Archmage Idle

first 2 hours have been lots of fun. the progression is much slower and drip feeds new goals and new skills and content very well. good pacing. i will update my review again in a few more days. but first impressions are strong.

I've only played one day, but it seems like a very well thought-out Idle game in the style of Melvor Idle. But instead of being just another Runescape clone, it builds it's own world systems around magic. For a free Idle game, the UI is very well designed. With info text that are color-coded, tool tips that summarize all the available bonuses on skills, "obtained and used" locations on items, and even animation particles that show you where the products of an action are headed. The developer is obviously very experienced, and is taking that experience to improve the UI that Melvor had. If you are a fan of Idle games give it a try. I almost didn't try it because the review section was mixed, but reading through some of the other reviews, some of those people don't like idle games in general, and would probably give something like Melvor Idle a thumbs down. I even read one negative review that said "just a bunch of menus doing stuff". LOL.. yes sir. That's what these kind of games are. I'll update this review later when i progress further, but so far from what I seen, someone very intelligent is at the helm of this one, and I have faith that the late game will turn out interesting. And with the very frequent updates, the bugs and wrinkles should be ironed out over time.