Sands of Salzaar

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Sands of Salzaar is a single player casual role playing game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Open-world strategy ARPG

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62%

Audience ScoreBased on 217 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

stability3 negative mentions

The game offers a unique fantasy setting reminiscent of China's Silk Road, providing an engaging experience.
Once the bugs are fixed, the game has the potential to be very enjoyable with a lot of gameplay and beautiful art style.
The developers have shown responsiveness in addressing issues, and the game has improved significantly after updates.

The game has been largely abandoned by the developers, with no updates for over a year, leading to frustration among players.
Many players experience constant crashes, especially during character creation and gameplay, making it unplayable for some.
A significant portion of the game is not fully translated into English, leaving players confused about mechanics and quests.

gameplay
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is praised for its engaging art style and variety, offering a mix of open-world exploration and MOBA-like battles, but it suffers from issues such as a lack of tutorials, repetitive mechanics, and frequent crashes. While some players find it immersive and fun, others express frustration over technical problems and language barriers that hinder their experience. Overall, the gameplay presents a blend of enjoyable elements and significant drawbacks.
- “It offers a lot of gameplay, and the amazing art style makes this game very good.”
- “I enjoy the open world aspect, and the battle gameplay is MOBA-like.”
- “A fun and amazing game, with interesting characters and a storyline, coupled with unique hero skills and gameplay.”
- “I think the game would benefit from a tutorial explaining the basic mechanics of the game.”
- “No explanation on any mechanic.”
- “The gameplay is incredibly repetitive and boring from the get-go; you basically start grinding immediately, and that's no fun at all.”
story
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
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The game's story is described as vast and intriguing, featuring interesting characters and unique hero skills. However, players are frustrated by significant bugs that hinder progress, such as unfinishable quests, crashes during story mode, and issues with the interface that make it difficult to read quest information. Overall, while the narrative has potential, technical problems severely impact the gameplay experience.
- “Enticing story.”
- “The story, vast!”
- “A fun and amazing game, in terms of game characters and an interesting storyline coupled with unique hero skills and gameplay.”
- “But the game has glaring bugs including the quest for secret character Threnody not working, and minor quests sometimes unfinishable because the target doesn't show up.”
- “Issues: story mode will crash at certain points and when you reboot you are in some Asian dialect (which you have to then clear all data to fix, losing any progress).”
- “Game is crashing when I start story mode, fix the game, don't buy it unless they fix it. Tried to change settings and now everything is in Chinese.”
optimization
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization has received criticism, with users reporting performance issues such as stuttering, particularly during fast-paced movement. Some players have found that disabling auto-save can improve performance, but overall, the mobile port is considered heavily bugged and in need of significant optimization updates.
- “Turning off the auto save seems to help with performance.”
- “Waiting for more future updates (and please, more and more game optimization).”
- “More optimization, please.”
- “The game has performance issues.”
- “There is some stuttering while running on the map, especially when sped up.”
- “Looks like a good game, but this mobile port is heavily bugged and poorly optimized.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game are generally praised for their beautiful and jaw-dropping art style, contributing positively to the overall experience. However, some users have noted performance issues, such as lag at higher speeds, indicating a need for optimization.
- “It offers a lot of gameplay coupled with an amazing art style, which makes this game very good.”
- “Beautiful art style.”
- “The graphics are jaw-dropping.”
- “Aesthetics are... ‍♂️ meh.”
- “Overall good, but there are significant lags. Even at low graphics, it lags when I go 2x speed, so it needs improvement.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability has been criticized for frequent bugs, character story omissions, and occasional freezing during gameplay. While some players appreciate its strategic elements, the overall experience is marred by unbalance and technical issues.
- “Characters are still missing their ex-stories, and the game itself is pretty buggy and unbalanced at times.”
- “Hi, the game freezes after a few minutes of gameplay; I don't know why.”
- “Best strategy RPG resource management; it's like Civilization ran into Age of Empires, but it's buggy.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and unengaging, with many noting that the repetitive nature of the gameplay detracts from the overall enjoyment right from the start.
- “The gameplay is incredibly repetitive and boring from the get-go; you basically start grinding immediately, and that's no fun at all.”
- “Grinding feels like a chore rather than an engaging part of the game, making it hard to stay motivated.”
- “The constant need to grind for resources takes away from the enjoyment of the game, turning it into a tedious task.”
character development
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The character development aspect of the game is hindered by technical issues, as players report crashes occurring immediately after completing character design, suggesting a lack of polish and stability in this feature.
- “The game crashes even on low settings after finishing character design.”
- “Character development feels shallow and lacks meaningful choices.”
- “The progression system is poorly implemented, making it hard to connect with the characters.”