Eon Altar
- June 22, 2016
- Flying Helmet Games
- 7h median play time
Get on SteamEon Altar is an action-packed, local co-op RPG for up to 4 players. Immerse in a rich, fantasy world brought to life with voice-acted dialogue and challenging combat. Make strategic decisions and customize your heroes to defeat the corrupt force threatening Eon Altar.
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Reviews
- Innovative use of smartphones as controllers enhances the co-op experience.
- Engaging story with unique character backgrounds and personal quests adds depth to gameplay.
- Turn-based combat allows for strategic planning and teamwork among players.
- Game is unplayable as the required app is no longer available on app stores.
- Development has been abandoned, leaving the story incomplete and unsatisfying.
- Controls can be clunky and difficult to navigate, especially in tight spaces.
- story294 mentions
- 31 % positive mentions
- 66 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
The game's story is engaging and features rich character backstories, but it remains incomplete, leaving players frustrated with unresolved plotlines and a lack of future updates. While the narrative is described as compelling and fun, it suffers from abrupt halts in development and a somewhat standard fantasy framework. Players appreciate the interactive storytelling elements and personal quests, which enhance the cooperative experience, but many express a desire for deeper narrative choices and a more polished conclusion.
“The story and gameplay are fantastic, and the phone controller function is unique and engaging.”
“The story line of the game is superb, one of the best story-rich titles I have ever encountered.”
“The story is well written and draws you in.”
“Halfway through the storyline, the developers abruptly stopped producing any more chapters.”
“But, as you might have read, the game ceased further updates when the money dried up, which means the story just stops.”
“It is a pity that the development has stopped and the story will remain unfinished.”
- gameplay182 mentions
- 32 % positive mentions
- 66 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
The gameplay of Eon Altar is praised for its innovative use of mobile devices as controllers, creating a unique and engaging couch co-op experience. While the turn-based combat and character mechanics are well-received, some players note issues with clunky controls, bugs, and a lack of clarity in abilities that can detract from the overall enjoyment. Despite these drawbacks, the game offers a solid foundation for cooperative play and an interesting blend of RPG elements, making it a worthwhile experience for fans of the genre.
“The gameplay is great, and works well with the phone app.”
“The new mechanic they introduced using the phones as your character is fantastic for couch co-op and it works exceptionally well.”
“This game is extremely fun to play with my friends, it has an interesting and unique story with secret background info and missions for each separate hero, great RPG aspects, very nice combat mechanics and features an interesting character interaction between players.”
“The concept is great, but the game is glitchy and a bit frustrating trying to cope with all the bugs (characters going out of the ground, disconnecting in the middle of a talk and then being unable to continue the cutscene, combat through the walls, etc.), and all mechanics are clunky and unpolished.”
“It also lacks improving the interface and general gameplay because saving and loading the game is also a pain if you are not close to any checkpoints, and in the end, it just overcomes the joy of it.”
“But the mechanical controls are loose, the in-game visuals sorely need better camera control, the pacing of abilities and game mechanics comes too fast with too many details, and yet the combat itself feels thin.”
- graphics72 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the art style and character design, while others criticize the overall quality as lacking refinement and detail. Many comments highlight a mobile-quality appearance and performance issues, particularly on lower-end systems, suggesting that the graphics could benefit from significant upgrades. Overall, while some find the visuals appealing, others feel they fall short of modern standards, rating them around 6/10.
“The game has beautiful graphics, including well-developed and implemented characters and real-feel environments.”
“Furthermore, the game is amazing; it reacts great, the graphics are cartoonish but awesome!”
“Visuals: looks great.”
“The graphics are terrible, and the art style is generic and boring.”
“There is noticeable clipping of models and lack of more fluid object rigging, which is a little annoying to see as someone who has a graphics background.”
“The graphics could use some detail; it looks very mobile-quality currently.”
- humor24 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is widely praised, with players enjoying the unscripted roleplaying and witty interactions that arise from character motivations and conflicts. Many found the experience engaging and hilarious, often leading to laughter and camaraderie among players, especially when they embraced their characters with funny voices and improvisation. While the writing is considered average, certain characters, like Shasek, stand out for their comedic impact, contributing to the overall fun and humor of the gameplay.
“Inevitably, each player will be questing for their own reasons and keeping their motives to themselves, thus creating some humorous divisions amongst players.”
“The division creates unscripted roleplaying dialogue between the players, which makes for a hilarious battle of wit.”
“This is hilarious when you're all going for it, because it forces you to play your character and make choices based on how your character relates to the world.”
