- October 16, 2024
- Passageway Games
Passageway of the Ancients
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About Passageway of the Ancients
Passageway of the Ancients is a single player tactical role playing game with fantasy and mystery themes. It was developed by Passageway Games and was released on October 16, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.
Discord Community About the GameAbout Passageway of the AncientsInspired by classic CRPGs from the ‘90s and a few from the early 2000s, Passageway of the Ancients will transport you to the world of Aieryon – the galaxy’s sole remaining magical planet – where you’ll explore the city of Ithgar to solve an unspeakable crime. Beset with grief, you’ll be tasked with surviving deadly creatures lurki…
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Reviews
- The game features a well-crafted character creator with various races and professions, allowing for personalized character design.
- The writing and lore are well-developed, showcasing a lot of care and effort put into the backstory and characters.
- The real-time with pause combat system offers a good balance of tactics and action, making it engaging for players who enjoy classic CRPG mechanics.
- Pathfinding and combat issues are prevalent, often causing characters to get stuck and requiring players to reload the game to progress.
- The loot system is repetitive and unsatisfying, with many containers yielding the same items, leading to a lack of meaningful rewards.
- The game suffers from linearity and predictability in enemy encounters, making exploration feel tedious and unexciting.
story
8 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe story of "Passageway" is rooted in the developers' passion for classic CRPGs, featuring a well-crafted backstory and engaging characters that showcase significant care and effort. While the narrative is captivating and rich in lore, the gameplay primarily involves repetitive exploration for quest items, which can detract from the overall experience. Despite its average gameplay and combat, the story remains a highlight of the game.
“The story behind the development of 'Passageway' is really interesting, a couple of gentlemen in their 70s taking their lifelong love of fantasy and RPGs and making a game that hearkens back to the glory days of CRPGs (you know, late 90s...).”
“You can tell a lot of care and time has gone into the backstory and characters.”
“Overall, the game is easy and interesting to play; the story is captivating.”
“90% of the game is just walking around enormous caverns/buildings looking for the next quest item to progress the story.”
“About halfway through, you'll stop opening anything you come across unless it is a yellow-highlighted chest, as those contain quest items.”
“It's unfortunate, as the story and world show potential and are well-written.”
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Passageway of the Ancients is a tactical role playing game with fantasy and mystery themes. Common tags for Passageway of the Ancients include indie, magic, isometric, crpg, combat and others.
Passageway of the Ancients is available on PC, Windows and Linux.
Passageway of the Ancients was released on October 16, 2024.
Passageway of the Ancients was developed by Passageway Games.
Passageway of the Ancients has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Passageway of the Ancients for its music but disliked it for its story.
Passageway of the Ancients is a single player game.
Similar games include SKALD: Against the Black Priory, Caves of Lore, Zoria: Age of Shattering, Dark Envoy, Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms and others.