Spire Horizon
- February 14, 2024
- Mendoka
- 28h median play time
Get on Steam"Spire Horizon," found on Steam with the ID 2321880, invites you to Aetheria, a world of diverse races and unique monsters. Engage in challenging battles, enhancing your skills and experience to rise in power. Unite with friends to vanquish epic bosses and overcome formidable forces together. Forge bonds and strategize to emerge victorious.
Reviews
- The game features beautiful graphics and a large open world to explore, providing a visually appealing experience.
- It offers a variety of achievements and different monsters to encounter, adding to the sense of progression.
- The game has potential for fun gameplay, especially in multiplayer mode, and is enjoyable for casual play.
- The quests are repetitive and often involve tedious fetch and kill tasks, leading to a feeling of inflated content.
- The game is plagued by bugs and poor UI/UX design, making interactions frustrating and gameplay clunky.
- It feels unfinished and lacks substantial content, with many players expressing concerns about its early access state.
- story31 mentions
- 10 % positive mentions
- 81 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The game's story is criticized for being underdeveloped and repetitive, with players facing numerous tedious "kill x of y" quests that feel artificially inflated to extend playtime. While the initial setup is engaging, the lack of depth and variety in quests leads to frustration, making the narrative feel more like a skeleton than a fully fleshed-out experience. Overall, the story requires significant expansion and refinement to enhance player engagement.
“The opening was well made, making players want to continue the story.”
“It's a very good 3D RPG open-world skeleton adventure game with very beautiful views, graphics, and story.”
“More of a skeleton of a story than fleshed out; needs significant expansion.”
“It is a relaxing game that you can sink your playtime into, but for playing objectively for the sake of progressing the story, the content feels forced and inflated in a not-so-good design.”
“There's barely any mobs in the open world, and the quests have you kill 30+ mobs that are spaced far apart, which makes it take a lot longer to complete quests. This feels pretty lazy; just add more content if you want us to play longer.”
“More of a skeleton of a story than fleshed out; it needs significant expansion.”
- gameplay9 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by a mix of engaging RPG mechanics that are still under development, with an AFK feature that allows for casual grinding. However, players have noted issues such as bugs, frame drops, and overly intense visual effects that detract from the experience. Overall, while the combat mechanics show promise, they require further refinement to enhance player engagement.
“A glimpse of engaging RPG mechanics, yet still in embryonic form.”
“Mechanics-wise, the weapons remind me of New World's, but this is more fun and less grindy as the skills are unlocked along with player level.”
“Develop more engaging and dynamic combat mechanics.”
“This is nowhere near a long game; it has an AFK mechanic which is useful for grinding while you walk the dog, but not a lot else.”
“Notable frame drops during gameplay.”
“Some gameplay visuals were too extreme; the scythe glows so much when attacking that it can be blinding.”
- grinding7 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be somewhat tedious, particularly in terms of farming materials for crafting and healing items, with some noting the reliance on RNG for drops. While the game includes an AFK mechanic and an auto-farm feature that shows promise, many still feel that the overall experience can be grindy, especially when compared to other titles. However, the skill progression system is seen as a positive, making it less grindy than similar games.
“This is nowhere near a long game; it has an AFK mechanic which is useful for grinding while you walk the dog, but not a lot else.”
“You can make food, and there are foods that heal for 600, but have fun farming the materials for that.”
“Item crafting feels grindy; the drop system reminds me of old school MapleStory, extremely annoying RNG as I had to kill over 50-60 pigs just to get enough to craft 2 new armor pieces.”
- graphics5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are praised for their beauty and the expansive open world, enhancing the overall experience. However, some players noted that certain visual effects, like the glowing scythe during attacks, can be overly intense and distracting. Additionally, there are concerns about the advanced graphics options and display system.
“It's a very good 3D RPG open-world skeleton adventure game with beautiful views, graphics, and story.”
“Beautiful graphics and a big open world to explore.”
“Advanced graphics/display options.”
“Some gameplay visuals were too extreme; the scythe glows so much when attacking that it can be blinding.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, players report that the game suffers from significant stability issues, including bugs in multiplayer, NPC store interactions, and dialogue that can lead to game freezes. These problems have contributed to a frustrating experience, particularly during initial gameplay.
“Multiplayer was nice, but it was a bit buggy, of course.”
“The NPC store is extremely buggy; I can't sell an item without it closing out because it registers my auto attacks while selling.”
“There are dialogue issues that lead to game freezes.”
- music3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's soundtrack is generally charming, but some players find the AI narration off-putting. Additionally, there are audio issues, including noticeable looping and transitions in the music, leading some to prefer acoustic songs over the current offerings.
“The soundtrack is charming and adds a delightful atmosphere to the game.”
“I would love to hear more acoustic songs in the game.”
“The soundtrack charms, but the AI narration grates.”
“There are audio issues with noticeable music looping and transitions.”
“If possible, I would prefer to listen to acoustic songs more than this.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
The game's replayability is currently limited due to its early development stage, suggesting that players may not find enough content or variety to warrant multiple playthroughs at this time.
“Replay value is limited by its early development stage.”
“The game lacks enough content to keep players coming back for more.”
“Once you've completed the main storyline, there's little incentive to replay.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users have reported issues with optimization, specifically highlighting memory leaks that negatively impact overall performance.
“Memory leaks are severely affecting performance.”
“The game suffers from significant optimization issues.”
“Frequent frame drops and stuttering make the experience frustrating.”
