The game is a classic. Aside from being a great intro to the RPG genre, the game itself is very immersive. The series has a very interesting storyline and provides the player with numerous challenging quests/puzzles. I've played Aveyond back when the first one was released in 2006(or so), and the Aveyond 3 chapters are equally exceptional.

The previous chapter ended with Heptitus stealing your first quarter key. Mel and her friends must find a way to take it back and after that, to find the rest of the keys around the world. Will they foil the Lord of Twilight's plan to take over the living world? Besides, now that Lydia managed to get a way into the team, will Mel and her reconcile their differences?

Aveyond 3 was fragmented in four chapters. This one is the direct sequel of Lord of Twilight and as usual, the story is well-written and full of humor: Galahad and Tej'Imal are still fighting each other as the married couple they are, Edward is still the naive best friend, Lydia is a real sneaky snob, though she's not against helping Mel, Stella is still suffering from amnesia and Mel is still an expert in sarcasm, now amplified with Lydia and her gowns. Also, the game allows you to choose between six characters as Ulf, an Orc, is joining you and is probably the only serious one.

The game mechanics are still the same, though now, you have a mage in Lydia, with offensive spells as Stella is mainly an healer. Allow me to copy-paste the mechanics from my previous review as nothing changed. You level your team up thanks to combat (and well, even if not used, the characters are also leveling up), unlock spells for the mage and the healer, change their weapons or clothes so that their characteristics can be improved. You have also an inventory with scrolls, food, potions, etc.. to use during a battle (or not) to heal or to help hurting opponents in front of you. Some of them are tough - sometimes, the best is to come back later with a better team.

Some quests needs to be done in order to advance in the story, while they're appearing as being a side-quest just for the money. Others are just bonus. But given the fact that you need money to buy stuff or to fast-travel, any quest is worthy to be done. Besides, when defeating enemies, you can loot them and find also money or items. You have also chests to open or bags to find.

Now that you have a pirate ship to travel, you can finally use the docks and explore the world. The enemies are stronger there. With the compass, you can come back to where your boat is docked. It can be a faster way to travel. I loved Venwood with the elves or should I say that it was my favorite city soundtrack in the game.

Aveyond comes also with three difficulties: Easy where you're stronger and where most of the enemies don't spawn again after a defeat (yeah, I'm playing in this difficulty), Normal where every is balanced and Hard where you'll die more frequently - though even in Easy, I've been wiped. Well, if a character dies, you can ressucitate them but if your team is wiped, it's game over and it's up to you to load the auto-save (when entering a new screen) or a save of yours.

Notice that I didn't begin the game with a team at level 0. Indeed, at the end of the first game, you can choose to save your game so that it appears in Gates of Night menu when you're starting a new quest. It means that I got all my money, all my equipment, all my inventory to begin with.

Aveyond dates from 2009 and from an earlier version of RPG Maker but the graphisms are still good. Besides, the landscapes are now really varied: volcano, beach, jungle, forest, fairy kingdom, desert,... The soundtrack is really good.

As I passed 8 hours in the first, I expected the same length for Gates of Night, though apparently, the time was multiplied by two. I know that I spent a lot of time trying to find people for the quests, without forgetting that I managed to get asleep for 20 minutes on my keyboard while playing. But well, Gates of Night is really long.

Aveyond 3-2: Gates of Night is an excellent sequel to Lord of Twilight and I don't regret the purchase, so, I can recommend it to anyone trying the RPG genre or that doesn't like to spend minutes on a skill sheet or on anything else.

this little GEM is part 2 of the series I have played though part one and am almost to the end of the second part, and after that I am ready to share my finds. I feel like this game lacks direction and at times leaves you throwing up your hands tring to remember who wanted what and where that who was in the first place. the quests journal is not terribly helpful and the world map while I think its kind of cute drawn out like a mini pirate map it too is not terribly helpful because it does not indicate where you currently are. you know like the mall map does. ( you are here ) while some of the mini games are a nice diversion the quests are a bit too Fed Ex in that it has you running all over the place. I know it sounds bad but seriously this is one of the best RPG maker type games I played. the story line is solid and the characters are not overly silly or just ruin the story ( hello Jar Jar Binks ) I do think that the classes need more defining roles because you can interchange nearly any char in the game and it does not change much strategy wise the spy need more toys. the mage gets magic at a painfully slow rate and only then if u have a book. healer is fine as is but seriously the character classes need to be more defined. all in all this is an entertaining game for the money I do enjoy it and if this is your thing you could do much worse than this game so give it a try.

This is the second part of the Aveyond: Orbs of Magic Series, so it is recommended that you only play this after part one. But there's a lot of improvements. In part one, besides the story, there's some side quests and some areas to explore. In part two, the entire world map is available for you to explore, and that alone makes this part twice as large. There's also new side quests and, unlike part one, this game finishes without loose ends. Part one and two are almost separated from part three and four. There's also 2 new party members. The story isn't as rich as in part one, but you can feel that part two is more focused in exploring. But still, i would only recommend getting part one and two on sale, and if you like it then get part three and four.

Aveyond: Gates of Night is the second game in the Aveyond series, and although I have not played the first game, I could immediately follow along with the story of this game.

Pros:
-Immersive story, great character and plot development
-Wonderful game for people new to the RPG genre
-Graphics and sound is reminiscent of the early Final Fantasy and King's Bounty games

Cons:
-Bit expensive for a game of this type
-Not much customization and options available within the game

This is a good game, worth a look on a sale
6/10

Good RPG.
Awesome story with great sounds.

Was worth for the incredibly low price of 0.00€.

Well, I haven't manage to experience the game almost at all, but this 2D some kind of adventure game may interest the players of this kind of genre. I might try to play the story again in another time.
Check some gameplays too before you jump to the fire.

All I can say is: thank god for google.

This game is the worst of the four part series. I can't express how lost I felt playing this game. I almost never knew where to go and I had so many quests that I didn't have the faintest idea how to finish.

There was one VERY big problem I have to highlight. It is possible to accidenly miss vital items you need to finish the game, which in that case, sucks to be you. I missed one chest early on that in my opinon, was easy to miss. Turns out that one chest had the treasure key, which you need to open nearly every chest in the game. I didn't have it, so I had no help trying to get through hellishly difficult area. I got to a point where I couldn't proceed due to a locked chest. I finally realized after hours of confusion and looking at guides online, I didn't have a item I needed, so I had to go all the way back to start to find the damn thing. Which is completely inexcusable for a professional game.

The game expects you to wander around aimlessly until you stumble into something to do. Within the first 30 minutes, I was completely stumped. With a guide, I found out what to do, but there was no way I would of guessed that was where I needed to go! Some hints would of been nice. And that remained a constant issue during the entire game.

Leveling up isn't important in this game. Leveling up makes no difference, your stats are pretty much your equipment. So you have to grind to get enough money to buy equiptment, which is just as boring as it sounds. Doesn't help the fact many monsters can one-hit KO your party, sometimes even with great equipment. It just isn't fun at all, whether you win or lose is pretty much who gets the first turn.

Don't buy this for $10, it is not worth it. Maybe if you love Aveyond and see it for under $5, go for it. 3/10.

Honestly felt totally, absolutely, completely lost in this one. I progressed only by accident. Nice idea, the execution sucked. Didn't finish, too noob for such, uh, piece.