Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 17, 2014

  I always wanted to pick this up back in the day but never did. Was suprised to see it released today and for that price said what the hell. Upon starting it I saw the spiders (the developer's logo) and instantly knew it was the right decision. After playing Mars War Logs last year, Bound by Flame, and then Of Orcs and Men (Co-developed by them I belive) I have come to the realization that they are probably my favourite RPG developer of the last couple of years. So this game has a great atmosphere, and art style. The music hasn't blown me away, whereas some of there other games have some great, sometimes, stuff. No voice acting at all in this game FYI though that's ok. The writing is not quite as smooth as some of their latest effforts but still humourous and charming. All the NPCs have been entertaining so far, and the turn based combat is enjoyable. Two of its strong points are the flying as a fairy which is a blast ziping across the map, hovering etc, all done very effortlessly by a couple of different ways either with the keys or mouse. Also the character customization is unique and meaningful which really I believe is where Spiders are at the top of their game in all these RPGs. The skill points you allocate are slotted at different body parts which both affect the way your fairy looks, male or female, and different skills like fire spells or lighting etc. these then will branch and allow for other exclusive powers and then you can increase the level of each of these. So yeah great spiders RPG character customization, engaging turn based combat, full flying exploration of the different levels, and a charming story about faerys and the dying of magic which lots of recognizable lore like Pan, mermaids, and the tree of the world.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 17, 2014

  Just writing to say that I am extremely impressed with this game so far. I just completed about 1/3 of it, and wanted to post my thoughts: 1) The artwork is spectacular, and the character creation is extremely customizable. Sure a few models get re-used, but what the heck, they're fey folk! 2) The story so far is very engaging. You can delve into characters and world backgrounds by talking to various inhabitants in the various worlds you visit. I'm quite impressed also with the customization of your character as it levels up. 3) for under $8 this game is already a winner for me, as I usually rate my games by how much it cost me per hour to play, and I'm still playing and still enjoying. If you like somewhat casual RPG's (I also enjoyed Lauren the Amazon princess), this game will enchant and delight you. I find the default difficulty to be just right for a casual gamer like myself, but you can increase or decrease the difficulty as you like during play. All in all, a beautiful 3D RPG with classic fairy tale elements drawn from numerous mythologies. (British, Norse, Arabic to name the ones I've encountered so far). You will NOT be disappointed for $7.49 or even the regular $9.99 price.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 18, 2014

  Are you tired of murdering faceless mooks indiscrmitily. Do you feel like if you have to suffer one more traitor you will go on a killing spree? Are you always asking yourself what is the catch? While good news for those of you who tired of pointless voilence and endless betrayel. The best way to discripe faery - legends of Avalon is a childeren story. People are sicking nice. Helpfull without there being a catch. Battle's dont require 10 years of combat training. And for once your charater isnt the biggest asshole in the universe. If you are the kind of gamers that enjoy helping people out i advise you to give this game a try. If you hate everyone asking you for help. Move along. Also this game gets bonus points for being about fairies intead of the useally: humans, elves, dwarves, orcs etc. Being smaller then a humming bird is an interesting experiance. EDIT: warning has cliffhanger ending.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 20, 2014

  This is another one of those games where I wish I had an option between thumbs-up and thumbs-down. It's definitely not the worse game I've ever played but I don't know if I would recommend purchasing unless it was discounted, even if it's already cheap to begin with. There are definitely positives with this game, don't get me wrong. For several of the quests you're given the option to solve them without having to fight which is a nice change from most games in this genre. So if you find the turn-based fights getting a little repetitive and boring like I did, you have the option to skip some of them by solving your problems non-violently. And the side quests are actually pretty entertaining. Most of them tie in well with the main quests and you usually only have to go out of your way to solve them if you forgot to get them in the first place. The character designer is pretty awesome. You get to shade your character the way you like and pick from a few specific features and then fine tune them which I liked. I also liked the way you leveled up and aquired different designs and body modifications for your character (though I wish you could have picked the way they looked a little more). Some of the NPCs you interact with are just gorgeously designed. Oberon is a pretty amazing looking character and your companions are all very fleshed out and look amazing. At the same time it's clear that they copied and pasted a lot of the character designs and that can get a little confusing. In the last mirror world it gets a little confusing to remember which little bearded man is which and on The Flying Dutchman all the Korrigans pretty much look the same. They're still nice to look at though. My biggest problem with the game though were the two middle levels, the Tree World and The Flying Dutchman. The environment is just not player friendly. In the Tree World you're trying to find stuff amongst the branches and the leaves constantly block the camera so you keep having to go back and forth, round and round to find a character or a nest in order to complete a quest. It's frustrating and I had to keep turning the game off to keep myself from hitting the screen. The Flying Dutchman level does it with darkness and the holds of the ship. It's almost impossible to see where you're going and you have to hunt down three monsters on sound alone. There is no voice acting which is fine, better no voice-acting than bad voice-acting. But there are weird parts where characters are "talking" and pointing to things and you literally have no idea what's going on. "Over there" amounts to nothing when you don't show what "over there" means. Of course there's no real ending. Apparently there was supposed to be a sequel that never got made and it's a little bit frustrating that you don't really get a reward or even just a feeling of sastifaction from all that you did. And a little pet peeve of mine is with the dialogue. You're allowed to choose the gender of the character but there are quite a few times where it's clear that the game was made with a male main character in mind because the pronouns get confused. I don't mind playing a male character, heck half the time I choose to do so when given the option, but if you're going to let me pick a female character make an effort to get it right.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 22, 2014

