Adventure Land: The Code MMORPG
- January 28, 2019
- Kaan Soral
- 300h median play time
Get on SteamAdventure Land: The Code is a Code MMORPG where players can freely explore and choose their activities, such as farming monsters, trading, gambling, or PvP. The game features six classes with unique skills, and items provide depth. Code enables basic automation, and future updates include new classes, events, zones, items, and skills.
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- Adventure Land offers a unique blend of MMORPG and coding, allowing players to automate gameplay using JavaScript, which can be a fun and educational experience.
- The community is very supportive and helpful, providing resources and assistance for both new and experienced players, enhancing the overall gaming experience.
- The game has a lot of potential for growth and improvement, with plans for open-source development that could attract more players and contributors.
- The game suffers from poor documentation and a lack of comprehensive tutorials, making it difficult for new players to get started and fully understand the coding aspects.
- Progression can feel grindy and unbalanced, with high failure rates for item upgrades and a lack of engaging content, leading to repetitive gameplay.
- Technical issues, such as high CPU usage and bugs, can detract from the experience, making the game feel unpolished and frustrating at times.
- grinding22 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game excessively tedious and time-consuming, often requiring months of effort to obtain late-game items, with many resorting to automation through scripts to manage the grind. While the ability to code and automate tasks offers some relief, the game’s design encourages repetitive and uninspired gameplay, leading to frustration over nerfs and a lack of meaningful progression. Overall, the grinding experience is seen as a double-edged sword, providing opportunities for efficiency but often at the cost of enjoyment and engagement.
“Over time, the game becomes too pointlessly grindy.”
“Many of the truly late game items don't even drop from monsters or have drop rates that require 6+ months of grinding.”
“Simply grinding on mobs with the continual select-attack-kill-select-attack-kill methodology gives me no incentive to try things like building aiming functions or anything strategic.”
- gameplay21 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The gameplay of this MMORPG offers a unique integration of scripting and automation, allowing players to enhance their experience through coding, though it can lead to technical issues like freezing. While the mechanics are generally straightforward and accessible, some players find the core gameplay inconsistent and the crafting system lacking. Overall, the game is easy to pick up and return to, making it appealing for those who enjoy tinkering with scripts, despite some frustrations with documentation and repetitive elements.
“It's an interesting take on the MMORPG genre, making the scripting and botting aspect already present in many modern MMORPGs an integral part of the actual gameplay.”
“The mechanics of the game are very straightforward and easy to understand.”
“It's a very simple MMORPG with the twist that you can (legally) create your own scripts to automate the gameplay.”
“It encourages you to write code as part of gameplay, but when I did, the game black-screened and froze.”
“And as if all of this wasn't frustrating enough, even the core mechanics of the gameplay are inconsistent.”
“My main complaint so far is that, while the documentation on the scripting interface is fairly detailed, the documentation on certain actual gameplay elements is... not.”
- story7 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 43 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is criticized for its lack of depth and lore, which detracts from immersion, with players expressing a desire for a more engaging narrative or overarching goals. While the automation mechanics and teamwork provide enjoyment, the repetitive and grindy nature of quests, such as killing large numbers of enemies for minimal rewards, is seen as a drawback. Overall, the game offers freedom in gameplay but falls short in delivering a compelling story.
“I'm having tons of fun automating my characters, having them work together as a team, solving quests and overcoming each new obstacle by writing new automation.”
“The world and lack of lore and story definitely hurt immersion.”
“Some overarching progression goal or light story would be nice.”
“Any other MMORPG have boring quests and boring grinds.”
- graphics6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's graphics feature a mix of cute retro and basic pixel art styles, which some players find charming while others consider them lacking. Despite these criticisms, many reviewers note that the visuals are polished and contribute positively to the overall experience, especially given the game's early access status.
“Cute retro graphics.”
“This game is brilliant; despite being in early access, the graphics and soundtracks are very polished.”
“+ Nice graphics.”
“It has an issue with the almost nonexistent graphics because of that.”
“The visuals of the game are very basic pixel art, which can give you a bad impression about the entire game.”
“- pixel graphics”
- music2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -100 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally considered neat but unremarkable, leading some players to turn off the audio during extended play sessions. However, others note that the soundtracks are polished and contribute positively to the overall experience, even in early access.
“This game is brilliant; despite being in early access, the graphics and soundtracks are very polished.”
“The sound and music are neat, but nothing special to mention; if you plan to play this game for a longer period, you're probably going to turn the audio off and play something else in the background.”
“The music is forgettable and doesn't add much to the overall experience of the game.”
“While the sound effects are decent, the music lacks variety and quickly becomes repetitive.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is criticized for requiring extensive use of scripts, which can lead to high CPU usage due to unoptimized functions. While players find enjoyment in fine-tuning their characters and automating tasks, the overall performance issues hinder a smoother experience.
“I'm having a lot of fun slowly making my character more and more optimized with automated runs to stores and the bank (better look for merchants while I'm there!), positioning during combat (as I'm ranged, I want to take as little damage as possible), and scripting out the best scenarios to use my class' skills.”
“The optimization aspect of the game really shines when you start to automate your processes, allowing for a more efficient gameplay experience.”
“Finding the right balance in optimization has made my gameplay smoother and more enjoyable, as I can focus on strategy rather than repetitive tasks.”
“The optimization in this game feels lacking; it's frustrating to see my character underperform despite my efforts to improve their build.”
“I find the optimization options to be quite limited, making it hard to tailor my character to my preferred playstyle.”
“The game's optimization mechanics are convoluted and not user-friendly, which detracts from the overall experience.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users report significant stability issues, with frequent black screens and game freezes occurring when loading characters, rendering the game unplayable.
“Every time I load my character, the game black-screens and freezes. It's obviously unplayable.”
“The game crashes frequently, making it impossible to enjoy any gameplay.”
“I experience constant lag and random disconnections, which ruin the overall experience.”
- humor1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Users overwhelmingly find the humor in the game to be exceptionally entertaining and enjoyable.
“It is so funny!”
“The humor in this game is absolutely top-notch!”
“I couldn't stop laughing at the witty dialogue and hilarious situations!”
