Artery Gear: Fusion

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"Artery Gear: Fusion" is a single-player warfare turn-based strategy game with an intriguing story and fabulous mechanics, offering exceptional visuals and great soundtrack. The game allows you to collect and improve units called Artery Gears to fight against the Automatos threat. However, be prepared for lots of grinding, too much advertisement, and some bugs. According to the game's description, it is a Chinese turn-based mobile RPG.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

59%

Audience ScoreBased on 3,102 reviews

story115 positive mentions

grinding124 negative mentions

The game features stunning graphics and character designs, making it visually appealing.
The gameplay includes a customizable auto-battle system, allowing for offline farming.
The story is engaging and well-written, providing a captivating experience.

The gacha rates are extremely low, making it difficult for players to obtain desired characters.
The game suffers from frequent crashes and connection issues, hindering gameplay.
The stamina system is overly restrictive, limiting the amount of time players can engage with the game.

story
284 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
54%
6%
The game's story has received mixed reviews, with many players appreciating its engaging plot and character development, while others criticize its pacing and translation issues. Some find the narrative compelling and well-integrated with gameplay, but many express frustration over the lack of content and grind required to progress, especially after completing the main story. Overall, while the graphics and character designs are praised, the story's depth and coherence vary significantly among players.
- “I love this game! I'm not much into turn-based RPGs, but I swear this puts a new perspective on it. The story is great, and for a game that just came out, I love the pacing. It's just an overall great game; I really recommend it.”
- “The story is intriguing and is able to work the faceless player character into the plot.”
- “The story is great, mind-blowing graphics, and the OST.”
- “The story is trash and too short even for a release.”
- “The script reads like it was machine translated, leaving entire sections of the plot difficult to understand.”
- “The pacing of the story is horrendous; it looked like some high school kid wrote the script.”
gameplay
259 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
54%
37%
9%
The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players praising its smooth mechanics, impressive graphics, and engaging character designs. However, some users have criticized the game for its repetitive nature, high difficulty spikes, and issues with resource management, particularly for free-to-play players. Overall, while the gameplay is generally enjoyable and reminiscent of other successful gacha games like Epic Seven, it suffers from balance issues and technical problems that detract from the experience.
- “The art style is great, gameplay is stylistic, and has been relatively generous lately.”
- “I like that every character and enemy has its own set of mechanics, so different enemies require different strategies and every character can find a place in a certain strategy.”
- “Gameplay is smooth but the UI main menu is really slow and laggy, please fix that.”
- “Terrible mechanic that turns an enjoyable gacha into one players don't want to invest time or money in.”
- “The gameplay is incredibly boring and it's basically an idle farming game.”
- “So disappointing what caught my eye on this game is its good skill effects but for all of it to end up to be a boring generic gacha mess which the gameplay becomes stale after a few days with no chance to summon, crazy boorish grind for gears just like epic7 and the limited energy which you login to the game and quit after making your team grind gear in an offline grind feature, yes the game looks attractive but once you know its actual gameplay it's a waste.”
graphics
253 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
72%
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The graphics of the game have received widespread praise for their high quality, stunning visuals, and appealing character designs, often described as a blend of 2D and 3D styles. Many players appreciate the flashy animations and artistic direction, noting that the graphics enhance the overall gaming experience. However, some users have reported performance issues, such as crashes and long loading times, which detract from the enjoyment of the visuals.
- “Brilliant graphics and story.”
- “The graphics are astounding, some amazing animations, and a lot of really cool character designs.”
- “The game has really nice visuals and the characters and battle effects all look great, very flashy.”
- “Graphics are sad... I started wondering where did the 5GB go, surely not into graphics.”
- “Boring game, terrible visuals and very stingy devs. The best character is a 4-star you can't pity and they didn't even give us enough currency to do a 10 pull at the start.”
- “Game will not completely download, keeps crashing halfway through. My phone is an Ultra 22 and I shouldn't be having problems with downloading and playing this game, while other games with way more GB and graphics have no issues.”
grinding
127 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
2%
1%
98%
The grinding aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players noting that while the offline farming feature and auto-battle mechanics provide convenience, the overall experience can feel excessively grindy and tedious, especially for gear and upgrade materials. Players appreciate the quality of life improvements that reduce the monotony of grinding, but express frustration over limited resources, high stamina costs, and low drop rates for desirable items. Overall, while the game offers enjoyable gameplay and aesthetics, the grind-heavy nature may deter some players, particularly free-to-play users.
- “It's a really decent gameplay-wise; the gameplay is reminiscent of Epic 7, but it has so many quality of life mechanics added to it, making it less tedious to play. The animations are also pretty good.”
- “Overall, I really like the gameplay. It's not too grindy since you can just AFK farm, but obtaining SSR units can be really difficult with only 2% rates.”
- “The energy system is terrible...in a game that is 90% grinding.”
- “Overall good experience hampered by grindy progress.”
- “Gold is scarce and used for everything, stamina is also lacking after initial dump as gear farming will be the only endgame.”
character development
64 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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9%
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Character development in the game is widely praised for its impressive and diverse character designs, which are often described as beautiful, cool, and well-animated. While many players appreciate the aesthetic appeal and thematic consistency of the characters, some express concerns about the depth of character development and the repetitiveness of gameplay. Overall, the character designs contribute significantly to the game's visual appeal, though they may not fully compensate for gameplay shortcomings.