  Spiders are a weird company. They are one of the few game makers that try to break free of the 'norm' when it comes to fantasy RPG's and occasionally try things that are little bit different than the "Tolkien tropes" of other games. Unfortunately, they also always seem to lose interest in FINISHING any of the ideas they come up with, leaving each game half baked and not quite finished (it was the same with Mars War Logs as well). This game is no exception. There are some GREAT ideas in this game (the fae setting is a really brilliant idea and the way you develop and upgrade your character and have it physically affect your appearance is very interesting) but again - everything feels unpolished and not quite thought through completely. It's short, ends at a cliffhanger that will probably never be resolved and with a not particularly interesting main story. That said, there's enough there to make it entertaining for a few hours. Providing you grab it at a discount during a steam sale then I don't think you'd be TOO disappointed. It might actually work quite well as an entry-level RPG for a younger gamer if you drop the difficulty level down to easy. It also lacks the casual mysogyny of their newer stuff like Bound By Flame. If Spiders took what they learned from this game and put it into a sequel or another game in the same world I think they could come up with something really fun...but as with their other games, instead of building on and fleshing out the game systems they create, they seem to just get bored and move on to ANOTHER short RPG with fancier graphics, a completely different setting and a whole NEW set of half-baked mechanics and they end up right back at square one again. Weird.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 7, 2014

  „Faery: Legend of Avalon“ is a singleplayer roleplaygame in a 3D fantasy world. You can create your own character (face, hair, eyes, make up, lips and so on) and join a world full of fairies, trolls and other mystic creatures. The story is told like a beautiful fairy-tale and makes you curious how it continues. I don’t want to tell you too much about the story, because I don’t want to spoil the game adventure. But what I can tell you: You play a „Faery“ and as such you fly through the game! Really a great feeling (especailly the fast fly with 'Shift'). You will visit different worlds, you have a main mission and you can do lots of small quests. The battles are turn based and with every win you will get experience points to raise your level. With a higher level you get skill points and you have to decide which ability you want to learn or to improve. Some skills also change the characters look (for example the „better avoiding“ skill looks like a cattail). In the different worlds you can also find treasure chests (for some of them you will have to fight) but it’s worth it because you can get health items and also equipment for your character (e. g. new armor with also different looks and elements). [u]Story:[/u] Absorbing! 10/10 [u]Gameplay:[/u] Lot‘s of options and alternation in this game which keep your attention. 10/10 [u]Controls:[/u] The controls are easy to handle (okay the flying is not always that easy). 8/10 [u]Graphic:[/u] It’s not the best graphic but still enough to be comfortable in the fantasy world. 7/10 [u]Sound:[/u] No special music. The sounds are okay but far away from stunning. 3/10 [u]Price:[/u] 9,99 € - in my eyes a fair price for this game. [u]More:[/u] Achievements, Steam trading cards, playable with keyboard / mouse OR controller. I recomment this game for rolegameplayers who are not only searching violence and action, but also peaceful fairy-tale adventures.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 29, 2014

  + Unique concept + Level system + character metamorphosis + Plenty of (shallow) quests + Ideal length - Too easy - Visuals could use some work - Some quests could use some better explanation (for locations) - Uninspired, lifeless levels [Rating: 72/100]
• lindsayshannon

  Aug 5, 2022

  The game does not work. It does not open. This is true across multiple computers. Most discussion posts on this game are about downloading external applications and then changing the contents of the game folder to force it to work. This game is unplayable without downloading external content outside of Steam.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 21, 2014

