PREVIEW : Isles of Etherion (PC)
A unique blend of Diablo-like action, a Final Fantasy-like universe, and a 100% destructible voxel environment can be found in the Isles of Etherion. Discover a stunning open fantasy world filled with floating islands, ominous dungeons, and more. Enjoy an extremely vertical exploration by using primitive flight and glide equipment to access the most remote locations. Throughout your quest, you will come across several sorts of weapons and spells that you can use to combat various animals and warriors. Use strong magic and combine it in various ways to get varied results.
Explore tunnels for hidden goodies and capture opposing airships to expand your fleet. Get ready to take on the Demigods and Elemental Bosses. Choose from 7 different races, each with advantages and disadvantages: Human, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Fairy, Angel, and Demon.
Environmentally Dynamically Destructible Voxels
Explore a world where all objects, including terrain and buildings, are dynamically liable to destruction by players, monsters, or unavoidable occurrences.
Airships for Transportation and Combat
Use your airship to travel between the islands; you can get one through battle or purchase.
Floating Islands with Seasons That Change Rapidly
The seasons in IoE alter dynamically right before your eyes. Seasons give an additional level of complexity to gameplay dynamics and strategy, similar to day/night cycles.
Natural catastrophes
The Isles are subject to sporadic natural calamities like earthquakes, meteors, volcano eruptions, and tornadoes.
Spell weaving and voxel combat
Voxel Spell and Combat During the fighting, you can change the weaving voxel environment to your advantage. Spell weaving is a possibility in IoE in addition to a range of spells!
Attuned to the Elements in Cause & Effect
Everything is resonant with the elements, and they are at battle with one another. When an elemental spell is cast, the environment is infused with that element, luring enemies with the appropriate elemental affinity. Therefore, every action has the potential to alter how you play afterwards.
The game seems quite excellent visually. There are many different types of opponents, a tonne of tools and equipment, and numerous islands that resemble varied biomes.
Combat is… Horrible? Is that the word I need to use? I believe it is. The adversaries don’t appear to have any AI beyond attacking and approaching you. It is a pretty mindless hack and slashes gameplay, and after only a few levels, you’ll probably have excellent enough equipment to only sustain minimal damage, if any, during battle. As a result, there won’t be much of a need for you to mix up your strikes or spells as you simply mow down adversaries. You’ll find a tonne of stuff, but good luck determining what is an upgrade or downgrade—the game doesn’t exactly assist you in this regard.
Even though I only discovered what seemed to be a small number of the spells that will be available, I did love the magic. It’s likely the only reason I kept playing that spell combining. It’s quite fun to be able to set a tornado on fire.
There are quests, however, I found the questing mechanism to be almost completely broken. On rare occasions, I would receive a point pointing both in the direction of a task and back to the quest giver. The majority of the time, it only sent me toward a task that I had already completed without providing any other valuable information.
It moves slowly across. incredibly slow. The world is quite large. I received a two-second long strider spell that gave me the ability to move more quickly. Thank you, I suppose. Even though you can fly at any time, it’s not exactly a quick way to travel the globe. Even then, you could decide to murder yourself in order to get somewhere faster if there isn’t a task that is actively directing you back to a town.
Overall, I found it to be enjoyable, although I don’t anticipate visiting the Isles of Etherion any time soon.
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