Immortals of Aveum

It's always nice to see a new I.P. enter the market... especially one with impressive pedigree on the creative team and a new world rich with lore and excitement. Welcome to Immortals of Aveum.

73%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

optimization, stability

73% User Score Based on 10,584 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 56 reviews

Platforms

Buy Nowfrom $0

Buy NowGet on Steam$59.99

Buy NowGet on Xbox Games Store

Buy NowGet on Epic Games Store

Buy NowGet on PS Store$0

About

"Immortals of Aveum" is a first-person shooter game set in a fantasy world with a rich storyline. Players assume the role of a powerful mage with the ability to wield various elemental spells in combat. The game features a unique blend of magic and gunplay, allowing for a wide range of strategic options in battles against formidable enemies and bosses.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

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

73%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,455 reviews

story420 positive mentions

optimization130 negative mentions

The game features stunning graphics and impressive visual effects, showcasing the capabilities of Unreal Engine 5.
The combat system is engaging and fun, allowing players to utilize a variety of magic spells and abilities.
The story, while somewhat predictable, has interesting twists and well-developed characters that keep players engaged.

The game suffers from significant performance issues, including frequent crashes and stuttering, even on high-end hardware.
Many players find the dialogue and writing to be cringe-worthy and juvenile, detracting from the overall experience.
The gameplay can become repetitive, with enemies often feeling like bullet sponges and puzzles lacking depth.

