Sometimes, that’s fine.

You could almost say it has a lot in common withFinal Fantasy 15in this sense.

The trouble is, I think Immortals is far too sober for its own good.

Jak, main character in Immortals Of Aveum, looks into the camera as his eyes and face tattoos glow blue

You wait for the wisecrack,anythingto make the lip quiver just an inch with a molecule of levity.

But it never comes, and I found it difficult to get invested in its struggle as a result.

Maybe I’ll warm to it come full release or I start craving some silliness.

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Even then, it’s still too serious.

Gah, I wish it just lightened up a bit!

NotE3 and Summer Game Fest 2023 is over for another year.

A screenshot from Immortals Of Aveum which shows a green spell being slung at a a large serpent/dragon called Exalted Leylodon.

A red spell being conjured in Immortals Of Aveum, as an armored knight jumps through the air and slings an axe at the player.

A screenshot from Immortals Of Aveum which shows the player readies a fire spell to sling at The Morbane, a big armored fella with an axe in hand.