It gives you missions, and then no details beyond that, and you have to figure out how to get to places that don’t always exist in your line of sight. You’re given missions, but the game doesn’t really tell you where you’re going, and as far as I could tell it doesn’t allow you to set waypoints or markers either. That means that not only do mountains and trees vanish and reappear depending on the angle of your camera and where you’re standing in relation to them, other people, monsters, and buildings will suddenly show up in front of you - or, just as likely, disappear without any warning.Īs you can imagine, this makes navigating the small, lousy map incredibly difficult. The game doesn’t just struggle to render anything on the horizon, it can also barely show you what’s in front of you. That last sentence highlights one of Ravensword’s biggest issues: its performance is brutal. After giving up on them, I went to find the troll, who popped into existence right in front of me.
After dispatching the first wave of dark elves, my fellow soldiers veered off the obvious path forwards and instead ran at a wall, where they ran in place for several minutes, legs pumping, not moving an inch on account of, again, the fact it was a giant stone wall. The game starts off with a quick tutorial mission as you go with other troops into a battle against a troll and a bunch of dark elves. It’s a port of an 8-year-old mobile game that was designed to pay homage to (by which I mean: rip off) Skyrim, except all of it - every single aspect of it - is mind-bogglingly bad. In every other respect, it’s absolutely wful. That said, that is literally the only good thing that can be said about Ravensword. To be sure, neither Anodyne 2 nor Ravensword are amazing games by any stretch of the imagination, but they’re still a lot more substantive than Ratalaika’s usual fare. ĪppSpy was more negative towards the game, stating that the difficulty and glitches overshadowed the game's technical feats.There’s one good thing that can be said about Ravensword: Shadowlands: between it and Anodyne 2, it would appear that Ratalaika Games is very slowly moving into publishing games that are more than just easy Platinums. It does have some limitations though, as there are physical barriers out in the world that prevent you from reaching certain parts of the map as freely as you might think." Pocket Gamer described it as ".as big and open an RPG as you're likely to get on iOS" but cited uneven combat as a major weakness of the game, describing it as both "frustratingly punishing and ridiculously easy" at certain points. Slide to Play awarded the game a 3 out of 4 rating, stating that the game was ".a beautiful game that stumbles often, but only because it reaches so high" and concluded that it was ultimately "not as polished as a game like Skyrim, but there’s plenty here for an action RPG fan to love." Gamezebo also compared it favorably to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, stating "If you're going to borrow, you may as well borrow from the best.The open world aspect of Ravensword: Shadowlands is one of its big selling points, and it is fun to explore some non-linear adventures on your iOS device. TouchArcade strongly praised the game, giving it a perfect 5 out of 5 score and stating that "its hard to believe I'm playing a game of this caliber on iOS.Other than a few minor glitches, Ravensword: Shadowlands is the real deal, and is an excellent open-world RPG with a decent story, ample content, deep character customization and beautiful visuals". It has received a 76 out of 100 rating on review aggregator Metacritic based on 12 reviews. Ravensword: Shadowlands has been generally well received by critics.
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