Champions of Avan - Idle RPG 9+

Lots of potential

I personally think the game is great I really like the aspect of your shield doing 0-1 or 0-15 depending on how much shield you have and same for attack and health. The system works well, the grinding of gear from chests or certain enemies can be a struggle, but I feel like the game is meant to be difficult at times and nowadays there’s no challenge to games so I believe this is a great mix of challenges. One thing I wish the game had was a station to create that potion that can revive/give health to all your characters. Because so far I feel like I only get them out of the fragments wheel and even then that’s a 1/10 chance to get it. On common anyways. I think the store, tavern, alchemy, blacksmith, and hospital there purposes are great. The store you can buy gear at only can’t buy a potion or anything else which is fine. The tavern being able to show/recruit new characters. The alchemy being able to upgrade your wagon stats, idle time, and characters health. Blacksmith can make your own gear. And the hospital reduces the time it takes for your characters to recover from battle. Now these can all be updated too allowing better gear in stores, reducing recovery time further, and being able to make better gear. Overall it’s a great game and I hope the developers continue to work hard at it!

Developer Response ,

Hello, thank you for downloading Champions of Avan and for your feedback. The game is at its early stages at the moment but we have many interesting features planned for the future. You can also send us your suggestions to support@earlymorningstudio.com or post them on our Discord. All the best, Paulina

Might

I’ve been playing this game for about a week or two now. I just want to say that I like this game. I like the fact that Devs really make sure that the game is balance. For example even if you spend money, you will not be “op”. You will be ahead of the people who does not spend money but, you will not be too far ahead.

Looking through the 1 star reviews, I can see where they are coming from. The cost of resources to upgrade anything in this game might be a bit much but, at the same time it is also fair. The “Idle” part of the game farm all those resources for you slowly. When it comes to game progression, it might be too slow for some people but in my opinion it is not too fast and it is not too slow. If it too fast or too slow it will get really boring. The tempo is perfect. The game wants you to get to know different character and different strategies.

The random attack or defense from 0 to whatever you have on the character is a little too random. If my character have 20 attack and the enemy have 5 defense, my character should be able to do more than 0-5 damage average. Sometime my character will do up to 15 damage critical but also will do 0 or 1 damage randomly.

When it comes to the game currency “Gold”, I’m not sure how to feel about this one. Overall I do recommend this game to anyone who like a little grind.

Downgraded to 1 star

Original review: I normally detest city building games as they all feel like copies of each other - BUT this game does it in a really fresh and innovative way. It has the same “style” and vibe that Vampire’s Fall has and I’m really enjoying that. I’d say the only thing missing - from having played a couple of hours - is more of a story/plot to pull me in. There are quests like “stop the shaman gathering” but I don’t know why I’m supposed to do that. Where are we and why? More storyline please. Apart from that it’s a brilliant game and worthy of 5 stars. Well done.

Update: it’s been months now and the game turned out to be quite the disappointment. I think the main issue is how terribly bad the release of the game was managed - it was clearly released too early as content in the original release basically was for a week work of play. THEN the company doubled down on bad ideas and simply added some small areas with high level bosses that you you just had to throw some waves of heroes against to win. Another 10 hours or so of content (active time: 10 minutes maybe). The game had real potentials but whoever is in charge of how content was released and structured really failed here. You can’t just release a game with minimum content and then every other month add “content” that is 10-15 minutes of actual play time. It’s also just the same over and over - a new tower or wagon with super high enemies that you have to grind down to win. Uninstalled.

Developer Response ,

Dear Rich,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences with our game. We appreciate your initial positive feedback and are glad to hear that you found our approach fresh and innovative. We apologize for any disappointment caused by the lack of a compelling story or plot to engage you further. It is something we will certainly keep in mind going forward.
Regarding your update, we're truly sorry to hear that the game did not meet your expectations over time. We acknowledge your concerns about the game's initial release and subsequent content updates. We appreciate your feedback on the pacing and structure of the content releases, and we will evaluate our approach for our future endeavours.
We value your feedback and take it seriously as we strive to improve our games. We appreciate your support and thank you for giving our game a chance.
If you have any further suggestions or feedback, we would be grateful to hear them. Kind regards, EMS :)