much love and nostalgia for it, i wanted to enjoy this one two. Issues like bland characters, easy ways to get softlocked, glitches, small animation movements that shake the screen when going up or down stairs and gives you a headache and slow movements with no sprint option are just a few to name right now. But my main two major issues that made me dislike the game were bad music/ost and a boring story that i could not get engaged in.

All the Aveyond games are the best!