Immortals of Aveum™

Meh, kind of a wierd concept, but you may like it, i don't

You really should try this

I had seen the ads for this game and though it looked interesting (a magical shooter) but due to my already massive backlog, had put it on the sale list. Lo and behold that day arrived and Immortals of Averum joined the fold. :) I am very glad I grabbed this. I got excellent value out of the sale having enjoyed almost all (more on that below) of the forty hours I've spent on this game (and I might even complete the epilogue for the 'true ending' ... though the backlog beckons once more ... so I may just fold and check it out online. :)) I enjoyed this game from start to finish. The game-play was solid, the characters likeable and engaging, the stakes epic, challenging fights, there are twists and turns in the story as well as heart-felt moments that hit me unexpectedly (I didn't see some of them coming even though looking back, I should have ... so kudos to the writers). I understand that some of the original criticisms of the game when it came out were due to performance and being a pretty corridor shooter. Well, my experience does come from a system that meets those requirements (running a 3080), so while it did crash every now and then (though never when I was playing, only when I left it on the menu and went away for a bit interestingly enough) it generally ran very smoothly with all the bells and whistles turned up and looked great doing it. :) And while you are guided with objectives ... like pretty much any game, you still had freedom to engage with finding collectibles, revisit previous areas with new powers to give access to upgrade materials and new items, etc. I thought it was a nice mix of 'corridor shooter' and 'open world' so it worked for me. :) My two criticisms of the game are mainly story/world choices. They are: 1. Having a male character refer to 'his husband' in a side-conversation. It's not front and centre but it pushing a modern day concept (that has never been a thing civilizationally speaking until five minutes ago) into a fantasy world and trying to present this as normal. It is jarring and pulls you out of the game world for a bit. 2. It's not as bad, but they make Zendara, as a 'strong, female character' ... look a lot like a guy. While you can kind of justify it due to 'it's just how their race developed', I don't really think there was a need to do that. It would be nice if they could have found a way for her be more feminine (recognising and valuing the differences between men and women) and still 'strong' in the way needed. We see other games that have done this and they tend to do quite well, so it created a point of potential criticism where none was needed. Apart from those two caveats, I absolutely recommend this game. You would be getting great value at full price and are getting amazing value on sale. It does have high system requirements so that has to be taken into account but if your system meets the specs, then it's definitely worth it (especially on sale). I hope, if you pick this up, you'll have as good a time as I did! :)