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Eternium: Mage And Minions is a free-to-play, top down dungeon crawler designed for mobile devices.
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Pros
Pro Great randomized loot system
Loot is to be found throughout the game when destroying monsters, though there is some equipment available from the shop. Luckily the game is not pay-to-win, so that paid equipment is not as good as equipment that can be found in the game on your own. There are multiple tiers of items, some having unique effects like a 'chance to summon a skeleton on kill' which is pretty impressive for a mobile hack and slash.
Pro No stamina/energy system, you can play as much as you want
You'll never have to wait for some sort of stamina/energy to refill. You'll never be blocked by consumables either: health potions/food drops from monsters, you can have gear with life regeneration. Play as much as you like in this free-to-play game.
Pro Cast spells by drawing signs on screen
The gesture based spell casting scheme works very well on touch screens and is really fun and immersive.
Pro Further customize your play-style by recruiting different companions
You can have up to 3 companions that can follow you into battle. They are controlled by the AI but you can use their main abilities. The companions abilities are quite strong and enable powerful combos.
Companions to choose from:
Tank - taunts enemies and has a charge stunning the enemies in a large area.
Healer - heals your team and can use vortex - pulling enemies towards a target spot.
Ranger - comes with a nifty attack speed aura and can shoot a hail of arrows in a cone to inflict a lot of damage.
Mage - has a cool-down reduction aura and can cast a powerful chain lightning (which is only available in the in-game store).
Maggie - another healer whose major talent is a field that cancels the use of spells by enemies, preventing summoners from calling forth skeleton hordes, and prevents enemies from using healing spells (which is only available in the in-game store).
Pro Can be easily played offline, for those times you may not have a data connection
The game can be played offline after you finish to download all the content it needs.
However, some features are disabled while playing offline, such as upgrading abilities (timers require online synchronization), or transmuting items (timers require online synchronization).
Pro Deep crafting system that allows for plenty of customization
You can fuse rings and amulets to obtain legendary versions of them while being able to choose the final stats. Really feels like crafting. Or you can fuse any other 3 items with a chance to get a better version. Gemstones can be socketed into your gear to customize your character.
Pro Tons of tactical combat techniques that are enabled by a plethora of abilities for you to choose from gives the game a lot of customizability in this area
Charge or leap across the map, slow down time, raise above the field and hail your enemies with fire, incinerate the ground, or freeze your foes. These are just a few examples of abilities that can be upgraded in order to increase their power and obtain new game-changing effects. The upgrade takes time though, but can be sped up using in-game currency that you either earn through play or purchase through in-app-purchases.
The combat itself requires tactical thinking. Facing a horde of monsters you can pull them together using Vortex, incinerate the ground beneath them, or use your AOE attacks then freeze them in place to maximize the damage. If you are facing a powerful champion, time you disablers properly and the battle can be won.
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Pro A rich randomized loot system that is not pay-to-win
Loot is to be found throughout the game when destroying monsters, though there is some equipment available from the shop. Luckily the game is not pay to win, so that paid equipment is not as good as equipment that can be found in game on your own.
Pro No paywalls, the game can be experienced and completed in full without ever spending any money
You never feel forced to buy anything to progress. In-game currency can be obtained by just playing the game.
The game can be finished without ever paying.