story
973 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
51%
6%
The story of "Immortals of Aveum" has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it engaging and entertaining, though often predictable and filled with clichés. While some appreciate the character development and world-building, others criticize the dialogue as cringeworthy and the plot as lacking depth. Overall, the narrative is seen as a solid foundation for the gameplay, but it may not resonate with everyone due to its formulaic elements and occasional pacing issues.
- “The story and lore is incredibly dense and imaginative.”
- “The story is engaging enough other than a few twists that were totally guessable, but the lore of the world is where it really shines.”
- “The story builds and builds, while also having unexpected plot twists.”
- “The story/world itself is also uninspired, full of borrowed ideas and boring concepts.”
- “The story is bland with the classic corny dialogue EA seems to be in love with in recent years, but in comparison to some of their other titles, the writing here is still somehow on the higher end of what they've recently produced.”
- “The story is predictable textbook storytelling but it's reasonably well acted and good effort has been put into the cinematic cutscenes.”
optimization
451 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
58%
29%
The optimization of the game has received overwhelmingly negative feedback, with many players reporting severe performance issues, including stuttering, frame drops, and crashes, even on high-end hardware. While some users have managed to achieve decent performance through manual adjustments and settings tweaks, the general consensus is that the game is poorly optimized, making it unplayable for those without top-tier systems. Overall, the game's demanding requirements and lack of effective optimization have significantly hindered the gaming experience for a large portion of the player base.
- “Performance was impressive, with smooth frame rates and high settings that made the fantasy world of Aveum truly come alive.”
- “The optimization may not be the best, but I've seen worse; I haven't gotten a single crash or bug so far in around ten hours.”
- “Overall, the performance is solid.”
- “This game has incredibly bad performance.”
- “One of, if not the most poorly optimized games I've ever played.”
- “The game is poorly optimized and runs like shit on my Ryzen 9, RTX 3080 PC at 1080p, as it's almost always getting around 45-50 FPS.”
graphics
443 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
48%
48%
4%
The graphics of "Immortals of Aveum" have received mixed reviews, with many praising the stunning visuals and vibrant art style made possible by Unreal Engine 5. However, players have noted significant performance issues and high system requirements, leading to frustration with optimization and stability, particularly on mid-range hardware. While some find the graphics beautiful and immersive, others criticize them for being overly demanding and not living up to the expectations set by next-gen technology.
- “The graphics are stunning, and the controls are relatively easy to grasp despite the various combinations.”
- “The game is a visual feast, with stunning graphics that leverage the power of high-end hardware to deliver a rich and immersive experience.”
- “Immortals of Aveum is graphically stunning and the gameplay feels nice and punchy!”
- “However, the art style does leave a lot to be desired.”
- “The game is horribly - if at all - optimized and crashes frequently, at least for me, and I run what is expected - NVIDIA graphics card with 12 GB VRAM, Windows 11, and Intel processor, and still the game crashes every 5 - 30 minutes.”
- “The graphics are extremely disappointing; I really hope this isn't what we're supposed to expect in future UE5 games - fuzzy everything, because even with a 4090 it's unplayable without DLSS or similar, and even with DLSS there are random frame hitches everywhere.”
gameplay
415 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
52%
44%
4%
The gameplay of "Immortals of Aveum" is generally described as fun and engaging, blending first-person shooter mechanics with magical elements, though it lacks revolutionary features. While many players appreciate the variety of spells and the fast-paced combat, some criticize performance issues, repetitive gameplay, and a lack of depth in RPG mechanics. Overall, the game is seen as a solid entry in the genre, particularly for those who enjoy magic-infused shooters, despite its technical shortcomings.
- “The gameplay is super fun with a range of spells, equipment, and a talent tree.”
- “The gameplay felt really nice and has nice mechanics that make most fights feel different and unique.”
- “Gameplay is fun and hard to master.”
- “The cutscenes have terrible issues with fade out in the background of scenes, they lag terribly (again mentioning very nice PC and still the game lags), the speech and actions are awkward, gameplay itself (within the 30 minutes I played) was mediocre and constantly stuttering and dropping frames.”
- “Every character is a one-dimensional, walking stereotype, there's a ton of terrible Marvel-esque one-liners, and, worst of all, the gameplay gets old really quick.”
- “The gameplay is boring most of the time, instead of looking at the attack patterns of the enemies I'm trying to find them on the screen, because it's really fun when enemies are the same color as the environment.”
music
63 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
41%
51%
8%
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with some praising its quality and unique blend of genres, while others criticize it for being repetitive, generic, or ill-fitting with the game's atmosphere. Many players enjoyed the soundtrack during combat but found the ambient music lacking, leading to a disconnect during exploration. Overall, while some found the music to enhance the experience, others felt it detracted from the game's potential.
- “I also liked the soundtrack; it's a mix of hip-hop, ambient, and industrial that creates a unique soundscape within the fantasy world.”
- “The music was spectacular.”
- “Fun fast-paced gameplay with a rad soundtrack.”
- “The music often feels out of place; it has been a long time since I noticed music feeling this wrong.”
- “Oh, and the music is weirdly ill-fitting and frankly terrible.”
- “The music is utterly boring.”
humor
54 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
98%
6%
The humor in the game is a mixed bag, with some players finding the character banter and witty dialogue genuinely funny, while others criticize it as forced or cringe-worthy, often likening it to "Marvel movie humor." While there are moments of clever writing and amusing interactions that resonate well, many reviews point out that the humor can feel inconsistent, with some jokes landing flat or feeling overdone. Overall, the game's comedic elements contribute to its charm for some, but leave others wanting more depth and originality.
- “The banter between characters is hilarious and freakishly realistic, and the story is intriguing and well polished from start to finish.”
- “The writing was pretty damn good and quite funny at points.”
- “I really loved the character interactions; some of the dialogues actually had me audibly laughing from how witty the banter is. The story, while somewhat corny, was genuinely fun and took some unexpected turns.”
- “If you're looking for a bland, predictable story with dialogue that's sometimes funny, sometimes cringey, and overall poorly written, with bland, typical characters, then this game might be for you.”
- “The humor in this game feels forced and often falls flat, leaving me more confused than amused.”
- “I expected clever jokes and witty banter, but instead, I got a series of tired clichés that just didn't land.”
stability
