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Areia: Pathway to dawn is a fascinating adventure that takes you through the different stages of enlightenment. A relaxing experience combined with unique gameplay. A journey like no other. Engage yourself with the mysterious existence of your Self and the world around you. Create paths and solve puzzles with a fluid and straightforward game mechanic. Discover different realms as you venture into the unknown. Collect the fragments of your past, and uncover the meaning behind your existence. Immerse yourself into relaxation with our handcrafted visuals and soundtracks. Areia: Pathway to dawn is an adventure to be discovered and felt with your deepest emotions.
Steam User 7
Honestly, the more I played this game the more I was digging its vibes. There are a few things I would tweek to make the UI more friendly but ultimately I can't deny its overall charm.
It's basically X-Com meets Roguelite meets Curious Expedition (if you know of that game).
The pixel art is fantastic, and the music is solid as well. The whole thing really got me immersed, and even if your entire team gets wiped out it'll let you struggle to continue and perhaps find your legs again.
Solid game. 7/10.
Steam User 6
While some elements of the game drag on and feel repetitive, the game itself is an enjoyable tactical turn-based rouge-like.
Many other reviews have said the same thing better but the game, especially in combat, drags on for a long time. It takes ages to position your characters and kill enemies and it doesn't feel particularly satisfying or interesting to do anything other that fight every time and straight-line for the objective.
Adding some various combat encounters where your goal is to run, hide or take out specific targets while avoiding others could break up the monotony a lot. Adding some way for different characters to just talk and improve/decrease in stats from affinities/rivalries at random times or at "dead end" encounters could be interesting.
A kind of three-way battle where the Nazis and Cultists are battling and you get to choose a side, or kill both, could also be interesting.
As the game stands now, it is an enjoyable rougelike with an element of Nazi-killing adventure and a cast of various interesting characters in a unique blend of choice, combat and story that is very enjoyable. I would reccomend people who enjoy fire emblem or Valkyria chronicals to play this, as it follows a similar style of battle. The art and narration are both enjoyable, but the repeditive situations and areas do make the game boring and the combats are hardly fast-pased. Ultimately an enjoyable, yet improvable game.
Steam User 11
HIDDEN GEM 8/10 !!!
In 2024 this is kinda hidden gem and a absolute banger of a turn based roguelike. Finished the game several times on my gog copy. Bought it here to hunt all achievements. For me, its perfect mix of "eventtelling", turn based combat and meta progress.
Eventtelling not storytelling, since game is separated on several adventures. And in each you progress through events and fights to the adventure conclusion.
Meta progress is done by unlocking new characters and mainly by leveling them up. But also, by big chunk it is done by looting, buying and unlocking better gear, weapons and supplies.
Fights are quick and fun, they may seem kinda basic from start, but they get more complex and in time, and also harder if you want, by upping up the difficulty on your whim.
Why only 8/10 then ? Well its not a perfect game ( full voice acting would help, there is currently just a taste of VA ), if the game was little longer and also the story had more impact, i would go for 10/10 in a second :)
Steam User 3
Every adventure is straight out of an Indiana Jones movie.
Gorgeous pixel graphics and Evocative music.
Excellent little retro blend of just the right amount of turn based tactile combat, party based RPG, resource management and exploration.
Just the perfect way to spend quality time with your children teaching them about the Third Reich.
Steam User 5
Its a nice small tactical game with Indiana Jones vibes. Fun to play for a while although the combats get a bit repetetive after a while. The story is good though and exploration is fun. The art is also cool. I am only sad that i have to kill so many dogs, but the developers did a good job for what i imagine being a small team.
Steam User 5
Fun game, recommended if you're looking for a casual indie game.
Nice pixel art-style, gameplay is decent and the mechanics are simple enough to understand quickly enough. Managing your resources gives the game a nice extra layer and the difficulty sliders allow you to manipulate that if you find it tedious.
May get a tad repetitive unless you try out different sets of characters together. There aren't many characters to choose from but the game isn't that long anyway (~20 hours) and the characters you can choose are simple and fun to play. I would've liked to see more variants of the Nazis you fight and fewer zombie/cultist enemies.
On another note, if you have a teammate downed on the turn you end the combat and win, he will stay downed and die which is weird. There is also a music bug where two songs play simultaneously.
Steam User 2
Well, this is hard to review. It's not bad, but also not very great. It's very combat focused, but the combat gets repetitive very soon. I am in the middle of the third adventure and the combat is just the same over and over again. But I kind of like the overall theme and how you can hop in, do some shooting and turn it off :)