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For those of us who love to complain that it's all freemium garbage on the app store (which I'm exceedingly guilty of myself), THIS is the type of game to stay our whining for a good little while. Baldurs gate type interface and combat, yet much, MUCH more noob-friendly - without feeling "dumbed down." We got spoiled in the early days of ios with decent games for a dollar... those days are long gone. But even then, we didn't have quality like this. 10 bucks is still a STEAL for this caliber of program, as it's easily a 30 dollar game on any other platform. If we don't buy these kinds of games and support these devs, eventually no one will make them at all (even if it's a pc port). Show em there's a market and let's get more great stuff like this on the app store.

Expansive; great graphics and animation; countless equipables. My benchmark is Diablo; and having just completed my first game of Ember, here are further observations: Compared to Diablo, Ember consumes a little too much time with NPC dialogue. It's relevant to the rich storyline, so this won't bother most people. A little too much time was required to acquire, manage and disposition the game's voluminous inventory. Crafting equipment and potions is central to Ember, but I prefer fighting monsters more than spending time creating the tools required for gameplay. Monsters are little too tough. Maybe it was a lack of proper character development, but I had to "rest" and save my characters way too often--after almost every encounter with monsters. This will be a great game for many, but possibly too much work for Diablo fans.

If you have been searching for a good RPG to play on your phone, then you should consider playing Ember. It is a near perfect mobile RPG because of its beautiful graphics and streamlined nature. All of your magic and skills are attached to equipment that can be swapped out anytime you want. This let's you try all the spells/skills without committing to the ones you don't like. You may also reset the stats for the characters at anytime (for a reasonable chunk of gold of course) if you want to change up your parties combat style. The game is a huge open world with quite a bit of freedom to roam at times. Fans of old school games like Baulders Gate and Planescape will feel right at home with the battles. You can pause combat at any time to issue your party members commands, then watch the battle unfold in real time. There are also plenty of side quests, and a very deep crafting system similar to Skyrim's. I have put in 20 hours and I am still enjoying this beautiful modern game with old school charms.

This game is a hidden gem with extremely well designed storyline and stunning graphics and I'm a big fan of the tap to move around/attack control! I never liked the virtual joystick. I'll say I love it no less (even more) than big fantasy rpg title out there such as dragon age. And for only 10 bucks I feel it's a steal! Only complaint is the game crashes on me every 1 to hours which is very annoying. When that happened I had to replay the lost progress. Guess my phone is not made for game like this will not try to play another 3D games on iOS again! Mine is 6 plus

If you are looking for the closest thing to a Diablo/skyrim/dragon age type of experience this is the best you will find. Combat is like dragon age 1 a bit, a little more dynamic. There is a great crafting system made up of all the expected crafts one expects with an rpg like this: cooking, armor smith, weapon smith, alchemy. I was back and forth on this game before I bought because the price tag but after playing about 30 hours already I can attest this game is the real deal. Definitely worth to have for a rainy day game none the less.

Finally...FINALLY a game developer that respects the players. No buying gems BS, no money-extracting shenanigans, and above all, this is designed as a GAME, not a cattle-herd with every game mechanic and progression trajectory designed to push the player into spending money. And that’s why I just purchased this app. Devs neee to understand that many customers would happily pay $20 or $30 for a game that is not one giant money-grab. Free-To-Play is a cancer and it’s gambling. Thank you 505!

Loved the controls once I got used to them. Large open world. Only downsides are the size of the text and buttons and that the ending is a bit anti-climactic and there are not many available outcomes. Overall great story, beautiful graphics and responsiveness. Loved that the game is not dependent on in-app purchases. Please more of these. In-app purchases have completely destroyed and put me off many other legendary franchises.

This game is great and worth the price. My only complaint is, as playing as an iPhone player, the controls can be frustrating. My complaints are only with movement. I click on an enemy to attack but the character will move next to the enemy and not attack. Or I will want to move and click on an object instead. Other than that this game is quite addicting and well worth playing if you like challenging rpg's.

Overall a good game. I especially enjoy the world building, lore and the amount of books you can read (despite the spelling and grammar errors other reviewer‘s have pointed out). The one drawback is that the touch targets on an iPhone are very small (iPhone X). Would be great if there was an option to zoom in the interface.

I love this game, but ever since I went to the Ember Mines for the Restoring the Shrines quest, it has been crashing on me. I had hoped that the latest update would fix this issue, but it still crashes. I hope that the next update will fix the problem, because I really want to continue playing this game.

The good: Nice graphics with bright colors and buildings that pop out at you. Basic crafting system, not overly complicated. Plenty of quests. Open world. The bad: Would be much better on an iPad, the buttons are so tiny that they’re hard to hit. Combat feels over simple without many strategic elements. Text trees almost all seem to lead to the same result, regardless of what’s said. Overt political bias of developers in storyline. Minimal differences in three character classes. The status and menu bars block the screen enough to significantly detract from the pretty graphics. The characters look small as little ants, if you zoom in, it remains fixed on your main character so it’s tough to zoom in and just focus on things unless he’s near them. The main character seems empty, hollow, unrelatable, boring, even in his picture. I did win the game, but never felt a huge amount of satisfaction. It would have been better with a little bit more freedom to change the outcome of quests, more text trees with varying outcomes, more strategy in combat, more variety of the classes, and an interface that better suited iPhones without teeny buttons. Just to name a few things. Probably an option for less experienced RPG fans who are looking for a simpler experience and have an iPad.

The game is fun and would be worth the money but it needs work. This wasn't made for a phone and should be played on a computer. The buttons are small and selecting an item can sometimes become a tedious task. There are no instructions on how to use items (just to name a few). I hope they fix these problems soon. I look forward to playing the game but quickly become discouraged when I run into these issues.

Nice graphics and what is clearly a love for the project by the developers fail to overcome a rather dull failure of a game. You will spend most of your time staring at a tiny radar screen as you navigate from dreary task to dreary task. Combat is tedious and never varies, quests are all simple variants of each other. Slogs of flavor text to wade through are likewise yawn-inspiring. Nevertheless, I hope these developers do not give up and perhaps give things another try: there is a hunger for quality RPGs a la Baldurs Gate, and this team has all the experience and talent to offer something for it. But not this time.

Well I hit 1 button. That’s as far as I got. Once you select new game and hit the checkmark to begin your 10 dollar adventure. Crash. Whao. Bummer. Let’s try that again. Crash. Crash. Crash. Check the reviews. Oh, big dummy. I should have seen that recent reviews say the game doesn’t work. I was hoping to invest in a company that makes real games and doesn’t need in app purchases. Maybe I am better off with a polished freemium game. At least they work. This was very disappointing. I have requested a refund with apple. Since iPhone 1 came out I have never requested a refund… till today.