The iPhone offers a plethora of games. There are quite a few free ones. Unfortunately, there are quite a few that are less than stellar. Luckily, review sites like us can weed out the bad ones for you. So, is Eternity Warriors a dud?
Well, if you don't know, Eternity Warriors is top down melee action game with some light RPG elements. The game's developer is Glu Mobile. And best of all, it is free! Eternity Warriors takes place in Northern Udar. After 20 years of peace under the command of Demon King Kilic, there is a demon threat. And of course only the Eternity Warriors can defeat this evil threat.
The game features two controllable characters. You can play with friends from Game Center or Facebook. If you don't play with a friend., the other character turns into an NPC. Unfortunately, the NPC does not get upgraded weapons or armor. However, these are not necessarily needed to progress through the game.
The game features waves of enemies that you must fight through. There are 30 waves in each Onslaught and there are 10 Onslaughts. As far as I know, the only Onslaught as of writing is the Cave or Mordana. The waves get increasingly difficult as does the Onslaughts. Unfortunately, from one Onslaught to the next there is much difference in the waves. The levels of the monster mostly seems like the only thing that changes.
Now, there are several types of demons that can spawn during the waves. I don't know the names of each monster so I will just kind of give a brief explanation.
Undead
The first seems to be the standard undead. They are weak and slow.
Skeleton Warrior
The next demon up is the skeleton warrior. These guys are faster and a little bit stronger. But, they still don't offer that much of threat.
Exploding Bug
These little guys are easy kills. However, if they make contact with you they explode and do some pretty intense damage. They start off slow but once they see you they charge at a faster pace. Depending on your strength and weapon damage, you should be able to kill these guys in one hit.
Horned Beast
These guys walk up to you and stab you with their thorned armor. You have to hit these guys to expose their flesh. The armor takes up most of the damage but once hit they open up their armor and you can start attacking their flesh. While exposed, they stand still for a couple seconds doing nothing. This is your time to attack and once open they are fairly easy to kill.
Giant
The giant is a slow monstrosity. It has a decent amount of health and does some pretty intense melee damage. If you keep up with your weapon, you can usually knock these guys back before they do any damage. Usually, their first initial attack is a charge and once they are near they wail on you with their huge club.
Mage
These guys are slow and the only pure range demon. They are moderately easy to kill and their range attack isn't all that strong but can be a nuisance if they are not taken care of.
Armored Giant
These guys are the bigger brother of the giant. They are armored. And they carry numerous blades. Their long range attack is that they throw two sets of blades at you. They are farely easy to dodge. The other attack is the swing of their blades. Irregardless, these guys do some decent damage and they are not that easy to kill. Luckily, they are as slow is their little brother.
Green Poison Thing
These guys are a formidable opponent. They are not that easy to kill. They spit poison at you. And, if you kill them they explode into an ooz that sits on the ground for a set period of time that can still do damage. IMO, these are the most dangerous demon because of that. This is especially true on waves where there are multiples of these guys along with the huge hordes of other demons.
Rock Golem
These guys are probably the toughest to kill. They only have one attack. They throw a set of rocks. Unfortunately, this is also their weakness. Normally, your attacks do not deal damage to this beast. When it launches its attack, it hunches over and stays in that position for a few seconds. During this time you have to attack its back. Even still, it has a lot of health.
Minotaur
This is the ultimate demon. These guys are big, strong, and tough. They have a charge attack that does a lot of damage. Than, they can hit you with their spiked club and a decent amount of damage as well. These guys should be first priority in the attacks.
Overall, the variety of monsters manages to keep the game interesting and challenging. A thing to note is if you are damaged you get a few seconds of invincibility.
The sound of the game is pretty awesome. The sound effects are what you would expect. But what is awesome, is the music. The game utilizes some hard rock. Did I mention awesome?!
While battling, you level up your character. I haven't really noticed any drastic effects from leveling up but leveling up allows you to get different weapons and armor and various items. The weapons also level up individually as you battle which causes an increase in gold received from the monsters you kill. And the gold is needed to buy the better items. Some weapons and armors require the use of crystals which you can get from completing onslaughts, promotional offers, or through purchase. The weapons offer unique specials and combos. Overall, the item structure is fairly satisfying.
Now, while the game is pretty decent it has its flaws. First, the game becomes extremely repetitive after the first couple of onslaughts. You only have three attacks and few different combo attacks. The game becomes a button masher. The levels start imitating each other after awhile as well. This kind of ties in with the repetitive nature. Finally, in game purchase scheme is getting very old and the same is true for this game. For instance, in order to get the best armor in the game you need to get quite a few crystals. Actually, the last couple set of armor require crystals. Some of the best weapons are the same way. At least the game doesn't also utilize the stupid you need 100 of these items from your friends in order to complete this item. But overall, in game purchases with real world money is becoming over used and over abused.
Eternity Warriors is a free game. And, it seems to be bug free and and is pretty enjoyable for more than a couple of hours. Real world money purchase for in game currency makes a return which I am not a big fan of. However, I still recommend that you Play This Game!