41 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
2%
80%
The game's stability has received mixed reviews, with many players reporting frequent crashes, freezes, and various glitches, particularly with visual elements and quest progression. While some users have managed to run the game smoothly after tweaking settings, the overall consensus indicates that it is still quite buggy and in need of significant patches to improve performance. Despite these issues, some players still find the gameplay enjoyable, suggesting that the game has potential once stability is addressed.
- “After tweaking the graphic settings a bit, the game runs great.”
- “No stuttering, no freezes.”
- “Great game so far, and runs great too.”
- “This game features stutters, glitches, visual artifacting, unstable frametimes, DRM Denuvo, EA launcher, and terrible writing and dialogue.”
- “Game constantly freezes and crashes.”
- “I have a 7900x3d with a 4090 and the performance is decent (everything maxed at 4k with DLSS quality nets me around 100 fps) but there's quite a bit of stuttering, severe frame drops, image ghosting, graphical artifacts, and graphical glitches which bring this game down dramatically unless they do some patching to iron things out.”
grinding
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
12%
24%
65%
Players express mixed feelings about grinding in the game, with some finding it excessively time-consuming and tedious, while others appreciate the challenge it brings. Although upgrading gear and combat can be enjoyable, many reviewers note that the need to grind for resources and achievements can detract from the overall experience, leading to frustration and a sense of repetitiveness. Overall, while grinding can enhance character progression, it often feels like a chore rather than a rewarding aspect of gameplay.
- “It is not grindy in the slightest, nor does it have any pay-to-win features you would expect from a typical EA game.”
- “Upgrading gear is not tedious, fortunately, though the UI could use some improvement.”
- “Story has many plot holes, collecting all stuff after the story is tedious and missable achievements that force you to replay the game should be a thing of the past.”
- “However, certain resources can only be acquired from chests in these secret areas, and fully upgrading your end-game gear means you need to do some grinding between missions.”
- “I can understand enjoyable, difficult fights; but late in the game it's just tedious chipping away at enemies' health slowly.”
replayability
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30%
40%
30%
Overall, the game's replayability is mixed; while some players find it high due to the ability to specialize in different forms of magic and explore various approaches, others feel that the story lacks depth, limiting the incentive for multiple playthroughs. Customization options and the gradual reveal of new powers enhance replay value for those who enjoy experimenting, but many players may only engage in a single playthrough.
- “I replayed this game 3 times, I think (I don't usually do this), so the replay value is high.”
- “And yes, replayable and just as fun as the first time around.”
- “The game slowly reveals more powers which allows you to go to previously explored regions, greatly increasing the replayability.”
- “There is the option for replayability if you fall in love with the game and choose to specialize in one form of magic or another, but for most, this will be a one-time playthrough.”
- “The story is a bit lacking, not giving much replay value.”
- “Especially when you look for 'entertainment' in a game, more than actual replay value.”
character development
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
30%
30%
Character development in the game received mixed reviews; while some players appreciated the natural story progression and diverse cast, others felt that the main character lacked depth and backstory. Several reviewers noted a disappointment in the minimal character development and one-dimensionality of supporting characters, suggesting that the game does not offer the depth typically found in RPGs. Overall, while there are moments of strong writing and character growth, many players desired more substantial development throughout the narrative.
- “I loved this game and the character development.”
- “Story progression feels natural, and I'd say there's a lot of character development.”
- “The story was enjoyable, the character development was present, and the cast was diverse, talented, and quirky.”
- “I like Jak as the main character, but I do wish there was more character development for him and that more of his backstory was explained.”
- “I will say the storyline has been kind of lacking in my opinion; though all the characters are pretty one-dimensional, it's either do the campaign or do some puzzles to get some loot. There are no real side missions for character development or storytelling, which I will say is kind of a disappointment.”
- “It's not an RPG in the sense that you won't find deep character development and deep impacts on the direction of the developing story.”
emotional
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
80%
20%
Overall, the emotional aspect of "Immortals of Aveum" received mixed reviews, with many players finding the story lacking in depth and emotional engagement. While some appreciated the fun combat and occasional strong moments, the narrative was often described as predictable and disconnected, failing to evoke the desired emotional responses. The game's characters and story choices were criticized for not being engaging, leading to a general sense of disappointment among players seeking a more impactful experience.
- “The combat is fun and I personally liked the characters, and the dialogue doesn't take itself too seriously while still having some strong emotional moments that made me connect with the lead character.”
- “It would have been interesting to have choices that affected how the story unfolded, but I felt the story as presented was done in a way that evoked the emotional response I want from a story-driven game.”
- “Given the quality of Immortals of Aveum, it’s heartbreaking to hear about the studio's closure.”
- “So to summarize, boring story, don't care about the characters (as they don't make them engaging to talk to, be around, etc. whatsoever) and almost everything in the world looks like an asset.”
- “Really such a boring story, poor performance on 4090 4K around 60fps probably because of such a great company Denuvo. DLSS3 not working properly, all blurry and artifacts.”
monetization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
60%
The game is praised for its lack of pay-to-win mechanics and microtransactions, which is seen as a refreshing change in an industry dominated by live services and free-to-play models. Despite its commendable monetization approach, the game's poor advertising may have contributed to its underperformance in the market. Overall, it is viewed as a worthwhile experience that harks back to traditional single-player gaming.
- “Almost as if EA made it like that on purpose to be like, 'Look, we made a good single-player game, with no pay-to-win and no microtransactions, and you didn't buy it.'”
- “Overall, it's worth a pickup and is a reminder of the types of games we saw before live services and free-to-play microtransactions took over the gaming industry.”
- “It's unfortunate how underrated it is, and for it to be an EA game with no microtransactions whatsoever is commendable.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviewers consistently highlight the high quality of the atmosphere, noting that it seamlessly complements the various locations within the game, creating an immersive experience.
- “The atmosphere and the locations just worked perfectly off each other.”
- “Atmosphere quality - high”