Zoria: Age of Shattering

Item: Zoria: Age of Shattering
Rating: 70
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-02-22

Summary

Engaging story and immersive game world.
Enjoyable and polished tactical combat.
Nostalgic, classic RPG feel.
Appealing and distinct visual style.
Unpolished, buggy, and incomplete experience.
Shallow character customization/progression.

Reviews (sample size): 465
Helpful reviews: 88%
Unhelpful reviews: 12%
Protest reviews: 1%

70%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
30%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 909
Negative points: 1057
Gameplay points: 411
Perf. points: 66
Rec. points: 349
Misc points: 78

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging story and immersive world Description The game features an engaging story, rich lore, and immersive world-building, enhanced by well-written dialogue and voice acting. The narrative is compelling and keeps players invested, with a plot that unfolds gradually and becomes increasingly focused as the game progresses. The world feels alive and well-defined, encouraging exploration and discovery. Importance 95%	The game features an engaging story, rich lore, and immersive world-building, enhanced by well-written dialogue and voice acting. The narrative is compelling and keeps players invested, with a plot that unfolds gradually and becomes increasingly focused as the game progresses. The world feels alive and well-defined, encouraging exploration and discovery.	95%
Enjoyable and polished tactical combat Description The game offers enjoyable, fast-paced, and intuitive turn-based combat with a good level of tactical depth. Battles require strategic planning and utilization of character abilities, providing a satisfying and engaging combat experience. The combat system is polished and relatively bug-free. Importance 87%	The game offers enjoyable, fast-paced, and intuitive turn-based combat with a good level of tactical depth. Battles require strategic planning and utilization of character abilities, providing a satisfying and engaging combat experience. The combat system is polished and relatively bug-free.	87%
Nostalgic, classic RPG feel Description The game evokes nostalgia for classic RPGs like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, capturing the feel of old-school adventures. It successfully blends familiar RPG elements with refreshing innovations, providing a unique yet comfortable experience for fans of the genre. The game emphasizes combat and looting, similar to older titles. Importance 79%	The game evokes nostalgia for classic RPGs like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, capturing the feel of old-school adventures. It successfully blends familiar RPG elements with refreshing innovations, providing a unique yet comfortable experience for fans of the genre. The game emphasizes combat and looting, similar to older titles.	79%
Appealing and distinct visual style Description The game has appealing graphics and a distinct art style that enhances the overall experience. The visuals are well-done, with impressive special effects and world-building. The absence of overwhelming visual effects allows the game's clear graphics to shine. Importance 71%	The game has appealing graphics and a distinct art style that enhances the overall experience. The visuals are well-done, with impressive special effects and world-building. The absence of overwhelming visual effects allows the game's clear graphics to shine.	71%
Enjoyable and worth the price Description The game is enjoyable and worth its price, offering a substantial amount of content and a refreshing experience. Many reviewers found the game addictive and fun, especially after getting past the initial learning curve. The game's imperfections add to its charm. Importance 35%	The game is enjoyable and worth its price, offering a substantial amount of content and a refreshing experience. Many reviewers found the game addictive and fun, especially after getting past the initial learning curve. The game's imperfections add to its charm.	35%
Diverse classes and customization Description The game offers a wide variety of character classes and companions, allowing for extensive customization and strategic team composition. The skill tree and progression system are robust, with easy respec options, enabling players to experiment with different builds and playstyles. Both balanced and stacked class compositions are viable. Importance 22%	The game offers a wide variety of character classes and companions, allowing for extensive customization and strategic team composition. The skill tree and progression system are robust, with easy respec options, enabling players to experiment with different builds and playstyles. Both balanced and stacked class compositions are viable.	22%
Extensive crafting and resource systems Description The game features extensive crafting, alchemy, and cooking systems that add depth to the gameplay loop. Players can gather resources, experiment with recipes, and create customized sets to enhance their characters' abilities. The inventory system is well-designed, making it easy to manage resources and craft items. Importance 20%	The game features extensive crafting, alchemy, and cooking systems that add depth to the gameplay loop. Players can gather resources, experiment with recipes, and create customized sets to enhance their characters' abilities. The inventory system is well-designed, making it easy to manage resources and craft items.	20%
Engaging base-building mechanics Description The game features a base-building mechanic at the outpost, adding depth to the gameplay loop. Upgrading the outpost unlocks various facilities, mercenaries, recipes, and schematics, providing tangible rewards and enhancing the player's sense of progression. The outpost mechanics and missions are a highlight. Importance 17%	The game features a base-building mechanic at the outpost, adding depth to the gameplay loop. Upgrading the outpost unlocks various facilities, mercenaries, recipes, and schematics, providing tangible rewards and enhancing the player's sense of progression. The outpost mechanics and missions are a highlight.	17%
Well-balanced difficulty options Description The game offers a well-balanced difficulty with multiple levels, catering to both beginners and veterans. The difficulty can be adjusted at any time, allowing players to customize their experience. On normal difficulty, the game provides a fair challenge without being overly frustrating. Importance 11%	The game offers a well-balanced difficulty with multiple levels, catering to both beginners and veterans. The difficulty can be adjusted at any time, allowing players to customize their experience. On normal difficulty, the game provides a fair challenge without being overly frustrating.	11%
Responsive and supportive developers Description The developers are responsive and actively engaged with the community, providing excellent support and addressing issues quickly. They are dedicated to fixing bugs and listening to feedback, showing they care about the game and its players. The developers are friendly and helpful. Importance 9%	The developers are responsive and actively engaged with the community, providing excellent support and addressing issues quickly. They are dedicated to fixing bugs and listening to feedback, showing they care about the game and its players. The developers are friendly and helpful.	9%
Impressive for a small team Description The game is impressive considering it was developed by a small team of only three people. The developers have put a lot of love and effort into the game, creating a high-quality experience that surpasses expectations for an indie title. The game punches well above its weight. Importance 9%	The game is impressive considering it was developed by a small team of only three people. The developers have put a lot of love and effort into the game, creating a high-quality experience that surpasses expectations for an indie title. The game punches well above its weight.	9%
Unique charm and refreshing experience Description Zoria has its own charm and direction, offering a refreshing and deep experience that merges tactical RPG and keep/team management elements. The world of Zoria is rich with lore that gradually unfolds as the player progresses. The reviewer had an overwhelmingly positive experience with the game. Importance 5%	Zoria has its own charm and direction, offering a refreshing and deep experience that merges tactical RPG and keep/team management elements. The world of Zoria is rich with lore that gradually unfolds as the player progresses. The reviewer had an overwhelmingly positive experience with the game.	5%