Rivengard - Clash Of Legends | Game Brain

Rivengard - Clash Of Legends is a Role Playing game featuring fabulous mechanics, delightful visuals, and the ability to build a collection of heroes to fight epic bosses on the battlefield with magic. However, the game is very grinding, contains lots of bugs, and is plagued by excessive advertisements. Despite these flaws, fans of the genre may find the game worth checking out for its unique hero collection mechanics and epic boss battles.

Play Modes

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

Reviews

70%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,100 reviews

graphics77 positive mentions

grinding40 negative mentions

The game's character design and general art direction is gorgeous, with appealing graphics and animations.
The combat is turn-based and tactical, played on a hex grid with elevation and terrain effects, providing depth and strategy.
The game offers a variety of heroes and gameplay modes, making it engaging and fun for players.

The game is plagued by bugs and crashes, particularly during interactions with the character equipment screen and arena battles.
Progression is slow and heavily reliant on grinding or spending money, with many players hitting paywalls early on.
The stamina system limits playtime significantly, forcing players to wait long periods to continue playing.

graphics
91 mentions
85 % positive mentions
12 % neutral mentions
3 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are widely praised for their charm, detail, and artistic style, contributing to an overall enjoyable visual experience. Many players appreciate the smoothness and aesthetic appeal of the graphics, although some have noted issues with crashes and a pay-to-win model that detracts from the experience. Overall, the visuals are considered a standout feature, enhancing the gameplay and engagement.
- “The graphics are surprisingly detailed, the characters delightfully created, and it's clear the developers loved the story they are telling with this game.”
- “Very beautiful and brilliant graphics, vivid sound, diverse characters.”
- “I love this type of game and the graphics are awesome; the game feels so alive.”
- “Nice concept and graphics, but bad execution.”
- “Graphics could use work, or even the style is a little boring, but other than that I'm enjoying myself.”
- “Only charming graphics isn't a game, and the players aren't stupid.”
gameplay
87 mentions
72 % positive mentions
24 % neutral mentions
3 % negative mentions
Overall, the gameplay is generally praised for its smooth mechanics, strategic depth, and appealing graphics. However, many players express frustration with the grind-heavy progression system, which often requires excessive time or spending to advance, leading to a repetitive experience. While the core gameplay is enjoyable, issues such as connection problems, bugs, and a lack of variety can detract from the overall enjoyment.
- “The gameplay is pretty solid - the strategy and character design.”
- “Amazing characters, core gameplay, and production quality.”
- “Great gameplay, smooth graphics, and fun tactics.”
- “My problem is with the tedious and grind-heavy upgrade mechanics.”
- “Upgrading characters requires literal months of playing at the current drop rates and progression mechanics; or gargantuan levels of spending.”
- “The game has decent mechanics and strategy but it gets old real quick due to the massively slow grind and lack of variety.”
grinding
40 mentions
0 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
100 % negative mentions
The reviews highlight a significant issue with grinding in the game, describing it as tedious, time-consuming, and often requiring monetary investment to progress effectively. Players express frustration over limited resources, stamina constraints, and the slow pace of character upgrades, leading to a sense of stagnation after initial excitement. While some enjoy the grinding aspect as part of the gameplay, many feel it detracts from overall enjoyment and progression, with calls for improvements to reduce the grind and enhance the experience.
- “My problem is with the tedious and grind-heavy upgrade mechanics.”
- “The biggest issue is when you spend a week grinding, gathering 10 summoning tokens to get the 'epic or legendary' guarantee only to get a few character items you can't use.”
- “Game doesn't have a late game; it's endless grinding and players are leaving left and right due to lack of content.”
story
33 mentions
18 % positive mentions
73 % neutral mentions
9 % negative mentions
The game's story is largely criticized for being minimal and lacking depth, with many players feeling that the characters are interesting but underdeveloped due to the absence of a compelling narrative. While some enjoy the gameplay mechanics and graphics, the repetitive nature of quests and the short story mode detract from long-term engagement. Overall, players express a desire for a more substantial and engaging storyline to enhance their experience.
- “The graphics are surprisingly detailed, the characters delightfully created, and it's clear the developers loved the story they are telling with this game.”
- “If you play casually and just enjoy a bit of strategy combat against the story levels, you might enjoy this game.”
- “Many campaign options to explore and quest achievements.”
- “The story is almost non-existent.”
- “Characters are interesting, but with no story to back them up, they kind of get lost.”
- “The story is lacking (there isn't one), but there's enough enjoyable here early on that I'm curious enough to continue...”
monetization
21 mentions
14 % positive mentions
14 % neutral mentions
71 % negative mentions
