Eternium 12+

It’s a fun game for a mobile version of Diablo. There’s some annoying things like getting stuck behind random things, dropped items being stuck behind things, abilities not going the way you want them, and having to spend money on everything including ability slots. So to unlock the ability slots besides the single one they give for free you have to spend gems, which will cost you around $30 alone. And that’s after leveling up to unlock the extra abilities to be able to put in the slots. If you want to level up your abilities then you have to pay gold for a timer that increases with the ability level. They give you one slot, and if you want to unlock the two other upgrade slots to upgrade multiple abilities at once it costs around $5 each. If you want to speed up the timer then you must yet again pay for each time you’re leveling. Expect to pay more than a AAA console/PC game if you also want to unlock extra stash space to expand the abysmally small one they give you, let alone everything else that they make you pay for which are basic features to comfortably play on easy. But hey, they’ll throw you chump change amount of gems to give them a 5 star rating for a decently good looking not so polished greedy money pit. Or if you just like grinding and waiting half a day to level up abilities while you get stomped on by purposely overpowered minions and bosses so that you have to pay for the “extras”

I typically don't like mobile games and especially paying for them because I usually know I won't like them. Eternium has become the exception not only because I didn't have to pay to start playing, but only had to pay $0.99 cents for the beginner starter pack which came with 350 gemstones and $2000 gold, which is completely optional if you got tired of having to watch ads for gemstones. That $0.99 cents were the was best dollar I've ever spent.

The game itself reminds me of Diablo 1 and 2. It retains the same gameplay mechanics as the Diablo series and being a Diablo fan, makes this game all the more better. The story so far seems it a bit bland and tasteless, but that may be my fault for starting to skip through a lot of the dialog from boredom. Running on my iPhone 7, the game had a couple areas where it started running down into the lower frames (Some areas went as low as 30, some areas dipping only to 45), but other than that the game runs at 60 FPS. If you have a new generation iPhone, you’ll more than likely won’t have frame drops like I am.

I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys diablo like style games. The game is free and probably playable if you really didn’t wanna cough up the $0.99 cents for the starter package. I plan on letting my friend know about this game so that he may enjoy it like I am too.

As an old school Diablo gamer this game has found a special place in my heart. There have been a number of games that have tried to get the dungeon crawler formula right, but Eternium hits every sweet spot! The maps are just the right size for mobile gaming, clearable fairly quickly so it’s good on the move, but it also gives you a nice sense of exploration.
The abilities are well balanced and feel like they really change how the characters are played. Different bosses even encourage changing your abilities and tactics to deal with them instead of one “killer build”.
The crafting system is well fleshed out, once you understand how the various mats work and where they come from it’s pretty easy to pick up, but deep enough to keep the grind going.
One of the best things I can say about this game is that the developers seem to have hit the sweet spot between free and paid content. They don’t charge an arm and a leg for “gems” (standard in-game currency) and give you plenty of chances to earn them with generous daily quests. It’s an understated thing, but it makes the game EXPONENTIALLY more enjoyable.
Overall I have lost a good bit of time playing “just one more map” and have been loving every minute of it. Do yourself a favor, download it and try it for yourself, you won’t be sorry!!!