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Ember by N-Fusion Interactive
Published 505 Games

Price: $9.99 on both Steam and iOS
Platforms: Steam, iOS

About the Game

About Ember
“Back in the earliest days, there was no sun and the world was dark. The heavens opened up and stars fell like beacons into the pitch black world, and they were known as “Embers”. Powerful and wise druids of a primordial race, “the Lightbringers," roamed the land searching for this luminous matter. They performed a ritual of awakening to call the “Embers” out of their deep sleep. Suddenly the world became bright, and the veil of darkness was lifted. The Embers were the embodiment of magical flame, light, and life, but as word spread about the sheer power of the Embers, they came to be hunted and captured…and so the War for Ember began…”


Gameplay overview

A passion project 10 years in the making, Ember is a homage to classic role-playing games (RPG). Enter the world of Ember as a resurrected “Lightbringer” summoned to protect the dying Embers as the world is on the brink of collapse. Beginning in the Deep Barrows, traverse vast environments divided between above ground and underground realms – ranging from lush forests to dry deserts and dark abysses – to reach the City of Light. See how the story unfolds through encounters with strangers by making pivotal decisions about your own destiny.


Key features

-Classic-style RPG with 30+ hours of epic adventure
-Epic storytelling filled with fascinating characters, lore, adventure, and humor
-Over 70 quests with diverse gameplay enabling players to choose their path
-Engaging party-based real-time combat system with tactical pause
-Over 65 combat skills for the player to use in customized battle party strategy
-Encounter hundreds of NPCs with their own tales to tell
-In-depth crafting system, from baking bread to forging magic weapons
-A seamless world with over 20 handcrafted environments and dark dungeons that are fully interactive and feature movable objects, weather changes and day / night cycles
-Adventure with different companions with their own backstory quests

Pics:

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Looks interesting

 

[Corpekata]

It's fun, though I find myself sort of struggling against the interface too much (particularly the sort of odd way to assign targets). Likely a result of the dual platform development. Still, for 10 bucks you could do a lot worse.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

It's fun, though I find myself sort of struggling against the interface too much (particularly the sort of odd way to assign targets). Likely a result of the dual platform development. Still, for 10 bucks you could do a lot worse.

It's a very competent CRPG for $10, sure it doesn't do anything particularly new but if you like the RPGs of old this will at least be a satisfactory game.

 

[OniBarubary]

It's a very competent CRPG for $10, sure it doesn't do anything particularly new but if you like the RPGs of old this will at least be a satisfactory game.

I'll be honest, that's good enough for me.

 

[Karak]

My review for ACG
Fantastic for its price and though it has some issues it handled many things BETTER than other titles at much higher entry. Of course it also handles a couple of things poorly. But I got far more than 10 out of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Ezuj0OBoI

 

[awp69]

It's a very competent CRPG for $10, sure it doesn't do anything particularly new but if you like the RPGs of old this will at least be a satisfactory game.

Honestly, I find it to be more than satisfactory. Probably the most enjoyable CRPGs I've played in years. And the interface is very well done IMO.

Things like combat mechanics, for example, have been modernized without feeling dumbed down.

Great game!

 

[Weetrick]

I just ordered an iPhone 7 Plus and was looking for a pretty game to test the new hardware/bigger screen. I'm wondering if this is the game for me. I typically don't like on screen joysticks and this seems pretty complicated for a mobile interface.

 

[awp69]

I just ordered an iPhone 7 Plus and was looking for a pretty game to test the new hardware/bigger screen. I'm wondering if this is the game for me. I typically don't like on screen joysticks and this seems pretty complicated for a mobile interface.

There are no joysticks in this game. You tap to move and draw lines to whoever you want to attack/heal during combat. Combat is real time and if you let it go, it'Il auto target.

But the fun, IMO, is using the pause feature that lets you set up your attacks and spells and then playing them out. You can even set it to auto pause if one of your characters is close to death.

And this is probably the best interface for this type of game on mobile. Nowhere near as overwhelming as that of something like Baldur's Gate. Being designed from the ground up for mobile, it's even better than ARPGs like Titan Quest, which I found to be a poor port.

I'm running the game on a 6S+ and the text may be a bit small but it's still very playable. I actually play it on my phone over my iPad mini 2.

 

[suffah]

Thanks guys was concerned this may have been too difficult to play on my 6+.

 

[heringer]

Great game. It's a very nice entry to the CRPG genre.