I played this before on Android. I remember it was an above average experience. Nothing too complicated, simple fun. Many puzzles. I also remember there was a swipe control problem, after reporting it to the developer, they fixed it promptly. IIRC it was (and still is) free on playstore, so maybe give it a try there first? Now that I see, there is also a sequel on playstore. Not going to buy it though.
That is why I'm writing a review. As the others mentioned, I'm still waiting for the latest update and DLC to get this game. Until then, I'll leave one star sadly, but that is not for the quality of the game itself.
This developer has 2 other games on google playstore, one of which is Vampire's Fall, that I loved and played through and unlocked everything there is to unlock. I had no problems with this game and it is still available for me to play. The other game, Champions of Avan, was released later on. I invested so much time in it and unlocked everything as well. Then came a day the update I was waiting for no longer came. I waited and waited to no avail. When I checked the playstore I saw the reason. "My device was no longer supported". What does it mean? It means this: You are allowed to download a game on your specific model of phone, spend a fortune to get in-game currency to speed up the crawling progression speed of the game (which I thankfully didn't), then get it taken from you because you can no longer get updates to the game, nor download it at all if you uninstall it for any reason. Goodbye money. Naturally I contacted the developers and they replied this: "Unfortunately with COA following the latest update, a few phone models, such as Redmi Devices have been disabled pending investigation into stability issues. We apologize for the inconvenience." That's right, this means the same with "we gladly accepted your money, and now screwed you, deal with it". Keep this bad practice in mind if you decide to buy their game. Once a thief, always I thief, I say.
they are games like this. Once you modify the keyboard controls in the Options, this is as good as it gets for the old farts like me. Only QoL improvement would be the hotkeys to equip/unequip your weapon or offhand. It is usually necessary to unequip the light source to conserve its energy. Currently, you need to open inventory to do that every time, if I'm not missing anything. Combat can be done like we did in Eye of the Beholder series - hit and run dance - or you can use the block mechanic which protects from poisons etc. as well. Apart from that, this is a small, pleasing, pure dungeon crawling fun! Lastly, there is a really nice review of the game here: https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=12256 I normally don't copy other reviews but that author describes the religious aspect of the game way better than I could: "There are several factors that I really like and appreciate about the inclusion of religious practices in this game. For starters, they’re very respectful to both the subject matter and the player, in that they are authentic and woven well into the gameplay without feeling preachy or intrusive. In fact, I would hazard guessing that one of the major motivations behind the development of this game was to present Islam in a good light as opposed to the dumb ways it’s usually depicted in media – and the remarkable thing is that the goal was achieved successfully without having everything else suffer for it, as is often the case with works of media that are focused on religion. If anything, perhaps there was even a little too much restraint applied here, given that these practices are largely optional, and in the one situation where they truly matter, you can somewhat hand-wave them away by visiting your local mosque and getting all the “faith bonuses” without effort." I recommend getting this game and supporting this one-man developer.
This game is one of my childhood gems. It has been on my list of "old games to experience again" list for a very long time. Time to remove that entry. I remember that this game started with a solid story with emotional elements, continued with endless and most of the time frustrating battles, and ended with another memorable piece of story. I still remember how I felt after the game ended. Emotional like in the beginning. I agree with Bloodrunsclear's review, well put. I deduct one star due to combat implementation. I'm not sure what could be better but it definitely had its flaws, mainly imbalance.
