Guardians of Cloudia
- May 26, 2021
- NEOCRAFT
- 37h median play time
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Get on Apple Store"Guardians of Cloudia" is a massively multiplayer fantasy role-playing game with beautiful game mechanics, splendid visuals, and a great soundtrack. Embark on an intriguing adventure in the City of Cloudia, but be prepared for lots of grinding, frequent ads, and some bugs. The game welcomes you to choose your own life path in this grand skyward journey.
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Reviews
- Great graphics and character designs that appeal to players.
- Fun gameplay with a variety of quests and events to keep players engaged.
- The game offers a good mix of auto-play and manual controls, allowing for flexibility in play style.
- Heavily pay-to-win mechanics that create a significant gap between paying and free players.
- Frequent crashes and bugs that disrupt gameplay and frustrate players.
- Misleading advertisements that do not accurately represent the game's content or mechanics.
- graphics332 mentions
- 73 % positive mentions
- 24 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive a mixed reception from users, with many praising the overall visual quality, character design, and smooth animations. However, some players note that the graphics could benefit from further polishing and express disappointment with certain aspects, such as performance issues and misleading advertising. Overall, while the graphics are generally considered good to excellent, there are calls for improvements and adjustments to enhance the gaming experience.
“The graphics are amazing, and it's a fun game.”
“The graphics are superb and the game is super smooth, giving you full marks!”
“Beautiful graphics and awesome gameplay.”
“The graphics are horrible, 'only 1gb', I was already bored before I knew it.”
“Bad experience, you work on this for 4 years and the gameplay is that of other games with better graphics (LOD and others).”
“400 people/staff needed for this game but still bad graphics and compared to the ads... stop lying....”
- story291 mentions
- 45 % positive mentions
- 48 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The game's story has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it poorly written, rushed, and difficult to follow due to cut-off dialogues and inconsistent translations. While some appreciate the graphics and potential of the storyline, others criticize the repetitive quest structure and the reliance on auto-play features that detract from the narrative experience. Overall, the story is seen as lacking depth and engagement, often overshadowed by gameplay mechanics that prioritize automation over player involvement.
“Excellent story with meaningful characters and world building.”
“The graphics are pleasant and the story is cute.”
“I truly enjoyed the game and the story.”
“Following the storyline is impossible because NPC texts are cut off: the last few words are missing or entire dialogue is missing.”
“The voice acting is lackluster and dialogue seems poorly translated, making no sense sometimes or cutting off mid-sentence, making the story difficult to follow.”
“The story isn't consistent; there are many places where the dialogue doesn't appear, making the overall arc and tutorial hard to understand.”
- monetization217 mentions
- 1 % positive mentions
- 3 % neutral mentions
- 96 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game has drawn significant criticism, with many users labeling it as a cash grab due to excessive and misleading advertisements. Players express frustration over the prevalence of ads, which often do not accurately represent the game, and the pressure to make in-game purchases to progress. While some appreciate the absence of forced ads during gameplay, the overall sentiment leans heavily towards dissatisfaction with the aggressive monetization tactics and the quality of the ads.
“I'd say it's in my top three of video games I got; they don't have any ads, and it's free if you want to purchase something or not.”
“XP grinding is common in these games and so are microtransactions, but the developer makes it so you can level up reasonably!”
“If you like Dragon Nest, then you should like this game. This game is the best; I do not know why some people said that there are ads... there are no ads in this game.”
“The game needs to cater for both f2p and p2w; even having an option of watching ads vs not watching ads would be a great step in the right direction. P2W should have their own server and F2P should have their own server also.”
“The game itself is charming, but don't be fooled by its looks; underneath it, there is a predatory cash grab. Many other games do this too, so to save yourself time and money, I would avoid this at all costs.”
“The ads are misleading and the gameplay doesn't look like that. Just another cash grab game, pure P2W; even the diamonds they give you are bound and mostly unusable.”
- gameplay176 mentions
- 53 % positive mentions
- 42 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players appreciating its graphics and mechanics but criticizing the heavy reliance on autoplay, which diminishes player engagement and enjoyment. While some find the core gameplay solid and fun, others label it as repetitive and heavily pay-to-win, leading to frustration over content limitations and the necessity of spending money to progress effectively. Overall, the game offers a visually appealing experience but struggles with balancing player involvement and monetization strategies.
“The core gameplay is solid and there's a ton of depth and things to do every day.”
“This game is so much fun, normally I'm not a fan of MMORPGs but with this one I feel like I can really let loose, it has many fun and interactive gameplay aspects that made me come back for a second playthrough.”
“The gameplay is great too.”
“Even though it's a fun and beautiful game, it is a pay-to-win heavily focused game. If you're not willing to invest some money into it, you'll invariably end up unfairly receiving less of everything in events and day-to-day gameplay activities.”
“I played it for a bit and the plot was extremely uninteresting and made no sense at all, and the overall gameplay is very basic and unoriginal.”
“There is no gameplay, just auto questing.”
- stability44 mentions
- 5 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 95 % negative mentions
The game's stability is a significant concern among users, with many reporting frequent glitches, freezes, and crashes that severely impact gameplay. While some players have had a smooth experience, the overwhelming feedback highlights a lack of optimization and persistent bugs, leading to frustration and uninstallation for many. Overall, the game appears to require substantial fixes to improve its stability and user experience.
