Adventure Craft is a procedurally generated open-world sandbox survival action RPG with day/night cycles and varying biomes. Descend into cave systems to battle powerful monsters, craft various weapons and equipment, and build a customizable home. Create party members with adjustable AI and train a pet attack dog. Explore, survive, and thrive in this expansive world.
The game offers a unique blend of sandbox gameplay and retro pixel art, providing a fun and relaxing experience.
Despite being free, the game has a good amount of content and features, including crafting, exploration, and survival mechanics.
The game is addictive and engaging, with a lot of potential for future updates and improvements.
The crafting system is overly complex and unintuitive, making it frustrating for players to progress.
The game suffers from balance issues, with enemies that can easily kill players early on, leading to a punishing experience.
There are significant bugs and issues with saving progress, which can detract from the overall enjoyment of the game.
gameplay
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay features a procedurally generated open world with survival mechanics and base building, offering a mix of addictive elements and challenges. However, players often struggle with unclear crafting instructions, imbalanced combat, and reliance on loot drops, which can lead to frustration. While the game showcases charming visuals and a captivating experience, it lacks polish and balance, making it a mixed bag for players.
“Has the type of features that you'd come to expect from a game that includes a procedurally generated open world with survival mechanics and base building.”
“Charming pixel art, great soundtrack and challenging gameplay.”
“Edible entertainment has successfully harnessed various aspects of so many classics, added their own style and mechanics and managed to bring a cute (and sometimes terrifying), captivating and very much enjoyable experience.”
“Seems like there is fun to be had here, but it's buried deep within the game's mechanics.”
“This game gives a middle finger to balance; right off the bat, you are left with unclear instructions and a 'to-do list' which is as empty as the game itself is in mechanics. The loot table here is nuts, and your progress depends a lot on loot chests found uncommonly around, and they might never drop what you need.”
“The mechanics are not innovative, basically a 2D Minecraft.”
graphics
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of Adventure Craft are characterized by a retro pixel art style that evokes nostalgia for classic games like Zelda and Terraria. While some users note the low resolution and simplicity, they appreciate the graphics for enhancing the fun and relaxing gameplay experience rather than detracting from it. Overall, the visuals are seen as a charming blend of old-school aesthetics that complement the game's sandbox and survival elements.
“As a veteran gamer, Adventure Craft is a unique fusion between sandbox game and retro pixel art, emphasizing fun and relaxation over high-end graphics. It provides a very relaxing environment, perfect for unwinding after a day of competitive gaming.”
“The old school feel of the graphics really takes me back to my childhood, exploring the realms of 8 and 16-bit top-down worlds like Zelda. The massive amount of activity, from resource gathering to evading hordes of enemies, reminds me of more modern games like Terraria.”
“The art style takes me back to Zelda, but the movement of everything gives me a more satisfying grind, making the experience enjoyable and nostalgic.”
“The graphics are so low res.”
“It's like a mix of Minecraft and Don't Starve Together, with graphics like Terraria.”
“Graphics may not be the prettiest thing you've ever seen, but that's not what makes the game fun to play in the first place.”
story
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story aspect is criticized for its lack of direction and depth, with players feeling lost and often struggling to survive rather than engaging with a meaningful narrative. While the open-world exploration offers numerous quests and crafting opportunities, many users express a desire for more structured missions and a clearer storyline to enhance the overall experience.
“The storyline and quests offer a rich free-roaming experience.”
“Players can choose to complete unique quests to uncover the ultimate purpose of the story in the game.”
“If more smaller missions were added, I think that would elevate the game even further.”
“You don't know what to do, there is no story, and most of the time you will just die of hunger while exploring.”
“If you ever asked what would happen if I took Adventure Time, the TV show, and Crashlands but removed the story and NPCs, and just made it open world like Minecraft, well, you get (wait, the game says Adventure Craft, oh well that's self-explanatory...) this game is awesome, so many places to go and... well wait, you might want some equipment first.”
“Now if you would add more little missions to do, I think that would top the game off.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is highly praised, featuring a great soundtrack that complements the charming pixel art and challenging gameplay. Players appreciate how the music enhances their experience as they progress through the game.
“Charming pixel art, great soundtrack, and challenging gameplay.”
“I played this game for about an hour and enjoyed the game along with the soundtrack, as well as how it introduces new elements at the right pace as you progress.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players express a desire for multiplayer options to enhance replayability, indicating that the game's current single-player experience may not be sufficient to encourage repeated play. Some users are willing to revisit the game after updates, suggesting that improvements could potentially increase its replay value.
“Edit: This review was made for a very early version of the game. I will give it a second try now that it has gone through dozens of updates after I stopped playing, and maybe edit or delete my review depending on how much more playable it has become for me.”
“I wish this were playable with friends; I would literally pay like $20 for this game easily.”
“Edit: This review was made for a very early version of the game. I will give it a second try now that it has been through dozens of updates after I stopped playing, and maybe edit or delete my review depending on how much more playable it has become for me.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be overly tedious and complex, detracting from overall enjoyment. Many feel that the extensive grinding required, particularly for crafting, is excessive and frustrating.
“Grinding in this game is incredibly rewarding and keeps you engaged.”
“The grind is satisfying and offers a real sense of progression.”
“The crafting is so tedious and needlessly complex that it ruins any enjoyment of the game.”
“You'll need a second life for grinding.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game exhibits issues with fluidity, indicating that while the core systems are established, further optimization is needed to enhance overall performance.
“The game lacks fluidity, but it has the core systems in place, so it's just a matter of optimization.”
“The performance issues are frustrating; the game feels unpolished and in desperate need of optimization.”
“Despite its potential, the game suffers from severe lag and stuttering, indicating a lack of proper optimization.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization in "Realy Realy Adventure Craft" is heavily criticized, with users likening it to a mobile game plagued by constant ads and frequent errors during gameplay, detracting from the overall experience.
“It's more like 'Error Craft' because no matter what I do, I keep encountering errors while crafting or moving items. It feels like a mobile game with non-stop ads.”
“The monetization is overwhelming; it feels like I'm constantly bombarded with ads that ruin the gameplay experience.”
“I can't enjoy the game because the constant push for in-game purchases and ads makes it feel more like a cash grab than a fun adventure.”