AESIR Online
- November 8, 2023
- Mateo Miccino
AESIR Online AESIR Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed in GODOT Engine by a group of friends from Argentina. It was inspired by a game created in 1999 called Argentum Online. The adventure takes place mainly in the initial world called Midgard, an open world of medieval fantasy. Players can perform all kinds of actions, such as exploring the world, collec…
Reviews
- The game has a beautiful aesthetic and captures the old-school MMORPG vibe well.
- The community is supportive and friendly, enhancing the overall experience.
- It's free to play and offers a decent amount of content for players looking for a casual MMORPG experience.
- The game suffers from significant technical issues, including lag, crashes, and poor optimization.
- Combat mechanics are clunky and frustrating, making it difficult to engage with enemies effectively.
- Many parts of the game are poorly translated or not translated at all, leading to confusion for players.
- story9 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is a mixed bag, featuring engaging quests that encourage exploration of Midgard, but marred by translation issues and repetitive early objectives typical of MMORPGs. While the game offers a relaxed introduction and some enjoyable mechanics, players have noted frustrations with language barriers and tedious grinding, which can detract from the overall experience.
“Adding new mechanics, a new map alongside exciting quests to travel all over Midgard and raise your level while fighting all the hostile creatures in the area.”
“It's a pretty relaxed game at the start, guiding you through the basics and providing good enough quests to keep you entertained for a bit.”
“Not only is grinding monsters, which have absurdly high aggro range, tedious, but the game also has boring music playing on loop in the background, which slowly saps your will to continue doing quests.”
“There is an English option, but after selecting it, you will find things like tutorials, quest storylines, item descriptions, etc., in the game's native language.”
“It's not perfect -- there's some untranslated Spanish here and there, and the early quests were all 'kill (number) of (thing)', but that's true of most MMORPGs.”
- gameplay9 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The gameplay of Aesir Online is characterized by its unique combat mechanics, diverse class options, and engaging PvP elements, making it an evolution of the classic Argentum Online. While players appreciate the absence of pay-to-win mechanics and the exciting quests across Midgard, some criticize the clunky spell casting and aiming system, as well as odd keybindings that can detract from the overall experience. Despite minor translation issues and some incomplete areas, the game offers a refreshing take on traditional mechanics.
“Adding new mechanics, new maps alongside exciting quests to travel all over Midgard and raise your level while fighting in all hostile areas.”
“Unique combat mechanics.”
“The Aesir Online is undoubtedly the evolution and the best successor of the mythical Argentum Online, a simple game but with challenging mechanics that offers an entertaining and frenetic PvP combined with its full loot system, making this game engaging from the first adventure.”
“The gameplay is atrocious somehow, with odd keybindings and control choices in the game, like having to aim a spell or bow shot.”
“Spell casting and ranged gameplay is clunky because of the aiming system.”
“Negatives: nothing much, just a few incomplete areas for translation and combat mechanics are a bit wonky with spells, but it might just be me.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is criticized for its poor optimization, resulting in clunky controls and awkward default key mappings. Players also report issues with server performance, including lag and stuttering, which negatively impact gameplay. Many are hopeful for improvements in the upcoming update.
“Poorly optimized, very clunky in terms of key inputs and strange default key mappings as well - I'll revisit when they release this update in December.”
“You are at the mercy of server ping, lag, stuttering, and needing to predict the movements of an enemy with Parkinson's disease.”
- humor1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is generally well-received, with players finding it genuinely funny and enjoyable.
“Sorry, but it is funny.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious due to monsters with excessively high aggro ranges, which makes battles feel repetitive. Additionally, the monotonous background music contributes to a sense of boredom, diminishing motivation to continue with quests.
“Not only is grinding monsters, which have absurdly high aggro ranges, tedious, but the game also has boring music playing on loop in the background, which slowly saps your will to continue doing quests.”
- music1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's music has been criticized for being monotonous and repetitive, contributing to a tedious gameplay experience that detracts from player motivation to continue with quests.
“Not only is grinding monsters, which have an absurdly high aggro range, tedious, but the game also has boring music playing on loop in the background, which slowly saps your will to continue doing quests.”