- “Artery Gears is one of these gacha games that 'almost' does everything right, great animation, character designs, fluid combat animations, and there's actually a decent story with some plot twists here and there.”
- “The character designs and art style are really good.”
- “Character designs are beautiful, especially Pele, Komachi, Katie, and other similarly designed characters.”
- “Standard JRPG combat, standard gacha, mediocre localization, painfully standard story, so-so character design.”
- “Character design is generic and bland.”
- “Character designs are kind of meh; only a few are eye-catching. The characters' kits/skills mostly copy Epic Seven, just with different names. The only things I liked were the quality of life features and the soundtrack.”
optimization
62 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31%
47%
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Overall, the game's optimization has received mixed reviews, with many players reporting significant performance issues, including lag, crashes, and poor menu responsiveness, particularly on lower-end devices. While some users have experienced smooth gameplay and commendable graphics, the consensus is that the game requires substantial optimization updates to enhance stability and performance across various platforms.
- “The graphics are good, the story is engaging, the art is superb, and the audio is decent; overall, it's a good game that needs optimization.”
- “Great smooth graphics, nice animation, and optimization.”
- “Very high-quality graphics and it's so well optimized for a 5GB game; my phone is using Snapdragon 450 and 4GB of RAM, and it can run this game at 60 FPS on the lowest graphic settings, which still look better than other games' lowest settings.”
- “Overall it's not a bad game but it needs some fixes and optimization.”
- “Very poorly optimized game that is a lot of fun with great graphics.”
- “The game clearly isn't optimized properly.”
music
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
59%
32%
9%
The music in the game is widely praised, with many reviewers highlighting its catchy soundtracks and high-quality sound design that enhances the overall experience. Players appreciate the upbeat and immersive tracks that fit the game's mood, contributing to a fun and engaging atmosphere. Overall, the music is considered one of the standout features, often receiving high ratings and compliments for its ability to elevate gameplay.
- “Art style is great with nice character design and catchy music.”
- “My favorite part of the game would be the soundtrack, upbeat EDM style combat tracks that have you bobbing your head while playing.”
- “Beautiful and masterful music.”
- “I can hear music and tap the screen, but nothing loads at all.”
- “Need improvement on the opening music video (when I download that 4GB update)... kinda stiff for me... Hatsune Miku is better.”
- “The game is amazing as of now I would highly recommend adding music that's hype!”
monetization
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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18%
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The monetization strategy of the game has been widely criticized as overly aggressive and anti-consumer, with many players labeling it a "cash grab." Users report a heavy reliance on microtransactions, excessive premium currency requirements, and misleading advertising, which detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game. While the gameplay and visuals are appreciated, the monetization practices are seen as a significant barrier to a more rewarding player experience.
- “The game is fun and nice graphically, but it suffers from multilayered premium currency monetization, minimal progress can be made by actually playing the game per day, but they try to sell you everything they can, stamina to play more, leveling items, awakening items, skill upgrade items, and so on.”
- “Can be a great game if they scale back on monetization and increase rewards for actually playing.”
- “Because a game can never be perfect if not for the player-friendly environment (whether they pay for in-game purchases or not).”
- “A lot of potential wasted on a bland, empty, cash-grabbing game.”
- “The monetization in the game is very anti-consumer, no good deals, overpriced bare minimum of items.”
- “Unfortunately just another cash grab gacha game by a greedy developer, don't waste your time; pull rates are abysmal and there's no sense of direction.”
stability
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is plagued by significant stability issues, including frequent crashes, lag during gameplay, and slow resource downloads that often freeze. Users report that the game is highly buggy, with problems affecting various aspects such as menu navigation, combat, and story progression. Despite its appealing graphics and gameplay, the persistent technical problems detract from the overall experience, leaving players frustrated.
- “Worst game when downloading the resources; it's way too slow and when downloading it freezes without reason. I need to reopen the app for the download to continue. The cycle is too much. I've been experiencing this kind of problem even though I have 120 Mbps internet; still, the download is very slow.”
- “It lags on pretty much every menu, gameplay freezes in combat for seconds at a time, and it still crashes after a few minutes of play.”
- “Lovely game when it works; it's a simple RGB type game much like Epic 7 with great graphics. For almost 5 GB, I would expect everything to be smooth and bug-free, but that's not the case. The game crashes randomly or often refuses to open. I can only manage 10 minutes of playtime before it starts to stutter, freeze, or just outright crash.”
humor
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is generally well-received, with players finding the characters amusing and the story entertaining, despite occasional translation issues. However, some users express frustration over perceived manipulation of reviews and the randomness in gameplay, which they also find ironically humorous. Overall, the humor adds a lighthearted touch to the gaming experience.
- “The story is cool, and while it does have some translation issues from time to time, the characters are fun and funny.”
- “That's so funny, and satisfying gameplay....👍”
- “Funny, the devs are deleting reviews.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere of the game is highly praised, with users noting its impressive visual design and immersive battlegrounds that enhance the overall experience. The character design and skill animations also contribute to a captivating environment, making it a worthwhile investment for players.
- “It's amazing, along with the atmosphere and the battleground that looks like RTX.”
- “I usually don't enjoy games with only female playable characters, but I really like this game. The character design, skill animations, and atmosphere are so cool. It's definitely worth trying, and I'm going to spend some time and money on it.”