Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree Review

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree explains us in its story. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a story about measly mortals. As an alternative, it is the story of Estra, the daughter of the last immense leader, a guardian chosen by the gods.

But, we get to see how people exist after the gods forsaken Midgrade, leaving humans at the back until they turn into praiseworthy again. Pointless to say, life’s not that good.

Years after her father’s death, Estra is having some strange dreams and visions about the past and the future. This initiates to ensure at the same time as people start varying and their veins start to fill with some blue energy.

It’s your job to form out what’s going on and what do you, your father, and the jewel he gave you have to do with it. The story is immense. The characters you interrelate with are lovable and have their qualities and backstories.

You’ll get close to some of them rather quickly and even feel bad when or if great happens to them. The game is appealing clear-cut, but you’ll have the option to discover each area you visit and do some little side missions that you can end while doing the major quest.

If you explore well enough, you might be rewarded with several stones. Some of them will have insight about Norse mythology and others will give you things like gold, objects to craft potions, or points for your sympathetic.

Other times, you’ll find some amusing easter eggs, like a flower substantial you with determination or Snoop Dog chilling in a maze. If you ask me, these easter eggs are extra worth it than all the other things you locate. All through your journey, you’ll need to crack some puzzles. And by a few, I mean a lot of them.

In general, they’re not that hard, you just need to pay attention to the puzzle and the lesson. Some of them might take further time than others, but you can ask for clues if you don’t have the persistence for them. Clues will take some of your knowledge away so you need to use them, you know, sensibly.

Speaking of using shrewdly, you’ll have to make some choices in your adventure. These decisions can be a matter of life and death occasionally,

and sometimes you’ll just have to choose what you want to say or ask somebody else. As common with these types of games, decisions will bring a penalty to the story and Estra in some form but don’t anticipate such extreme changes in the story.

Atone’s graphics are hand-drawn, and they’re nice-looking.

The colors are vibrant and the deliberation to detail in your surroundings compose you feel like gods, in reality, walked the same path you’re on foot.

In Atone, you’ll have three main game technicalities. First, you have the examination aspect, where you walk around diverse areas, talking to people and finding stuff, then there’s the puzzles mechanic, which we previously talked about.

Both of these are tremendously simple and trouble-free. Then there’s the battle system, which appears to be made to challenge Odin himself. When you enter a battle, you’ll feel like you’re on stage Guitar Hero.

To battle, you want to press the keys in the correct order as being in sync with the music. It may sound simple, but it’s hard to master. Providentially, the music in this game is astonishing.

Every battle has a song that’s so good; you won’t mind fighting the same adversary several times. Hitting the notes properly is important for your assault or defense. If you fail too many notes, you’ll get hit and perhaps lose the battle.

With that said, I would advise you to play without a Bluetooth controller. It’s easier to tap the screen than to thump the buttons suitably. Overall, Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree is one of the best games has to offer to date.

It’s interesting story, colorful characters and scenery, and wonderful music will keep you hooked to the game despite its particularly challenging battle system.