  [h1]AT A GLANCE[/h1] (Full review follows below) [list] [*] [b]Game Name:[/b] Faery: Legends of Avalon [*] [b]Original Release:[/b] 2010 [*] [b]Genre Tags:[/b] RPG; Turn-Based-Combat; Adventure; Fantasy; Nostalgic [*] [b]My Overall Grade:[/b] B [*] [b]Estimated Playtime (Campaign):[/b] 8-12 hours [*] [b]Multiplayer Aspect:[/b] None [*] [b]Recommended To:[/b] Established fans of the genre; Nostalgia chasers; Casual gamers [/list] [h1]REVIEW[/h1] I liked this game a lot, for what it was. It's a short (I beat it in 10 hours) and sweet little RPG with combat in the turn-based form many of the classics of the 90s were in. There is nothing groundbreaking about this game, but it does what it does properly. The game is short, but not in a bad way... sometimes RPGs are way too long. There are only 4 areas to explore and the content is limited, but it all flows well and once you're about to get bored something else piques your interest. So, if you are looking for a quick and new world to explore combined with a turn-based RPG experience that may make you nostalgic for the RPGs you grew up on, I think you will like this. The graphics and sound are decent, but nothing special. And the game worked just fine for me; I experienced no glitches or crashes. The customization and new party members are limited, but it is enough to keep the combat fresh until the end. There is no voice acting, but no voice acting > bad voice acting... and it adds to the potential nostalgic enjoyment. So [b]Faery - Legends of Avalon[/b] doesn’t have the most elaborate feature list; but what it does have is perfectly adequate. The story is OK, full of predictable tropes, but it was entertaining enough... and it ends right when you may start getting bored. A lot of people complain that this game ends on a cliffhanger, and it does. Also, the developers have said they won't finish the story. It's akin to a TV show being canceled. But if you just accept that the "to be continued" at the end of the game should be read as "the end" it winds up playing as a self-contained story with an open ending. Many stories use open endings on purpose that are worse than this game's ending. Anyway, you will have to decide for yourself how you feel about it. Lastly, the game is very easy, even on hard. It's a simple game, so there are no advanced strategies needed. The depth of strategy boils down to basic elemental strengths/weaknesses and remembering to heal. Also, much of what would be excessive combat can be avoided by completing quests diplomatically. I can say all-in-all I enjoyed playing through this game, so I give it a thumbs up, but I can see how others with different taste may not enjoy the game. [i][url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/murphyslawyercuration#curation]Follow my curation page to see more of my recommendations![/url][/i]
• gamedeal user

  Oct 22, 2014

  It stinks that Steam only offers two ratings, "Recommended" and "Not Recommended" as Faery had me thinking a lot about how to classify it. On one hand there's a charming game with a pretty good art design, quick movement and an interesting world while on the other hand the story isn't finished, (and never will be) the game is too easy and the quests are pretty much fetch quests. The fetch quests aren't too bad as the world's that I traveled were pretty compact, usually beautiful and the characters travel pretty damn quickly. It's not like I'm hiking 5-10 minutes just to get back to a person that I just fetched a mushroom for. The combat isn't horrible either, in fact it does have some depth to it but on the default difficulty setting I only had one character knocked out once simply because I knew the enemies weren't going to win so I decided not to waste time using a healing spell. In the 7 or so hours I played the game I gathered a party of some interesting looking characters. I say "looking" because the game never really delves into their personalities. There was a scholarly Troll, a mad hatter looking character with a habit of keeping animals as friends to summon in battle, an efrit, and a little dragon just to name a few. The all handle pretty similarly in battle with maybe just a few tweaks here and there. The game uses mirrors to teleport that characters to the different world's and I saw The Flying Dutchman, Yggdrasil and a town on the back of a giant Scarab amongst the gathering of mirrors but most of the teleport stations remained inactive which I'll discuss later on in my biggest complaint about the game. Then the game wraps it all together with turn based combat that is pretty easy and an equipment screen where different sets up armor and weapon changes the look of the main Faery and the look depends if you picked a male or female protagonist. One of the more interesting aspects of the game was the leveling system. Here's were the character is upgraded a point at a time and the points are invested in areas that change the appearance of the Faery. Dragonfly style wings enable the character to cast fire spells, bird wings would enable wind spells and I had to choose because you're not allowed to have both. The game further defines the character with tattoos, auras, tails, horns etc... My final Faery was a female with dragonfly wings, a scorpion's tail, ant like antennae, some tattoos and a wisp that hovered around her. It was a pretty interesting feature and I enjoyed cycling through the options and weighing the looks and benefits of the spells/abilities that the choices gave me. The main downside is that the game doesn't feel finished. Now there are right ways to do a trilogy or set a story up for a sequel and there are wrong ways. I feel the correct way is to have a conflict, then a resolution within a single game but it doesn't have to be the resolution to the main conflict. Faery: Legends of Avalon ends right when the story is reaching a climax and I thought I was about to fight the first major battle in the game only to be greated with some text and the credits. There were plenty of mirrors left to travel to but they all remained inactive due to the cliffhanging ending of the game. There's also a strange lack of sound coming from the majority of characters while traveling the world which lends an empty feeling to the environments despite the music being good. There are also some spelling errors in the text. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to like about this game and I think it's probably near the top of Spiders' best works yet and this is where I don't think Steam's way of catogorizing games really does F:LoA justice. I would recommend this game with some reservations because, like me, some of these complaints are deal breakers.