Illuvium Overworld Closed Beta YouTube Video
Illuvium is an open world fantasy auto-battler in the style of Pokémon, on the IMX blockchain.
I spent about 3 hours running around one of the most gorgeous environments I've ever got to fly around in! Check out my video review of the game above!
Pros
The jetpack and quintuple jump are something that I don't get to experience in any other games and quite honestly make traversing the world SO much fun. It really is gorgeous, and I could play for hours enjoying the views.
The battling is also top notch, the feel of it is great. I don't normally like auto-battlers but this one feels like there's enough autonomy that is isn't too removed from skill.
Cons
Gathering resources is TIME CONSUMING and kinda boring. I'm a little concerned for the trend of blockchain gaming effectively saying here's the tradeoff: Either you do something menial and boring OR you buy that item as an NFT from someone else who did the menial task for you.
I don't like that tradeoff.
There was one voice acting line that irked me, as they say it nearly every time you mine some resources.
"This looks good." - said with a dead voice.
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Final Thoughts
Overall, there's no question that Illuvium is the first truly AAA game on the blockchain. I believe there's still some real polish to be done, but honestly once I got the hang of it, it felt like it would be a truly solid game loop of getting resources and then upgrading equipment, and then battling tougher Pokémon. I mean Illuvials.
What do you guys think? You ready to dive in?
~Copper
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