1/7/2024 0 Comments Clopl rune storyoBut I’m nowhere near patient enough to ignore the constant downloading or laggy dodging. Heck, if you can overlook those problems (or you’re exceedingly patient) it can be pretty fun. There’s a pretty good, if simple, action RPG hiding underneath Rune Story’s problems. You weren’t planning on using them to summon new characters or make powerful weapons, right? So say goodbye to 20 much-needed gems after you get to this point. Now this would only be mildly irritating if it was simply a matter of filling out a quick digital form and going on your merry way, but you have to pay premium currency to make a create a guild. Which also begs the question, what’s the point in making a guild for other players to join if yo’re making all of them start a guild in the first place? But Rune Story takes it a bit too far when it flat-out won’t let you continue (even if you shut it off and restart – I tried) to play until you’ve set up your own guild. And I get that cooperative RPGs can benefit from player-made groups like guilds and the like. Online games tend to push player interaction. At its most basic it’s annoying, and at its worst it could end up costing you money just to run it.Īs for the guild thing, it’s kind of a slap in the face if I’m being honest. This is a problem for everybody because it slows everything down when you’re simply trying to navigate the menus or get other stuff done, but it’s an even bigger problem if you’re playing via cellular data and don’t have an unlimited plan. Going to the store, starting a new stage in a new area, going back and playing the Hard versions of old stages, and even just finishing a level have all resulted in some extraneous downloading. It seems like every other anything I do for the first time makes a little “Downloading” window pop-up. Games that have players download extra data after installation aren’t all that special, honestly, but Rune Story does it with a frequency that’s actually pretty impressive. Along with the controls not responding well enough for the more difficult battles, there are two main problems I have with this game: it’s pretty much always downloading something, and it eventually forces players to make their own guild. And don’t even get me started on the absurdly slow mages who take so long to attack that they’re practically useless against any enemy that moves faster than “not at all.”įor the most part I was really impressed with Rune Story - until some of its more peculiar design issues started popping up. Although once the difficulty starts to ramp up and you need to avoid damage more often you’ll start to notice just how slow the response time between attacks and dodges can be. It’s simple but it’s pretty impressive in how well it works, even one-handed. Dragging a finger anywhere on the screen (except on the buttons, naturally) will let you move your character around a-la virtual stick, tapping will cause them to automatically target and attack enemies within range, and swiping will make them dodge. I was also particularly impressed with the controls, which were designed for touch screens – and actually designed quite well. And while the somewhat by-the-numbers level structure is nothing to get excited about, the action is fairly enjoyable and the missions don’t overstay their welcome. There are just as many (if not more) kinds of weapons to find/unlock/upgrade. There are tons of characters you can potentially summon and level-up like an honest to goodness RPG (there’s even a skill tree that’s kind of like the upgrade system in Final Fantasy X). The visuals are relatively simple but they’re colorful and sport some pretty nice designs. The thing is, it actually makes a pretty strong first impression. Fight through a few areas with the small fry, take down a boss, rinse, repeat. There’s some really awkward story about adventurers and a flying building in there, but it’s basically all about going from place to place and smacking monsters around. Rune Story (which I think is the game’s actual name despite the title including “Colopl” in the beginning when you go do download it) is a quick and simple action RPG that fits the mobile platform quite well. Then you got excessively annoying and it all started to fall apart. Things were going so great with you for a while. Forces players to spend gems to make a guild
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