Immortals of Aveum™

I am surprised that this game did not do better, which stinks because I would for sure buy a sequel if this studio made one. Words cannot express how extremely tired and bored I am with every studio thinking a game needs a massive open world where 75% of your game time involves meaningless fetch quests and pointless side missions. Immortals of Aveum has is a perfectly timed, linear story line that is increasingly interesting as the game progresses. The dialogue starts out a little "wooden," but definitely improves as the story gets into it's groove. The combat system is unique and fun. It rewards you for paying attention to synergies between gear and skills/talents. The bosses are well balanced and you need to pay attention if you want to get past the more "difficult" ones. Difficult is in quotes because the difficulty is relative to your gear/talent synergies and environmental awareness. In other words, you don't need to be a competitive gamer or serious theory crafter to be successful...but you will not progress if you are just mindlessly button mashing and taking a willy-nilly approach to using your skill points. That said, there is no single best way to win fights, beyond some basic combat system ideas, even for the more difficult fights. this means it allows you to build around what you find fun to play rather than locking you into an idea of "best" builds. You can also reset your skills as often as you want, so can change builds whenever you want/need. After the credits, you can wrap up unfinished exploration/challenges. If you finish certain things, you will get a secret cut scene. There is also a NG+ option. Not only do you keep your collectibles and gear, but everything becomes upgradeable beyond what was possible in the original play-through. The enemy AI also evolves to "smarter" behavior and mechanics to adjust for your gear upgrades and additional talent points. A bonus is that it skips the prologue chapter, so you don't have to do that part again (although it would have been nice to have the option to do it, if someone wanted to). The only con for me was that the puzzles were sometimes a little more frustrating than they needed to be. If puzzles, patience, and ADHD medication are not your thing, then Google is your friend. The good news is that the more difficult puzzles can be skipped if you don't care about completing the optional content. But if you like to 100% and/or want the secret ending, you will need to beat these puzzles (again, Google will save you some rage quitting). Overall, I was very happy with this game and would absolutely love to see other games from this studio!

I've never played a game with so much motion blur that it triggered motion sickness before this game. That's usually not a deal breaker, but there's no way that I can find to turn it off, just set it to "low", which still turns everything into a smudgy oil painting when moving your mouse. I really wanted to give this game a try, but honestly, I've never had this problem with a game before either.

Задумка посредственная. Геймплей посредственный. Локации посредственные. Выглядит как та самая повесточная игра, но ничего такого не чувствуется. Только за это +1. До конца не осилил. Возвращаться не планирую. 6/10

Відсутня офіційна підтримка української локалізації. Українізатора, на жаль, також немає. З плюсів: дуже приємна графіка, цікава деконструкція жанру (бо це не RPG, а магічний шутер), а ще тут максимально легкий сюжет, в якому прям відчувається рука майстрів Call of Duty, де він наче і є, але головна задача тут стріляти в усе, що рухається. На додачу, попри все, в мене не виникло жодних проблем з оптимізацією, гра легко тримає 50-70 ФПС на ультрах. З мінусів (окрім відсутності української мови): цей жуйковий сюжет вирішили розбавити типу простенькими головоломками з розряду встигни правильно розтавити літаючі платформи, але в тебе є 5 секунд, щоб на них запригнути. Типу, впоратися із ними не важко, але вони й до біса тут не потрібні, здебільшого дратують і руїнять увесь вайб. Як то кажуть, я сюди приперся щоб нормально пострілять, чекав нормальної перестрілки з нормальними мужиками. Я ЙШОВ НА ПЕРЕСТРІЛКУ! Але, в цілому, за бажання, можна пройти. У мене бажання зникло на шостій главі. Думай-те.

On incarne un mage de combat capable de dynamiter le champ de bataille. Certaines phases s'approchant du Fast-FPS m'ont rappelés Doom, d'autres plus portées sur le côté exploration/énigme m'ont rappelés Metroid Prime. En tout cas rares sont les FPS/RPG permettant de diversifier les builds de manière aussi satisfaisantes. Les équipements de rareté légendaires sont magnifiques. La version PC est mal optimisée et la moindre modification graphique a tendance à créer des crashs, néanmoins avec les paramètres par défaut aucun soucis.

I think this game is surprisingly fun, a bit of a hidden gem. I wish it was getting a sequel, I think it deserves to become a recurring franchise. The theme is basically that you're a mage, in a world where magic is very central to life and the story. But you're a young, powerful combat mage, not a wizened scholar. Combat remains fast-paced and interesting, like a traditional FPS would. There's some awkwardness. Like how your character looks like Magical Justin Bieber, which is fine but once you see it you can't unsee it. And the varieties of magic are a bit limited, but that's a compromise that had to be made to allow the combat to remain punchy, I think. All in all, I think that especially picking this up on a sale is very worthwhile, and I think it deserves a sequel. I'd love to play a co-op, Borderlands style variation on this game with my friends in the future, and I think the theme deserves it but the market just didn't agree at the time of it's release. Even so I think it's possible that this game, like Days Gone, will have a small cult following that continues to build in the years to come. Perhaps one day we'll get that sequel after all.

this is one of the worst games ever. the optimization is so bad that I need to put everything on low for it to work without stuttering. the story is a total joke. if the writers had taken a dump on paper, it might have been better than this. Cringy characters and plot define the whole game. only recommend to buy this, if it is like 1$ or less

This is one of those games that make me wish Steam had a "thumbs in the middle" rating. I had fun playing Immortals of Aveum. It's an interesting take on FPS and magic. If you've ever played FPS games, it has all of the same mechanics of a regular shooter with guns. The only difference is the different magic colors represent the different type of shooting style: red is close quarter shotgun type, blue is similar to a snipers, and green is more of a semi-automatic machine gun. While this lets you use your own playstyle, there are setbacks to only picking 1 style, which is certain enemies are weaker depending on their color. For example, if you use the green on a red enemy, it takes much longer to kill than using red. That said, the story is as straightforward as straight forward gets, complete with the obligatory plot twist. What I find difficult to grasp is figuring out the time period this is supposed be. It seems set in the far past, but has some futuristic elements mixed with current lingo and dialect. I know it's irrelevant (it is just a game), but something about it is unsettling to me. The scenery and landscape is beautiful. There were times I paused just to take in the surrounds. However, the character models need better consistency. Some look realistic, while others look outright cartoony. Now, there are 3 glaring issues with the game; 1) unskippable cut-scenes. You can pause them, but you can't skip past it on your first playthrough. I've read you can in New Game+, but I really have no interest in finding out. 2) it's highly repetitive. When you get to a certain point, it feels like you're fighting the same characters over and over again. 3) and more importantly, the constant crashes. There's no rhyme or reason, nor any fixes. And they happen at any time for any reason. Looking at the map? CTD. In the middle of a tough battle? CTD. Go AFK for a moment? When you get back, you'll be wondering why you're looking at your PC desktop'. It's highly frustrating and kills the momentum of play. All in all, it was interesting, to say the least. I'm disheartened there may not be a sequel, since the story seems intriguing. But, if you can get passed the CTD, repetitiveness and cut-scenes, you'll have a pretty good time.

I really want to love this game. It has humor, good combat mechanics, really interesting story, good universe around it and great characters. But the optimization is just rubbish. i mean, if I have to tweak every tiny bit of my computer or settings in the game to have a somewhat good experience, I just cannot. And when I thought I finally found something stable, new huge lags came in transition videos. So sorry, yes, I love my time playing the game while it worked, but I cannot force myself to play 11 more hours just to finish the story.