Isles of Etherion

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Isles of Etherion is a single player casual role playing game. It was developed by Luna Orion and was released on September 29, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Wild Mage - Phantom Twilight is a multiplayer, open-world action RPG made for small team based adventures, featuring airships, floating islands, dungeons, and next-gen combat. Monsters can be dynamically sliced into pieces. Terrain and structures can be altered or destroyed. Abilities and spells can be acquired from monsters and lore books. A game that brings adventure back to the genre.

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Audience ScoreBased on 48 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

story2 negative mentions

The game has a lot of interesting concepts and potential, especially with its unique spell system and destructible environments.
The scenery is stunning, and the variety of enemies and loot adds to the excitement of exploration.
The developer is responsive to feedback and shows promise in improving the game over time.

The game is in a very rough state, feeling more like an alpha than a polished product, with numerous bugs and performance issues.
Gameplay can be confusing and lacks clear objectives, making it difficult for players to understand what to do.
Combat mechanics are simplistic and AI behavior is poor, leading to a repetitive and unchallenging experience.

graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's scenery is consistently praised as stunning, with players noting that there are no unattractive areas even at low graphics settings. However, despite the beautiful environments, many reviewers feel that the overall graphics quality is lacking, even on maximum settings, indicating some underlying issues with the graphical performance.
- “The scenery is stunning; I never saw an ugly place in my hour and a half of gameplay, even with low graphics settings.”
- “Graphically, the game looks pretty good.”
- “Some of the concepts are nice; there's something drastically wrong with the graphics, though.”
- “Some of the concepts are nice, but there's something drastically wrong with the graphics.”
gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Gameplay is described as having raw mechanics, particularly in inventory management, where players struggle with slow item transactions and lack of bulk actions. However, the overall experience is enhanced by stunning scenery and enjoyable moment-to-moment interactions.
- “Fun moment to moment gameplay.”
- “The scenery is stunning; I never saw an ugly place in my hour and a half of gameplay, even with low graphics settings.”
- “Very raw mechanically, especially inventory; you can't buy, sell, or store things quickly. There's no way yet to optimally split stacks or buy and sell in bulk, so right now, you still have to peck items here and there like a chicken pecking seeds on the ground.”
- “The gameplay is very raw mechanically, especially the inventory system. You can't buy, sell, or store things quickly, with no option for shift-click or anything similar. There's no way to optimally split stacks or buy/sell in bulk, so right now, you still have to peck items here and there like a chicken pecking seeds on the ground.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story aspect of the game is criticized for its lack of clarity and guidance, often leaving players confused and referring them back to completed quests without providing useful information. This can lead to frustrating navigation experiences, where players feel compelled to resort to drastic measures to return to towns.
- “More often than not, it just referred me to a quest that I'd already finished without telling me anything useful.”
- “Even then, unless you've got an active quest pointing you back to a town, you might just choose to kill yourself as a faster way to get there.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The optimization of the game is criticized for poorly handled particle effects, leading to noticeable frame drops during magic preparation and casting, both for the player and enemies.
- “The particle effects are badly optimized; you experience frame drops when preparing or casting magic, and this also occurs when enemies cast magic.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game currently suffers from significant stability issues, with users reporting frequent glitches and excessive RAM usage, leading to performance problems on their PCs. Many recommend avoiding the game until these issues are resolved.
- “Don't bother right now... the game is a mess. It glitches my PC out and eats 16GB of RAM like it's nothing.”