Immortals of Aveum’s Gorgeous Graphics & Combat Can’t Save Its Flat Adventure

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Flinging magic takes a certain amount of flair to pull off, to make it feel as exciting and powerful as firing high-powered rifles and cannons in any modern game. How you unleash and harness the magic in Immortals of Aveum hits that perfect sweet spot of being fluid, compelling, and robust. The game hits all the right notes regarding combat and gameplay, but the overall story feels much to be desired from Ascendant Studios.

My time spent behind the wheel in Immortals of Aveum was a good time, but I also wanted a little more from the main story and the characters inhabiting this world. I constantly found myself far more eager to jump back into the action, to return to the forefront of the gorgeous magic system the development team had created, rather than learn more about The Everwar.

Immortals of Aveum Key Details

• Developers: Ascendant Studios
• Platforms: PC (Origin, Steam, & Epic Games), Xbox Series X|S, & PlayStation 5
• Release Date: August 22, 2023
• Price: $69.99

Immortals of Aveum’s Plot Points The Way, But Doesn’t Steer You Forward

In Immortals of Aveum, we play protagonist Jak, who discovers he can control magic at an uncharacteristically older age. Traditionally, magical practitioners in this world can only control one type of magic, but Jak can handle all three, which earns him the name of Triarch Magnus. As you might expect, someone who learns he has this type of control of magic at an older age, being undisciplined, will have an overly cocky attitude. He’s not afraid to show it. Several pieces of his dialogue had me rolling my eyes more than once.

We follow Jak in the Everwar alongside his superior, Grand Magnus Kirkan, played by veteran actor Gina Torres. When you want someone to play a badass office, Torres is