Embers Adrift Review: A Stormy Experience
Embers Adrift is a medieval-realistic PvE fantasy MMORPG crafted by the ten developers that make up Stormhaven Studios. Focusing on group-centric gameplay and inspired by tabletop games and early MMORPGs, Embers Adrift isn’t looking to fit into the modern mold of MMOs today. Instead, Stormhaven Studios created a title that looked to capture the nostalgia of yesteryear while sprinkling a little of their own zest into the pot. Eager to give it a shot, I laced up my boots and got ready to leave the unforgiving mists of the Darklands in favor of a greater adventure.
If you read our Ember's AdriftReview in Progress, then you already know how I feel about character creation in Embers Adrift . For some, character creation doesn’t really matter, and for others, it’s a huge part of immersing themselves in an RPG. I can really go either way. I can spend hours in a great character generator perfecting every angle of my character, but it’s not a necessity for me personally.
Embers Adrift has a fairly barebones character creator, but despite that, it does possess a few unique features. For instance, you can create your own hairstyle by combining three separate pieces of hair, but there aren’t very many pieces available to begin with to combine. You can also change up your body shape by selecting pre-made builds which are extremely diverse. I also really like the callback to older RPGs by letting you select character art for your portrait. This only serves as a visual indicator for when other players click on you, but it’s a nice touch.
So, all in all not a complete dud!
Plenty of “modern” MMOs like World of Warcraft don’t have any of those features, so I like that they’ve tried to offer a little more variety. WoW, for
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