The monetization model of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players labeling it as a cash grab that heavily incentivizes spending on microtransactions to progress. While there are no forced ads, the optional ad system is criticized for being ineffective and requiring excessive viewing for minimal rewards. Overall, players appreciate the absence of intrusive ads but feel that the game's design is overly focused on monetization, leading to a frustrating grind for resources.
- “After a couple of months playing, I feel like it is still a good, enjoyable game, but it is very money-based. This game is designed so you have to buy in-game purchases or you may never progress.”
- “And no ads is definitely a plus.”
- “I liked it until I realized it was just another cash grab where money is to be spent to progress.”
- “After a couple of months playing, I feel like it is still a good, enjoyable game, but it is very money-based; this game is designed so you have to buy in-game purchases or you may never progress.”
- “A reasonably decent tactics/strategy game that's ultimately held back by its own greedy business model; players are heavily incentivized to spend on microtransactions to succeed past the first few levels.”
character development
11 mentions
82 % positive mentions
18 % neutral mentions
0 % negative mentions
Overall, the character development in the game is highly praised for its stunning design and artwork, contributing to an enjoyable gameplay experience. While players appreciate the strategic elements and RPG features, some express concerns about the pay-to-win mechanics affecting progression. Despite these issues, the character designs remain a standout aspect, enhancing the game's appeal.
- “The game's character design and general art direction is gorgeous.”
- “Quality RPG elements and great character designs and artwork.”
- “Great tactical character development game!”
stability
9 mentions
0 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with frequent freezes and crashes occurring at critical moments, such as during upgrades and battles. Players express frustration over lost progress and rewards due to these bugs, which detracts from the overall enjoyment despite the game's fun elements. Many reviews highlight the need for urgent fixes to improve stability and address the ongoing glitches.
- “It keeps freezing and it freezes at the worst possible moments.”
- “Decent game for short bursts of playing, definitely pay-to-win, and even then be careful because the game freezes constantly. If it freezes in the middle of you trying to upgrade something, you will lose the cost of the upgrade without getting the upgrade.”
- “The game is fun, but the crashes and freezes are getting a little out of control.”
music
5 mentions
80 % positive mentions
-40 % neutral mentions
60 % negative mentions
Overall, the music in the game is generally well-received, with many users praising it as "awesome" and complementing its appeal alongside the game's graphics. However, some players have reported technical issues, such as sound settings not saving, which detracts from the experience.
- “The design is appealing, and the music is good.”
- “Graphics are so good, the music is awesome, and the game UI is perfectly smooth.”
- “The graphics are amazing, the strategy is also great, and I really like the design of the heroes and overall style of this game. Plus, the background music is just awesome! 👌”
- “Please fix the sound/music problem. I have muted the game, and any time I open it, the sound is full again.”
- “The music is repetitive and lacks variety, making it feel tedious after a short while.”
- “The sound effects clash with the music, creating a jarring experience that detracts from the overall enjoyment.”
humor
3 mentions
100 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
0 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its light-hearted and whimsical humor, featuring lively and interesting characters that contribute to its captivating and multi-faceted experience. Overall, players find it to be a genuinely funny and enjoyable game.
- “It's a funny and captivating game for me.”
- “Light-hearted, humorous, whimsical, yet detailed and multi-faceted, with lively and interesting characters in abundance.”
- “Good game, it is funny! 😁👍”
optimization
2 mentions
50 % positive mentions
-50 % neutral mentions
100 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is criticized for causing significant performance issues, including frequent hanging and freezing, particularly on lower-end devices. Users report that despite the game's small size, it consumes excessive RAM and ROM, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences, especially during specific missions. While the game is enjoyable for strategy fans, poor optimization hampers its accessibility on less powerful hardware.
- “Awesome game! If you're a fan of strategy games, then don't hesitate to download it. However, there is one problem: if you have a low-end Android device like me, you will encounter terrible FPS drops. The game is playable on low-end devices, but the developers just didn't optimize it well.”
- “You need to improve the performance of this game a lot. It hangs, freezes, and consumes a lot of RAM and ROM. This game is small in size, but it takes a lot of resources to run. Please adjust the frozen stage in mission 37; it hangs a lot, and because of that, I lost some gems and energy to play.”
- “Awesome game if you're a fan of strategy games, but there's one problem: if you have a low-end Android like me, you will encounter terrible FPS drops. This game is playable on low-end Android devices, but the developers just didn't optimize it well.”