Recent reviews by Athelon

Simple yet endless. The thorough game play of creating game changing combination hands with the use of Jokers and effect multipliers to meet the criteria for each stage will get you doing quick math and losing track of time.

This game incorporates as close as it gets to gambling; addictive, fun, and make you lose your money.

Game odds, rules, and how to play are stated on each table game. Your in game currency start with a daily spin on the money wheel that comes up every 8 hours, which I think should have more options to allow to spin or decrease the timer as if you lost all your money in game, you will have to wait for the spins to build back your stack. Casino floor features one blackjack table, 2 roulettes, and 1 craps table, and certain slots. It should have more blackjack tables as it gets full fast on each floor, but you can always create another floor.

The game features a VR version and in game mic to talk option. The community is hilarious and amazing in this game and great way to gamble with your friends. For a free to play, it is really well made and can still be improved. There is a premium cash shop where you can buy more chips or premium currency to buy customization and skins for your character, table features, and props. Brings up the mood when you're down on blackjack and someone randomly brings out a banjo and starts playing.

The First Descendant is a loot shooter with amazing graphics and a touch of Korean visuals on characters. Like everyone's been saying, the game incorporates a lot of similar gameplay and building customization to Warframe which include blueprint collecting for characters and weapons, level system for every piece of equipment, and farming in game currency to promote late game upgrades and spending.

The game follows a linear story with boss battles every 10-15 levels. Boss battles and boss dungeons features a private or public instance for how and who you want to play with. So far, the bosses are very enjoyable as each boss has their own set of mechanics and damage checks that requires full cooperation from the team. Public instances are teams that are randomly generated with 3 other players and most of them leave right after failing instead of staying to learn the mechanics which was a frustrating aspect. But if you have people or friends you want to continue with, just add and remake as private is one solution for now.

In terms of spending on microtransactions, prices are inflated and majority of the content is discouraging to spend on due to how high the prices are compared to how much you have to pay for the amount of in game currency. But like other loot shooters, majority of everything in the premium shop like Descendants (Frame) and upgrade mats are farmable in game for small percentage drop. Skins are the only exception so spend to what you like if you deem the prices are worth.

All in all, if you've sink enough time in loot shooters, give this "Free to play" game a try. So far it's still manageable. But if certain problems regarding the microtransactions in cash shop, connection/server issues, and other player concerns don't get fixed or it gets worse, then the game might become the developer's previous games which fell due to the same issues.

Amazing strategic tower defense roguelite with a focus on character management and decision making. The game isn't meant to be beaten on your first play through as each run will relay new rewards to unlock better customization for the next runs. Every run would be different; with characters, monsters, and weapons randomly generated as you progress, which get you fighting tooth and nail to finish each map, literally.

If you enjoy tile movement turn based game like Fire Emblem and XCOM and a combination of tactical feel of Darkest Dungeon, I highly recommend this game as best of both worlds.

Roguelike game that consist game mechanics from Slay the Spire and auto battler like TFT. You choose and play as a choice of a Hero, create a team party and deck of skills, upgrade and proceed along a road towards the end of the dungeons in maps of 3. As each run varies, it opens up variety, but it also has more RNG than other roguelikes in the same genre due more (random) movement from your characters and enemies alike.

This game has its rich story, vast open world, and really put you into exploring everything. It met my expectations with the mechanics and story building choices. From wand combat, creating your own space, mounts, and to character customization, it allowed you to play at your own pace. However, everything you'd expect to be a part of this game may not be there as future updates or games can build upon what is presented here. As such is there's no Quidditch, limited creatures/mounts, limited story and exploration to certain areas such as once you branch out from the Hogwarts area, there is accountability less content placed in those areas.

And the worst part in place is you have to remake and replay the early stages of the game 3 more times under each House, to finish the achievements.

Great visuals and story, hack and slash is improved from the predecessor but lacks the same feel of weapon variety and play style. Post story consist of finishing side quests and running back around..endlessly..which gets repetitive halfway through if you missed it on the first run... them Odin ravens...

Amazing MMO game that has enticing visuals and a well written main story questline so far, with more to come. The game uses a real time combat system so mechanics, positions, and timing do matter in terms of PVP/PVE. Progression is set behind an enhancement system that follows along the story and its vast open world map. Developer is generous with events, rewards, and provide a vast of amount of materials to help with player progression. While it is in its early months of release here vs the years of content in the Korean version, I look forward to seeing the new contents that's to come in the future.

TLDR; This game isn't for everyone. People say it's P2W but yet some players are F2P or spend little to nothing and still be able to catch up with minimal gameplay. So play at your own pace and enjoy the vast amount of content so far. Bots are a problem to the economy within the game. Regardless, it's the same in any game, so hopefully a reasonable solution will come to address it in the future.

One of the best cultivation game I've experienced! Every aspect so far is well made which include combat, micromanagement of skills, character building/story design, and the freedom to choose what you want you want to do in each progression. You progress through a huge sandbox map with NPCs and random encounters each playthrough so each save is a new experience. For the current stage of the game, it's provided what I enjoy to get from a cultivation game/deviation from novels.

There isn't much of a tutorial as a heads up, so be ready to redo and remake through trial and error. If you are a fan of Wuxia novels and cultivation mangas, whatever that is you're thinking of, is in this game, or has potential to be in the future.

Shoot. Slash. Die. Repeat. For Hours.