Give it a chance , it ’s only just drop .
Sword of Convallaria is a free - to - play RPG that was released on August 1 , 2024 . Within hour of its release , this pixel art game has gained a humble flood of damaging brushup , nearly overwhelming the confirming one - at the time of writing , the reviews suffer at 45 % negative to 55 % positive .
With almost one-half of its players reviewing to complain about the quality of the game , I dive a lilliputian deep to find out what the issues were .
The closed Beta Test for Sword of Convallaria ran back in June with over 10,000 coating . One participant who took part in the Beta even played for approximately 170 hour . look at that Sword of Convallaria ’s narrative runs over 120 hours of gameplay , it ’s foreign that such a all-embracing Beta Test has yielded a biz with so many distressed actor onSteam .
At present , player consider Sword of Convallaria to be a poorly optimized gacha game that should n’t be usable on PC . Fans who have undertake it on Android or iOS have better opinions of it , stating that it gets dependable around an minute into gameplay , but the gacha system is lacklustre and requires a battalion of microtransactions .
One reviewer remark , " … the overall pricing is a bit too steep . If you ’re a F2P player and want streamer then I do n’t think this one is for you . " They did enjoy the secret plan at first , but just two hours in , they ’ve been put off play it any further .
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Players are also having issues with accountant compatibility , despite Sword of Convallaria being advertised as compatible . Having played some of thebest roguelikes that have come out in 2024 , I ’m a touch disappointed that such a plebeian feature of speech has been mess up .
However , it ’s not all unsound . The visuals of the secret plan are stunning , and it certainly plays well as a nomadic game than a personal computer game . The combat is played through , instead of automated , which is great for players who enjoy more tactical combat scenarios .
What a lot of players seem to be miss is that there are two style to Sword of Convallaria : a F2P modality with the 120 - hour narrative that does n’t use the gacha system , and the gacha mode that you see when you start the plot .
If you’re able to get past the first hour or two of gameplay , you ’ll unlock the unmarried - player story mode " Spiral of Destinies , " which is a rougelike game that has relationship and resource management , combat , and 10 different conclusion to discover as you play .
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