Eternal Magic

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Eternal Magic is a multiplayer open world role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Duoyi and was released on April 17, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Free-to-play MMORPG Eternal Magic is a huge fantasy world with a flexible class system, dynamic combat and epic battles for up to 80 people. A MOBA mode, a party in your mansion, weddings, and guild battles. A killer mix for an incredible adventure!

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62%

Audience ScoreBased on 316 reviews

graphics13 positive mentions

monetization7 negative mentions

The game features a friendly and helpful community with active player interaction and guilds.
Fast leveling system that allows players to reach high levels quickly while providing a variety of PvE and PvP content.
Easy to get into with simple and responsive combat mechanics, enjoyable for new players and casual MMO fans.

Heavy pay-to-win elements and extremely expensive cash shop items that give paying players significant advantages.
The game suffers from numerous technical issues including frequent crashes, unstable servers, anti-cheat software problems, and difficulty uninstalling.
The gameplay is overly simplified with excessive auto-pathing and repetitive quests, resulting in a boring and shallow experience lacking meaningful challenge or originality.

story
44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14%
72%
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The story in the game is widely considered uninspiring and repetitive, with most quests feeling automated and lacking meaningful engagement. Many users find the narrative shallow, with auto-pathing and simplified combat reducing the need to actively follow or invest in the storyline. While some story elements are present and supplemented by in-game books, overall the questing experience is seen as tedious, with limited depth or intrigue.
- “Good game has a good storyline and the class options are pretty good.”
- “There is a story but you have to pay attention a bit.”
- “You also learn much more of the story with books found around the world.”
- “Everything is click to go here and fight these mobs, click to go back talk to NPC, turn in quest, get new quest, click to go kill new mob rinse and repeat.”
- “When you reach level 40 it gets super boring and repetitive because of the quest automation.”
- “- The zones are extremely small and linear, and quest hubbing feels tedious and emotionless.”
graphics
40 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
52%
15%
The game's graphics are generally seen as simplistic, cartoonish, and somewhat outdated, with many noting they resemble older MMORPG styles or early 2000s aesthetics. While the visuals can be pleasing and smooth at higher settings on powerful PCs, character customization is limited and considered lazy by some, detracting from the overall experience. Overall, the graphics are adequate but unremarkable, often overshadowed by other gameplay or monetization concerns.
- “The graphics even at medium quality are very pleasing, game is easy to solo and gear up with, though joining a guild is recommended as it is much more fun to have people to play with.”
- “Graphically, the game looks nice in high resolution and graphic settings if you run it on a high spec gaming rig PC, and the questing is nice too.”
- “The graphics are surprisingly nice, they have a WoW-like look to the cities, towns, and zones, but the playable character designs remind me more of something like Aika.”
- “Way outdated graphics.”
- “The graphics are dated, the world and the textures look terrible.”
- “Graphics & sound are meh - they'd maybe have been okay 5 years ago.”
gameplay
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
59%
14%
The gameplay is a mixed experience, with some players finding it fun and accessible, especially for MMO newcomers, while others criticize it as overly simplistic, reliant on auto-running, and lacking depth or innovation. Combat mechanics are seen as outdated or unreliable by some, and the dominance of high-level players can affect gameplay balance. Technical issues like server instability and crashes also detract from the overall experience.
- “If the core of your gameplay - the combat - is to be deemed unreliable, then I'm always questioning if I'm even playing right and using my skills as intended.”
- “Tutorial for boss fights - new players are rewarded for learning boss fight mechanics.”
- “The chaos dungeons are great in terms of mechanics and design.”
- “If the core of your gameplay - the combat - is unreliable, then it's hard to feel confident you are playing right and using your skills as intended.”
- “It's too much auto-run; you just click and the character does everything. There are too many cut scenes and too few gameplay elements.”
- “After an hour of gameplay, nothing stands out to signify that this is worth investing time into. It's just auto-pathing and pushing random buttons until everything dies.”
music
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23%
54%
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The game's music is notably repetitive, with the same tracks looping continuously across different areas, which can become tiresome. Many users also highlight that much of the music and sound effects appear to be directly copied from World of Warcraft, detracting from the originality and overall experience.
- “The graphics are okay and the sounds and music are solid as well.”
- “It reminded me a lot of some of the Perfect World games (Forsaken World) - and I think Blizzard should probably open a lawsuit - because I shouldn't be questing in a forest and hear the exact music from Vanilla WoW.”
- “I'm not 100% certain but the music that loops over and over in the first zone sounds like it has bits of Stormwind music or Elwynn Forest music.”
- “The music won't play for several minutes at a time.”
- “It has just occurred to me that the same music loops over and over and over no matter what area you are in.”
- “And several sound effects and background songs are directly stolen from World of Warcraft.”
monetization
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
12%
88%
The monetization in this game is widely criticized as aggressive and excessive, resembling a heavy cash grab with expensive microtransactions typical of mobile MMOs. Despite being free to play, players find the in-game purchases overpriced and intrusive, even pushing premium services during game exit.
- “The monetization is aggressive and honestly pretty disgusting.”
- “Beware of the cash grab because it's very, very expensive even for being a free game; the gems are way too much for what things cost per dollar in the shop.”
- “It's basically a glorified Chinese mobile MMO they tried to throw in for some quick cash grabbing.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
Optimization in the game is inconsistent, with occasional spikes causing performance issues and server problems. However, the fantasy cartoon graphics contribute to smoother gameplay overall.
- “I love the fantasy cartoon graphics very much as performance in the game is much smoother.”
- “Random optimization spikes.”
- “P2W, zero optimization, terrible server.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game involves repetitive tasks like heroic instances and daily quests, which some players find rewarding due to visible progress, while others may find it tedious. The small, linear zones and lackluster quest hubs contribute to a somewhat monotonous experience. Overall, grinding is essential but can feel repetitive and uninspired to certain players.
- “Heroic instances are kind of grindy, but I love seeing my progress and getting better and better, clearing higher heroics from week to week.”
- “The daily grind: this point is optional. I don't hate it, but some players will not like daily grinding. In Eternal Magic, it's important to do the dailys to progress in the game.”
- “The zones are extremely small and linear, and quest hubbing feels tedious and emotionless.”
character development
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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50%
Character development is limited, with a small variety of character design options such as hairstyles and faces, and no customization sliders for body shape or size. Playable characters lack diversity and customization depth, resulting in a constrained and somewhat generic appearance.
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the game's atmosphere friendly and welcoming, making it easy to engage with quests and enjoy the experience.
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is generally enjoyable but suffers from occasional bugs and lag issues, causing character freezes and disruptions that impact the overall experience.
- “It is a little buggy at times and lags. While trying to kill monsters, my character would just run in place and then lag, which eventually ended my game.”