Astral Fable-Open World MMORPG
"Astral Fable-Open World MMORPG is a massively multiplayer Role Playing game with stunning visuals, offering a new chapter in 3D gaming. The game features good gameplay, but be prepared for lots of grinding. Be aware of the presence of some annoying ads as you explore this vast open world."
Reviews
- The graphics are beautiful and the character designs are adorable.
- The game offers a fast leveling experience, allowing players to progress quickly.
- The auto-play feature is convenient for players who prefer a more relaxed gaming experience.
- The game is overly automated, with no option to disable auto-play, making it feel like players are not actually participating.
- There is a lack of character customization, with gender-locked classes and limited options.
- The game heavily emphasizes pay-to-win mechanics, making it difficult for free-to-play players to compete.
- graphics173 mentions
- 62 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are widely praised for their cute anime style, smooth animations, and overall visual appeal, with many reviewers highlighting the artwork as a standout feature. However, this positive reception is often overshadowed by frustrations regarding the gameplay, particularly the excessive reliance on auto-play mechanics, which detracts from player engagement and immersion. While the visuals are considered top-notch, many players feel that the lack of meaningful gameplay diminishes the overall experience.
“The graphics are beautiful!!”
“The graphics, characters, NPCs, and spells all look really wonderful.”
“The animation and the graphic art of the game is great.”
“Graphics were cute but that's pretty much it.”
“The game is pretty boring, you can level up to 100 in less than 1 hour, the graphics are poor.”
“Graphic okay but gameplay is none.”
- story114 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 76 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
The game's story is largely overshadowed by its heavy reliance on auto-play mechanics, which detracts from player engagement and understanding of the narrative. Many players express frustration over the inability to control quest progression, leading to a lack of meaningful interaction with the storyline, which is often reduced to simple fetch quests and dialogue with NPCs. While the graphics and character design receive praise, the overall consensus is that the automated gameplay severely limits the enjoyment and depth of the story.
“Great story, awesome characters, awesome graphics, and cool effects in skills.”
“Hope this will improve because it has a good storyline and PvP.”
“It's a good game, but I can't disable the auto quest; it is the only problem with the game. There is no point in playing the game if this feature is always activated.”
“Everything is autoplay and you can't focus on the actual storyline.”
“The game is literally just walking from quest to quest and reading a bunch of text that means absolutely nothing.”
“There's absolutely no engagement at all, all you do is walk around on auto quest and collect experience from random people.”
- gameplay67 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 60 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The gameplay of the game has received overwhelmingly negative feedback, with many users criticizing its reliance on automatic mechanics that eliminate player control and engagement. While the graphics and art style are praised, the lack of meaningful gameplay, repetitive tasks, and a fast leveling system contribute to a dull experience, leading to frustration and uninstalls among players. Overall, the game is seen as more of an idle experience rather than an interactive RPG, with calls for significant improvements in gameplay mechanics.
“Colorful cute anime graphics and smooth gameplay.”
“This game is great and fun to play, the graphics are awesome and the gameplay is enjoyable.”
“I really liked this game, nice gameplay, nice graphics, everything is good!”
“The gameplay, or rather lack of gameplay, drags down this game's beautiful graphics.”
“If I could rate it 0, I would. Another one of those forced auto-play games where you can't even turn it off to use the chat. I realized the combat is as usual, forced auto-play with no control of when or what skill you even want to use.”
“The gameplay is repetitively dull and the same as any MMORPG.”
- monetization22 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game has been widely criticized for being misleading and exploitative, with many players feeling deceived by advertisements that promise features, such as character customization, which are not present in the actual gameplay. Reviewers describe the game as a cash grab, heavily reliant on advertisements and pay-to-win mechanics, leading to a lack of engaging content and overall dissatisfaction. The disconnect between the promotional material and the actual game experience has resulted in a significant number of uninstalls and negative feedback.
“This is more of a cash grab than a game.”
“The ads lie, the description lies, and there is not one redeeming quality to convince me to play.”
“Ads for this are painfully misleading.”
- grinding9 mentions
- 11 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 89 % negative mentions
Players express frustration with the grinding mechanics, feeling that the game overly relies on automatic features that diminish the manual experience of farming and leveling up. Many believe that the lack of engaging grinding options makes the game tedious and less enjoyable, as it limits exploration and player agency. Overall, while the game has its fun moments, the grinding aspect is seen as a significant drawback.
“But in the end the game is in full auto and leveling was wasted because there's no need for hard grinding.”
“The game is too tedious to be fun.”
“Just more tedious.”
- stability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, users report that the game experiences frequent lag, bugs, and glitches, which are common in many titles. Additionally, the pairing system is criticized for being flawed and not effectively addressing issues with malicious players and hackers.
“The graphics are good, but sometimes, like in other games, it's laggy and buggy. It's quite fine since it's common.”
“Their pairing system is totally rigged, with too many glitches. They don't even catch malicious players using third-party diamonds.”
“There are tons of bugs and glitches, not to mention hackers.”
- emotional3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The emotional aspect of the game is largely criticized, as players feel disconnected due to the lack of control over their character, leading to a sense of disengagement and frustration. Many users express disappointment that the game plays itself, diminishing the emotional investment typically associated with interactive gameplay.
- music3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally considered decent and enjoyable, enhancing the overall experience. However, some players prefer to mute it during the game's loading screens. Overall, the soundtrack contributes positively to the fun gameplay.
“The music is decent and sounds good.”
“I really had fun, and the gameplay was very cool; the music was very good.”
“Other players like me want to mute the music while opening the game and while waiting in it.”
“The music is repetitive and quickly becomes annoying.”
“I find the soundtrack lacks variety and fails to enhance the gaming experience.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The optimization of the game has received mixed feedback, with users noting a lack of player immersion and minimal interaction required, particularly after reaching level 60. While the graphics are praised for their beauty, players have expressed concerns about the absence of graphics settings, bugs, and a capped framerate at 30 fps, indicating that significant improvements are needed for a better experience.
“As expected of an early access RPG title, I'm a huge fan of Yokai Timer, but this game is a lot different compared to that title. It needs more optimization; the graphics are decent, but it doesn't have any graphics settings whatsoever. There are bugs and a framerate cap; I think I'm playing at 30 FPS capped. It needs a lot of improvement.”
“Had to change post level 60 and literally only had to touch the screen 3 times. Sorry guys, there seems to be little to no player immersion for me at least. I was hoping for more. It's a beautifully designed game for graphics and has smooth performance, but there's no real play for the user.”
“As expected of an early access RPG title, I'm a huge fan of Yokai Timer, but this game is a lot different compared to that title. It needs more optimization. The graphics are decent, but it doesn't have any graphics settings whatsoever. There are bugs, and the framerate is capped at 30 FPS. It needs a lot of improvement.”
- character development2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
While the graphics and character design are praised for their quality and appeal, the reviews do not provide substantial insights into the depth or progression of character development within the game.
“The character design is adorable and the art is beautiful.”
“Aside from that, the graphics are good and the character design is impressive.”