Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

Item: Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings
Rating: 71
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-06

Summary

Fun, addictive, and deep strategic gameplay.
Faithful adaptation of the Legend of the Five Rings setting.
Strategic trait and item combination focused gameplay.
Immersive L5R setting and narrative.
Numerous bugs and frequent crashes.
Slow, grindy progression system.

Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings header

Reviews (sample size): 82
Helpful reviews: 94%
Unhelpful reviews: 6%
Protest reviews: 0%

71%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
29%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 131
Negative points: 110
Gameplay points: 40
Perf. points: 8
Rec. points: 45
Misc points: 14

Point	Description	Importance
Fun, addictive, deep gameplay Description The game is praised for being fun, enjoyable, and addictive, with many reviewers highlighting its depth and replayability. It's considered a solid autobattler that offers a unique and engaging experience, often drawing players into a "one more run" cycle. Importance 88%	The game is praised for being fun, enjoyable, and addictive, with many reviewers highlighting its depth and replayability. It's considered a solid autobattler that offers a unique and engaging experience, often drawing players into a "one more run" cycle.	88%
Faithful L5R setting adaptation Description The game is lauded for its faithful and immersive adaptation of the Legend of the Five Rings setting. Reviewers appreciate how well the game captures the theme and lore of L5R, making it a treat for fans of the franchise. Importance 46%	The game is lauded for its faithful and immersive adaptation of the Legend of the Five Rings setting. Reviewers appreciate how well the game captures the theme and lore of L5R, making it a treat for fans of the franchise.	46%
Strategic, not micromanagement focused Description Reviewers appreciate the game's focus on high-level strategic decision-making, such as quest selection and resource allocation, rather than micromanagement. This emphasis gives players the feeling of commanding forces and adds unexpected depth to the gameplay. Importance 24%	Reviewers appreciate the game's focus on high-level strategic decision-making, such as quest selection and resource allocation, rather than micromanagement. This emphasis gives players the feeling of commanding forces and adds unexpected depth to the gameplay.	24%
Customizable character/item progression system Description The game features a character skill and item system that allows for customization and build variety. Players find it engaging to unlock classes, develop characters, and discover ability combinations. Importance 24%	The game features a character skill and item system that allows for customization and build variety. Players find it engaging to unlock classes, develop characters, and discover ability combinations.	24%
Appealing graphics and art Description The game's visuals, including the artwork, graphics, and art style, are frequently praised. Reviewers find the art style appealing and impressive, contributing positively to the overall aesthetic. Importance 18%	The game's visuals, including the artwork, graphics, and art style, are frequently praised. Reviewers find the art style appealing and impressive, contributing positively to the overall aesthetic.	18%
High-quality voice acting Description The game's voice acting receives consistent praise across multiple reviews. Reviewers describe it as high-quality, fantastic, and stellar, enhancing the overall presentation and immersion. Importance 16%	The game's voice acting receives consistent praise across multiple reviews. Reviewers describe it as high-quality, fantastic, and stellar, enhancing the overall presentation and immersion.	16%
Enjoyable story and ambiance Description The game features a fully voiced story with fun interactions and a nice samurai-inspired ambiance. Reviewers enjoyed the storyline. Importance 15%	The game features a fully voiced story with fun interactions and a nice samurai-inspired ambiance. Reviewers enjoyed the storyline.	15%
Responsive, communicative developers Description The developers are commended for their active communication and responsiveness on platforms like Discord. They are quick to address bugs and listen to community feedback, improving the player experience. Importance 14%	The developers are commended for their active communication and responsiveness on platforms like Discord. They are quick to address bugs and listen to community feedback, improving the player experience.	14%
Similar to Slay the Spire Description The game is compared favorably to roguelite and deckbuilding games like Slay the Spire. Some reviewers feel it refines the mechanics of Slay the Spire, while others see it as a blend of Slay the Spire and Teamfight Tactics. Importance 10%	The game is compared favorably to roguelite and deckbuilding games like Slay the Spire. Some reviewers feel it refines the mechanics of Slay the Spire, while others see it as a blend of Slay the Spire and Teamfight Tactics.	10%
Rewarding upgrade system Description The game's upgrade system is fun and mastering the game's systems provides a feeling of accomplishment. The game becomes progressively easier as side missions and upgrades provide significant rewards. Importance 10%	The game's upgrade system is fun and mastering the game's systems provides a feeling of accomplishment. The game becomes progressively easier as side missions and upgrades provide significant rewards.	10%
Powerful Tactician build Description The Tactician build with super healing and fast cooldowns is very powerful. The powerful Tactician build allowed for easily defeating multiple bosses. Importance 7%	The Tactician build with super healing and fast cooldowns is very powerful. The powerful Tactician build allowed for easily defeating multiple bosses.	7%