“I play this game every day and there are no glitches whatsoever.”
“Best game I've downloaded so far! I'm addicted, and it has no glitches for me. It happened once when I was fighting with allies; the game froze, but I could move while the others couldn't. Then it unfroze and went back to normal. There was no internet problem.”
“The game is very buggy, poorly optimized, translation is atrocious and sometimes the dialogue is in a different language.”
“Game constantly lags, freezes and crashes. I contacted customer service several times, but they are not fixing the problem.”
“Super buggy game crashes non-stop, don't waste your time.”
- music33 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some players praising its smoothness and overall quality, while others criticize it for being overpowering and poorly balanced with voice audio. Technical issues, such as black screens with only music playing, detract from the experience, leading to frustration among users. Additionally, concerns about the use of music from other games in advertisements have raised ethical questions about the game's marketing practices.
“This game has excellent graphics, music, and they are advertising the real thing.”
“The music is smooth, the drawing is cute, the battle system is entertaining, and the grinding is doable!”
“Love the atmosphere, the music, the art style; just love all of it in general.”
“The sound is a mess, you can't hear anything over the music.”
“But even with music on 10% and voice on 100%, you can barely hear any of the voices.”
“The game is really cool, but when I tried to log in the next day, I hit start on my character and sat on a black screen for hours with the game music playing without the game loading in.”
- grinding24 mentions
- 8 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 92 % negative mentions
Reviews on the grinding aspect of the game are mixed, with some players finding it manageable and enjoyable, especially with daily quests and side activities, while others criticize it as excessively tedious and repetitive, particularly in the later stages. Many express frustration over the reliance on microtransactions to alleviate grinding, leading to a perception of the game being pay-to-win. Overall, while some appreciate the balance between free play and grinding, others feel it detracts from the overall experience, making it less rewarding.
“No tedious grinding, and lots of fun side quests and activities.”
“I'm not grinding too much either.”
“It's pay-to-win, it's nowhere as it was cracked out to be and extremely grindy.”
“Edit: Sent a ticket, no response. I would like to add it does not seem grindy at first but is *very* grindy later even to just play the main story, which is subpar.”
“Long boring senseless grinding with not much to look forward to.”
- character development16 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 13 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
Overall, character development in the game is highlighted by its stunning and unique character designs, which many players find creative and appealing. However, some users express disappointment with the limited character creation options, particularly regarding skin tone diversity. Despite these criticisms, the art style and attention to detail in character design are frequently praised, contributing to an engaging gameplay experience.
“Its a great game, there's so much you can do whether you pay with real money or not and the character design is so creative and amazing.”
“Beautiful and meticulous character design.”
“I like the art style, it's a very fresh feeling, similar to BOTW, combat is smooth and the character designs are also a very nice touch.”
“The character designs aren't only basic and reused (i.e. Vivian is just Kiki), but the character creation feature is so disappointingly limited (why is the skin tone stuck to white?).”
“It's very nice that we could make our own characters and create our own character design.”
- humor12 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is widely praised, with players highlighting the amusing quests, funny voice acting, and entertaining advertisements, particularly a humorous apology video from the developers. Many find the overall experience to be lighthearted and enjoyable, contributing to the game's charm and appeal. Overall, the humor adds a delightful layer to the gameplay, making it a standout feature for many players.
“The quests have humor, character, and some depth.”
“I find it funny that their ads are an apology video about being late because they are fixing every bug.”
“This is a fantastic game; the voice acting is funny, not in a bad way, and all the characters are cute.”
- optimization8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's optimization is mixed; while some players report smooth performance and responsiveness, particularly on lower-end devices, others experience significant bugs and translation issues. There are indications that further optimization is needed to address system delays and improve overall stability.
“This game is very responsive so far and has next to no performance issues, even on my generic performance mobile device.”
“Runs smoothly and controls are tight.”
“I've waited for some time for this and can't wait to get further in the game. Thank you, the graphics are amazing and the performance of the game is splendid.”
“Game is very buggy, poorly optimized, translation is atrocious and sometimes the dialogue is in a different language.”
“There is some delay with system-related items, but that will come as optimization improves.”
“Also, the game appears to be optimized to natively allow joysticks to work with the game, as the tutorial started out by showing joystick motions for movements.”
- atmosphere4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game receives mixed reviews; while some players praise its engaging music, art style, and overall immersive experience, others criticize it for becoming repetitive and being marred by a toxic community and pay-to-win elements.
“This one just felt right as soon as I started playing; great atmosphere!”
“Love the atmosphere, the music, the art style—just love all of it in general.”
“Excellent atmosphere and easy to follow.”
“Yet after a few days, players will soon find it very repetitive and boring, and will start to discover the very unfriendly community and greedy pay-to-win game atmosphere waiting for them.”
- emotional3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The emotional aspect of the game is criticized for its lack of impactful voice acting, which fails to match the intensity of key scenes, leading to a disconnection from the narrative. Additionally, the game's heavy reliance on automated features detracts from player engagement, resulting in a frustrating experience that feels more like passive watching than active participation.
