Immortals of Aveum
Immortals of Aveum is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Ascendant Studios. It centers on location exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 5.7 / 10
About this game
Immortals of Aveum is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on location exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 5AI review
AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:
Magic shooting falters under repetition and controls.
Immortals of Aveum replaces firearms with three colors of magic, and its early encounters make matching spells and using special tools feel like a lively shooter. A reviewer who played roughly twenty hours on PS5 found that later battles increasingly substitute larger waves and health pools for fresh decisions. Reused arenas and enemy patterns reduce the apparent tactical variety to matching color-coded armor. The PlayStation controller compounds this problem: without an immediate weapon wheel, the player must cycle through spells in sequence while tracking several cooldown abilities. That friction becomes most punishing exactly when combat is busiest. The narrative introduces a promising theme of war consuming the environment, and background lore invites curiosity, but the protagonist’s later choices do not give that premise a convincing payoff. Players tolerant of repetition may still enjoy the magic-shooter concept. Those who prioritize responsive weapon selection and a coherent story should be cautious. The source offers no measured PS5 frame-rate evidence, so this score does not invent one or borrow PC behavior.
Strengths
- Energetic early spells and intriguing lore.
Weaknesses
- Repeated arenas and awkward spell cycling.
Who it is for: Players curious about spell-based shooting despite friction.
Play notes: PS5 controller scope; no measured frame-rate claim.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Repetition replaces growth. | Reviewed | 5.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Promising, rigid combat. | Reviewed | 6.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Strong premise, weak payoff. | Reviewed | 6.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Controller friction is severe. | Reviewed | 5.0 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Ascendant Studios
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- Aug 22, 2023
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- ExplorationSolo-friendlyScience FictionStory-drivenSlow BurnThird PersonInvestigationMain Story 10–20 HoursLinear LevelsFantasy3D GraphicsPuzzle Solving
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- First person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideAug 22, 2023
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