Crit Verdict
Worth it for the right player.
It's free to play.
80%
Mostly Positive
5k player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 5k player reviews · updated 2 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
55% of themes are praise36% are divided9% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Getting runes after the first clear rewards is so slooow, and also you don't get bonus XP when leveling new characters like in Dofus and Wakfu.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Super amazing and good gameplay
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
its worth it if you actually stick the game out and end up playing, especially if you want to do PvP stuff (as it gives you gems [The paid currency of the game]) but it also has multiple tiers to the Battle Pass (I believe Fortnut might have a similar setup) and in my personal opinion it DOES feel like the middle tier battle pass is slightly lacking which encourages people to buy the "Platinum Pass" which I believe costs 15$ (I dont remember the price off the top of my head so if Im incorrect on that please do correct me in the comments).
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The visuals are cute.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Thus, Waven is aimed mainly at players who like Ankama's signature TRPG and art style/world building (which remains very unique and this time benefits from voice acting and an stupendous adaptive OST) enough to not feel bothered about the systems being left behind.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Each encounter gets tougher at higher levels and presents it's own variant of not quite puzzle like game play that gets more interesting if you do play with others in co-op.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters70 reviews
Gameplay63 reviews
Multiplayer43 reviews
Graphics35 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Co-op11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization62 reviews
68%
Combat55 reviews
84%
Difficulty14 reviews
71%
Servers and matchmaking8 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance7 reviews
43%
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
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