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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 47.2 hrs on record (37.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 26 Nov, 2021 @ 4:38pm
Updated: 20 Apr, 2022 @ 3:41am

The Ruined King game is a quite good game.
And since i completed the game on normal difficulty i feel like i have a good enough understanding of the game to write a review
The story overall is very good although it does have some pretty slow moments throughout, but i think the end makes up for it, especially considering that you are getting about 30-40hrs of gameplay+story for just 30$€
Grinding in the game overall doesn't really feel that necessary (on normal) although there are some moments in the story where it necessary to spend an hour gathering and grinding.

Gameplay
The gameplay of is fairly deep. The game contains 6 playable champions. Each champion having 3 Ultimates of different uses, 6 mana consuming abilities, 3 normal abilities.
Totalling 72 abilities. Each ability, besides normal abilities, feels unique to some extent; although there are some overlap in their functions.
I also like how it is possible to level up each ability. When levelling an ability you dont always just get more stats. Some ability upgrades adds a new stat or function, changing how you use that ability, allowing for useful combos lategame.
There are also runes that you can equip. The first runes are mostly simple statboosts, and a few of the late ones adds new function to an existing ability.

The minigames scattered throughout the game are also quite good although their flair falls off quickly for me. Fishing was fun for an hour or two, after that it got quite repetitive.

Besides all that i really enjoy the lane-based combat, i think it adds a new layer to the game, allowing you to sacrifice ability power for faster cast time. Making it possible to cast an ability before the enemy.
Overall if you enjoy turn-based combat games i think you'll like this one too.

Story - No spoilers
The story has a really good first hook and i very good at getting you excited to play and see what happens, the story is especially good if you have existing background knowledge of the LOL universe.
although, after the first 5-8 hours the story can feel a bit like it's just a traveling game, where your objective is to go from point A to B. Although as you pass the stories midpoint the hook starts to come back again.
considering that the story is about 30-40 hours long i would say you are really getting a good bang for your buck.

Bugs
The game ships with quite a few bugs, most of them are non game breaking, although encountering a gamebreaking bug is exceptinally annoying.
I've found most bugs are encountered when you trigger a story event at the same time as an enemy enteres battle, so try to avoid doing that until the devs fix it.
I personally would put the amount of bugs just above the level of bugs in the witcher 3 at launch.

Score 9/10
The game has a great story with a bit of downtime.
The customisation is really great and indepth.
The lane-based turns are a really cool idea explored very well.
The game simply has to many bugs for me to give it a perfect score, gamebreaking bugs, especially one easy to trigger is not acceptable.
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