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A hack-n-slash Adventure that falls into the trap of pay-to-win - Should you play Undecember?
3K View2022-10-15
It may be October, but these days, I can’t stop thinking about December. Or rather Undecember. (I know it’s corny, but I couldn’t resist.) This game has reached the top fifty most played games on Steam just two days after its release, not to mention hitting over a hundred thousand downloads on Google Play. But is it any good?
THE STORY
In Undecember, you take on the role of a Rune Hunter, a hero destined to stop the thirteenth god of this world – one predetermined to be evil – from being born. Your ultimate goal is to become the best Rune Hunter possible and find the powers and gifts shared with Rune Hunters by the twelve other gods to give humanity a fighting chance against unlucky number thirteen.
PLATFORMS
For this playthrough, I used my iPhone 13, which ran Undecember smoothly, despite the long download time and almost 7GB worth of data taken up on my phone. The game is also available on Android and PC.
TIME PLAYED
I played for about four hours. In this time, I made it through the opening tutorial, unlocked my skill tree, and earned 100% completion rate in several of the game’s early areas, including the Yellow Wastelands, Empty Hills, and Sunrise Hill.
WHAT’S AWESOME
• The visuals. Hands down, the first thing I noticed about this game is the impressive graphics, including the cinematics, environments, and characters. The game put me into epic set pieces right from the start, such as fighting off attackers on the back of a huge Sand Walker, a sort of massive dinosaur creature carrying a ship on its back across the desert. Undecember looks incredible, and when you add in the strong voice acting, it just feels like a high-quality product.
• The combat. From the first moment of the game, Undedecember is fast, fluid, and filled with hack-n-slash badassery. The skill animations are pretty cool, and there's really no cooldown on fight skills, so you can just blast your way through opponents so long as you have the mana. Even better, the game employs a classless system, which means you can reset your skill tree and change your playstyle as you see fit.
• The mobile controls. The developers really made sure that Undecember feels right on mobile. The game features two entirely different interfaces between PC and mobile, so the controls feel like they were meant for my IOS device, but if you opt for the PC version, that should still feel natural as well.
WHAT SUCKS
• Microtransactions. I didn’t buy anything yet in my time with the game. With that said, there is a currency shop where you can exchange real cash for virtual diamonds, which can be used to purchase almost anything in the game. In other words, Undecember is pretty much the definition of pay-to-win. What's worse is how the game implements many little tricks that are meant to bug players until they’re tempted to make a purchase just to stop being annoyed. For example, I was annoyed to discover that the only way to expand your bag space was to pay real money. In a game where loot piles up at a nonstop rate, that frustration alone may be enough to turn some people away.
SHOULD YOU PLAY IT?
If you’re a big fan of hack-n-slash, you should absolutely download and try out the early hours of Undecember. The impressive opening gives you a sense of the high production values that went into the game. From there, you can decide whether it’s worth sticking with the game or not. If you're a patient person that doesn't mind grinding for items, you can probably stay on the free path of Undecember, but it's only a matter of time until you’ll notice how annoying that path is.
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Worth Playing | Undecember
In the Hack & Slash Action RPG UNDECEMBER, players can continuously combine a variety of Talents and Link Rune to go beyond the usual limits of skills. There are no classes to pick from; instead, your strategy will depend on the weapon you use. Your abilities and skills will also be based on the runestones, which are endowed with various powers. Character creation is typical, and in a game like this, I find it to be pointless. It features a really original plot, and all of the NPCs are voiced.
GAME M86K2022-10-25
Game sucks
Undecember is masked as a A+ title on par with game greats such as Diablo.
After spending a few hours playing, you will realize the nefarious paywall that exists with the rune system.
i wanted to like this game. I invested about 20+ hours into it. The pay tactics ruined the game for me.
OfTheAbyss2662023-12-26
Undecember in 2022 - Pay To Win POE?
Undecember is a topdown action RPG which resembles path of exile an updated new version of path of exile but could be pay to win. Its released in January 2022 in Korea and its going to be released in October 12 2022 on steam. Now its developed by Needs Games a relatively unknown Korean games development company and they made this on unreal engine 4. Its going to be playable on pc, android and iOS.
Gaming Hardcore5K2022-10-27
View desktop siteTapTap looks better
on the app 
how expand a bag is pay to WIN?? daam u are retarded AF
2022-10-18
He isn't restarted you are just to high on copium.
2022-10-18
So in short it's just another p2w garbage for whales or guys that are too high on copium.
2022-10-18
this isn't an accurate representation of the game at all and is a good example why reading and believing reviews without playing games firsthand--and worse, being the type of person who writes such reviews after limited playtime--is so detrimental. he played long enough basically to get to act 4-5. if you ever played PoE, you know completely acts is basically just a long tutorial for end game.
2022-10-19
i don't really care if it's f2p, P2w, or any acronym as long as the story is good and i can progress without spending, i'm good, thinking about trivial things like that only lessens the fun point of just playing the game. i would just like to play just like the first time i played my first game, not thinking if it's good or not as long as I'm just enjoying it and i'm enjoying this game that's all.😊😊
2022-10-19
you can definitely progress/clear all content without spending. I wanted to clear acts and experience end game before making my opinion. having done so, I'm still having fun without having spent.
2022-10-19