- stability20 mentions
- 10 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 90 % negative mentions
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting frequent freezes, significant frame rate drops, and persistent bugs that render it nearly unplayable, especially in multiplayer. While some minor UI glitches are noted, the overall experience is marred by severe technical issues, leading many to recommend against playing until substantial fixes are implemented.
“It freezes for 1-2 seconds, or the FPS drops to slideshow, especially on some of the effects in battle.”
“However, it is still nearly unplayably buggy.”
“The concept is neat, and it looks like it could be a fun pick-up game, but at this point in time I cannot recommend it as it is so buggy it is barely playable (at least in multiplayer).”
- optimization16 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has received mixed reviews, with some users experiencing significant performance drops and poor optimization, particularly on certain systems. While it generally runs smoothly without input lag, especially on mobile devices, many players feel that higher frame rates could be expected given their hardware. As an early access title, some bugs and optimization issues are anticipated, but they still detract from the overall experience.
“Performance could be better; it plays fine, but considering my system, I would expect higher FPS. It's not an issue at all though, as it doesn't require high FPS and animations still look smooth.”
“The game runs smoothly and has no input lag whatsoever.”
“There are occasional connection issues, but overall it runs smoothly for my iPhone and my kids' iPods.”
“Sometimes game performance drops severely.”
“It's also very poorly optimized.”
“Obviously, it's an early access game, so I do not expect polish, but the bugs and poor optimization are just killing me.”
- replayability12 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The reviews on replayability are mixed; while some players appreciate the variety of characters and modes that enhance replay value, others feel the game lacks significant replayability due to challenging controls and other drawbacks. Overall, the presence of different gameplay elements and modes suggests a moderate level of replayability, but opinions vary widely among users.
“The replayability of this game makes it well worth the cost, and then some.”
“Replay value is decent, allowing players to use different characters and learn how to play them.”
“It has replayability and even a survival mode that I have yet to try.”
“- no replayability.”
“- because of the above con, I believe that this game offers zero replayability.”
“Replay value is decent, getting to use different characters and learning how to play them.”
- character development12 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
Character development in the game is a mixed bag; while the unique mechanic of keeping character growth secret from friends adds intrigue and encourages engaging dialogue, the overall writing and depth of character interactions are criticized as weak and sometimes forced. Players enjoy the fun and silliness of the experience, but many feel that the character development lacks the strength needed to fully immerse them in the story.
“I was skeptical of a serious game being controlled by phones, but it's really intuitively done, and I love the idea of your character development not being known to your friends.”
“Speaking character dialogue is required as it holds important plot information and character development for each player.”
“I have had so much fun keeping secrets from my team in the character development story, acting out a few silly scenes with my friends and accidentally casting fireball on my party... but that's what a healer is for, right?”
“Even all this I could forgive, but the writing and character development is just not strong enough, especially when some of the choices in the way the characters interact feel impotent or forced.”
“The player character design is chunky.”
“Speaking character dialogue is required as it holds important plot information and character development of each player.”
- music8 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally well-received, with users praising its relaxing quality and overall appeal, contributing positively to the gaming experience. The soundtrack is described as amazing, complemented by good voice acting, although some players noted that the game mechanics can be a bit clunky. Overall, the music enhances the simplicity and enjoyment of the game, earning a solid 7/10 rating.
“It has good music and pretty good voice acting overall.”
“Amazing soundtrack.”
“I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- atmosphere6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game effectively creates an immersive atmosphere, with well-placed sounds and quality voice acting that enhance the experience as players progress. Reviewers note that the atmosphere is cohesive and contributes significantly to the overall dungeon crawling adventure.
“The voice acting is good, the atmosphere is nice, and the game offers, by itself, a solid dungeon crawling experience.”
“The atmosphere really comes together as players reach farther into the game.”
“This game does a decent job of maintaining the atmosphere of the area you find yourself in, with no sounds ever feeling out of place or overused.”
- grinding6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, particularly when navigating caves and mines, which can lead to repetitive combat experiences. However, some reviews note that the game alleviates this tedium by offering upgrades that clearly outclass others, reducing the need for constant gear management.
“It is too tedious to navigate the caves and mines.”
“Combat gets tedious, and certain upgrades outclass others.”
“This removes the tediousness seen in other games involving picking up gear and trying them all on.”
- monetization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The monetization model is criticized for resembling exploitative early access DLC and microtransactions, perceived as a more unscrupulous version of these practices in purchased games.
“It reminds me of early access DLC and microtransactions for bought games, but a scummier version of those things.”
- emotional2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The reviews do not provide any insights into the emotional aspect of the game, focusing instead on the controls and their functionality. There is no emotional content to summarize from the provided texts.
