Echoes of Vasteria

I don't often leave reviews but since this is such a new title and only picked it up by chance wanted to support the dev. been having a great time so far, the Music, Atmosphere and Feel of the game are all great and feel super cozy. From the get go the game seemed to really respect my time and i felt awarded returning to it after even just a few hours which gave the sense of meaningful progression. The Systems i've so far been exposed to scale really well and you can really see the incentive early on which only grows as you continue. As you progress the quests your town grows and changes with each completion which adds a sense of progression i did not expect as well. overall a great time and i think worth the price

Was a fun small game, 3 updates ago. I hope they have a plan, but atm every update makes the game worse and worse. They removed unlimited progression for some RNG based Equipment system with very limited stats, so you are way weaker. I can progress barely to 50% as before the update. This review was made before updated to the NEXT nerf. Now they hate the Buff system. Can't recommend atm.

Disclaimer: My name is in the credits, and I am a moderator in his Discord. I've watched the game progress since 0.0 into what it is, and I am very happy with the progress and direction. As far as idle games go, this is definitely leaning toward the "incremental" part of the dial, but there are reward systems in place if you want to leave the game running overnight. Collection quests unlock new resources and their respective collection quests; resources are used to upgrade your stats, and runs are guaranteed to be of finite length because there is a distance cap on how far you can travel before being Reaped, causing you to start over. Early quests unlock different biomes to progress in, where you can focus on particular resources, so that you can focus on the quests you want to tackle or the upgrades you are looking for. While quests and unlocks are fairly linear, there is no penalty (except time) for leaving the game overnight and checking in occasionally to make sure Caleb...

Boring even for an idle game. Absolutely not worth the money.

This game should really be labeled early access. First, core mechanics are undergoing frequent radical redesigns that don't represent a finished product. This isn't little changes to balance, but entirely removing and replacing core systems. So... it's not really a finished product if stuff is getting rewritten on the fly to this degree. Even worse, the save system isn't reliable. After a power outage shut the game down unsafely, on restarting it indicated the save was corrupted and asked if I wanted to restore a backup, I selected yes, and... apparently there wasn't a 'backup' as I got restarted at the beginning of the game. When I asked on the forums if it was recoverable, the dev asked if I had a backup save. I certainly don't see an obvious backup saves folder or anything in the game's installed files, so... is this something I should have been backing up manually, by... like, going into the game files, finding the save, and copying it elsewhere?

Not much to do, and no real depth. Click a zone and just wait is about all there is to it. QOL is poor as well.

[h1]A New Take on the Idle Genre -- Well Worth the $7[/h1] One of the first, and maybe most delightful things, about Echoes of Vasteria is its new take on the idle genre by presenting itself as an automated side scroller. Many of the familiar idle genre elements exist - skills, levels, upgrades, etc., The game presents itself with player-driven options for progression. While at the early stages there's quite a bit of autonomy, it seems these systems may meld together in the longer term. The skills currently available in the game include Combat, Mining, Woodcutting, Fishing, Farming, and Looting -- others may exist; however, I've not yet discovered them. You can choose to take your hero out and embark on various locations with emphasis on leveling different skills; farmland, mines, forest, river, etc., While you encounter combat in many of the locations, it seems the mines are best suited for the skill - the same is true with chopping wood where the forest is the best place,...

Fun little idle/incremental game. It plays as advertised. Has a very nice sound track, lofi vibes. Feels good to complete quests, has some story elements, very much a set it and check back in a little while type of game. Also pretty good second monitor content with it's own supplied sounds/music. Enjoying it greatly and look forward to completing the whole game.

Not really a fan of releasing updates that will require you to start a new save file should you want to have the buffs granted to you. 271 hours at the time of writing this that is just worthless.

game starts fast and enjoyable but quickly become boring