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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 10.3 hrs on record
Posted: 14 May @ 9:36am
Updated: 14 May @ 9:36am

Poorly Designed, Poorly Executed

Tails of Iron surely looks interesting at first sight with its beautiful visuals and cute rats and frogs. Behind those are nice-looking cities, which are all hand drawn by the way. However, the game can not keep the same quality in the visuals in every area. While the kingdom looks worked on and detailed, the sewers look very undetailed and unimaginative. (Not because the sewers are a filthy place, it just looks boring. Take sewers in Dark Souls as a counter reference.) Geralt as the narrator is cool, but what's the point when you have no story to tell, other than marketing the game?

To be honest, that's all Tails of Iron has in its core. Other than those, we have a janky and clunky combat with troublesome hitboxes. Sometimes, enemies won't telegraph their attacks and mess you up. There is weapon and armor variety, but using them never feels different. So its more like a visual variety. Nevertheless, you get the most powerful weapon mid game and never have to change weapons anywhere later.

Game design is very problematic. Tails of Iron asks you to do the same side quests over and over again. The game almost has no main quests. In some side quests, you are expected to take the same route again and again to kill the same enemies, talking about enemies, Tails of Iron has no enemy variety. Most enemies are reskins of each other. Their hitboxes are problematic, making combat feel janky. The game tries to show itself as a metroidvania, but I hope the devs aren't defining it as one. Because metroidvanias aren't supposed to be extremely linear and scripted.

The story itself is extremely predictable and routine. And the presentation is extremely ordinary. It's not the main focus of the game, but it takes too much of our time even when that's the case. Sound effects are very repetitive and lacking, adding to the unsatisfactory gameplay. Exploration is not nonexistent, the same with music. There is no atmospheric music or any music at all.

To conclude, Tails of Iron is a game with extremely unsatisfying gameplay, repetitive level and encounter design, and a poor game design. Extremely poor game overall. Not recommended even on a sale.

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16 Comments
Xrider 23 May @ 3:39pm 
I don't agree with all of what you said, but you make some good points, especially about the walking simulator (Repetitive quests in the exact same areas, fighting the same mobs? C'mon Devs!).

I think everyone could benefit from more people like you, someone we maybe disagree with, but can learn something from. Thanks for your honesty.
Smile :D 23 May @ 9:12am 
I agree with a lot of what you said, that doesn't change it from being a very fun game for me. Most of the boss fights were a lot of fun. I'd say only two really had attacks that weren't telegraphed well. The rest were well telegraphed and satisfying to beat. I do agree, however that the game is horribly unbalanced with regards to equipment and variety. Honestly, the thing that makes me not want to 100% this game is the unskippable cutscenes. Otherwise, it was a very enjoyable game.
VampireGamerBat 22 May @ 4:07pm 
Additionally, your telling me there's zero background music? Dude really did not want to play the game ig
VampireGamerBat 22 May @ 4:04pm 
Predictable story? So the extremely advanced underground mole society was Predictable? Idk how this is the first review that pops up. Tis Unreliable.:steamthumbsdown:
Johnston_07 19 May @ 8:21am 
you really don't understand the story of the game do you?
Bearsonal 17 May @ 5:01pm 
Thank you :Dsheart:
Walter White 17 May @ 5:00pm 
Thanks. Good review friend
Bearsonal 17 May @ 5:07am 
Okay buddy, I see that this is the first game you've played and that's okay. We all start from somewhere. But I suggest you play more games and better games from now on. Follow my curator page, or maybe check other games by yourself on Steam, or other platforms. Believe me, this is a shit game.
cocunut_B 17 May @ 4:40am 
cap i played that game its good its cost like a kidne but its the best game the music fire boss done gone the game has no bugs art good i did not see bad art in this game
Bearsonal 15 May @ 4:30am 
Appreciate it my friend :dsheart :FH5Crown: