Arcane Quest Legends

Recently with the ever growing pandemic going on in the world I’ve been spending a lot of time playing around with apps on my phone, and if you like games similar to the Diablo franchise this game game is a great place to start. Although I haven’t reached very far in the quest line, I’ve had a lot of fun with it so far, and the game seems to run very smooth and I haven’t ran into any bugs to speak of at all. The only thing that aggravates me in the app is when you move down a narrow corridor with your follower behind you and he blocks you from being able to move out of the corridor, and pushing him or rolling towards him is very slow and time consuming. I’m a big fan of the mage archetype so I started learning all of the elemental spells at first, and while very powerful, even maxing out my intelligence with all five stat points every level didn’t seem to be enough to sustain my mana without chugging down potions. Melee weapons are found everywhere, and archers don’t have a need for arrows because the bows fire without them as far as I know, but the mage has to have mana to use the spells, so it kind of puts them in a more expensive spot spending most of their gold on potions. Other than those complaints I believe this game is definitely heading in the right direction, and I can really tell the developers know what they are doing, and are very capable of making this game a 5/5.

I’m in the third act, and it’s a really fun game. If you like action rpg’s, this one is for you. Graphics are great (some clipping issues, but for a $4 game, it’s hard to complain). Tons of content, looking like at least 15-20 hours to play through. My biggest compliant, however, is the balancing, or lack thereof. If you like playing as a mage, the game is really fun. But when I tried to play as a straight fighter, the game became almost impossible very quickly. Enemy mages and archers do so much damage that my fighter was dying constantly. It’s possible I wasn’t playing properly, but I just think armor needs to mitigate more damage to compensate for close range play styles. By contrast, a magic using character with practically no armor, can progress much more easily because of the range and damage of the spells. Maybe the developer is going for realism, or maybe I was just allocating my stats incorrectly. A few other quibbles; 1) it would be nice to get better feedback if you start taking damage, often times I die and wasn’t even aware I was getting hit. 2) better feedback when you block or dodge an attack, let us know that our shields or dodging is working. 3) better item drops instead of just upgrading at the store and swapping gems around, killing a monster and seeing an item drop should be exciting! 4) speaking of gems, let them be an item drop too. All that said, I still recommend the game. It’s a great mobile way to scratch that ARPG itch.

I have made three different characters with two currently waiting on the 4th act. This game has definitely surpassed my expectations. The graphics are quite good and I like the fact that you implemented the ability to adjust the frames and graphics to reduce battery consumption. The skills are pretty awesome, some of which are lacking or are a bit difficult to coordinate. The fire demon at skill level 5 from what I’ve seen does 16 dmg which is what my character does at lvl 1 and gets one shot by act 3 monsters when it’s supposed to be ‘powerful’. The ice golem is placed in the Holy tree instead of Ice which is interesting and doesn’t have as much of impact as well. Skills like Flaming boulder and Electric tornado are a bit difficult to get full damage from since you can’t aim them besides through auto lock which is a bit of a downer considering they’re such powerful spells. The hirable followers all seem to get destroyed pretty easily and are a bit underwhelming. It would be nice to be able to power them up or have them level up with your character to make it meaningful to have the same follower throughout the game. I really love the enchanting in this game! Basic attack users especially the bow user becomes a monster with critical chance, damage increases, and attack speed. Add some mana and/or health leech and your character survivability is no problem. The only complaint in this department is that the store wares are stuck till you beat the next main quest. When I look in the store to disenchant or look for better gear it’s locked in to the same stuff as yesterday. There’s so much more to say about this game but honestly give this game a shot and see for yourself. I’m looking forward to the upcoming content, keep it up you guys! Hope my incite has helped a bit!