Hero of Aethric | Classic RPG

Northern Forge

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About this game

INSPIRED BY CLASSIC TURN BASED RPG GAMES
In this nostalgia fueled, free to play MMORPG: explore a new world, enjoy turn-based combat and create the perfect build to take on a world ravaged by a cataclysmic event known as the Falling.

Build your own origin town and set forth on a sprawling RPG where you will travel across a hand-crafted game world. Uncover the story of a fallen land, unlock new classes, and become the Hero of Aethric!

HERO OF AETHRIC FEATURES:
★ Turn based RPG battles - Collect skills and spells to utilize in strategic turn-based combat. Your spell loadout might make the difference between victory or defeat in battle!
★ Class System – gain experience and unlock over 50 unique classes and specializations. Start as a thief, mage or warrior and choose your path.
★ Collect loot – combine armor, weapons, and spells to craft the perfect build to take down your foes. Each new monthly event brings new loot that aims to shake your loadout up!
★ World Raids – portals to other realms will open allowing you to join thousands of other Heroes from across the world to face off against raid bosses in MMORPG battles
★ Pixel RPG – pixel art style that will remind you of classic, old-school RPG games.
★ Story Campaign – meet new characters that will aid you in your quest. Discover the world of Aethric and bring peace to these fallen lands.
★ Kingdom gameplay –join a guild with other players to take on unique quests and raids.
★ Free to play – we believe in no paywalls, ads, or aggressive monetization - play through the game entirely for free!
...and much more!

AN EVER-CHANGING GAME WORLD
With new content released every month. you will get to watch the lands of Aethric evolve over time. New questlines, events and features will be introduced that change the way you play the game. From researching dragons to sealing the gates to the underworld, this MMORPG will surprise you month after month.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
Team up with friends or tackle things alone. Fight in the arena or go dungeon crawling with your party. The choice is yours on how your adventure will play out with every choice working towards leveling up your character. Unlock new gear and classes to create diverse and complex character builds. This is an RPG where you get to play your way!

TOWN BUILDING
Most RPG games have memorable origin towns where your adventure starts. In this RPG, you get to create your own! As you adventure through the world you can always return home and expand your town with new buildings that offer you different benefits. Keep townsfolk happy and they’ll provide you with gifts to aid you on your journey.

MULTIPLAYER TURN-BASED RPG
Join up with your friends and tackle the game together. With up to 4 player co-op available you can play through the entire game alongside other players. Join a guild in order to team up for difficult raids and dungeons! It’s dangerous to go alone, so grab a friend and explore the lands of Aethric side by side.

BEGIN YOUR ADVENTURE
A fantasy adventure at your fingertips with endless amounts of gameplay. With monthly updates including features, questlines and events we can't wait for you to see what Aethric has to offer - we’re excited to meet you, Hero!


NOTE FROM DEVELOPER
As a follow up to Orna: the GPS RPG, we aim to build and evolve this game alongside you. We’re a studio that believes in creating games without any paywalls or forced advertisements. We always listen to feedback to make our games the best they can possibly be. We welcome you to the community!

Hero of Aethric is an MMORPG and will require an internet connection.

Be sure to join our Discord and be part of the conversation!

Official Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OrnaRPG
Official Discord: https://discord.gg/MSmTAMnrpm

Ratings and reviews

This game is close to a much higher rating but there are a few major issues. Chat hasn't been able to notify for months and the game becomes an extreme grind fest (items and XP) with little end game. The XP curve is insane and there isn't nearly enough scaling on the XP you can get. Even the monetized XP boost doesn't help...

Not a single ad or nag for a review. The game is solid, classic pixelated goodness. There's still some fine tuning that needs to happen, but nothing that holds you up or prevents you from playing. I recommend going into settings and turning off the d-pad control. Tap to move is much more precise and doesn't lag.

With directional pad turned on, it's like it has movement control lag. Quickly tap left and the target location indicator goes left but randomly 5+ spaces that direction, the target location indicator moves too far from the player sprite, and when you try to move a different direction while moving, it moves the target location, character keeps moving towards that, it just doesn't feel right. Limiting the target location indicator to a small radius around the player sprite would fix this.

What's new

* Exploration (Deep) Dungeons
* New Guild: The Spelunking Guild
* New Guild: The Monumental GuildProofs of Felling
* New Guild: The Seer's Guild (accessible at the Oracle Temple)
* New content type: Monuments
* Updated collision detection, greatly improvement game performance while travelling
* New inventory tab: Currencies
* Improved the display of followers found in shops, allowing easy access to their Codex entries
* Bug fixes and minor improvements