Thank you Kiro'o Games for sending us the review code.

Some say that your first game won't be that good and you might not want to release it. This doesn't apply to every game dev out there. Yet the newer you are the more people tell you to slow down. With Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan I am confident to say that the game released not only kept to its Kickstarter promises, but it's a fairly decent game. While it is by no means a perfect game, I can give a preview of my thoughts and say I can recommend this game with some asterisks. Let's go redeem Enzo with Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan.

Aurion is set in a world steeped in old African culture. You play as Enzo Kori-Odan, the prince of Zama. This young man is set to marry the love of his life, Erine Evou, and take over as the ruling King and Queen. However, his vile brother in law stages a coup to take over the kingdom. You and your wife are exiled from your kingdom to a far away corner of the world. Enzo must find the secrets of the Aurion, an energy channeled by the strongest of warriors to become powerful enough to defeat those who would lay claim to his crown.

Gameplay is the usual beat 'em up formula. You fight using combo attacks, spells and Aurion techniques to take down enemies as quickly as possible. Your abilities come in many varieties from damage spells to his ancestral Aurionic techniques. His wife Erin serves as a spell caster. She learns different mystic abilities to heal her husband, boost his power, or fight with strong spells. As they level up Enzo can learn different Aurionic forms, combat styles and spells along with his wife. Past a certain point in the game you can discover ways to fuse your Aurionic forms to create even more powerful abilities. The story kept me on the edge of my seat. The pacing of the game felt like it was tested and they knew exactly how to string the player along without holding hands or losing attention. Despite some issues that felt like they could have been better balanced the story does help carry the game.

The soundtrack is an original African folk music style and it's quite catchy to listen to. The controls are mostly tight though the climbing mechanic can use a bit of work. When you climb there seems to be a small bit of input lag that I was able to recreate on keyboard. Other than climbing issues the controls are free flowing and simple in combat. This game's Macromedia flash style makes the animations seem like it's running at less than 60 frames even though my computer would tell me otherwise. 

The game gets repetitive rather fast. Games don't necessarily need lots of variety in what you can do to make the game good. Yet when you're relying on combat alone it is going to be hit or miss with a lot of people. The Aurionic forms seem to make the game a little unbalanced. You have a skill to charge your ability points at the cost of some health, yet with plentiful healing items and Erine's healing spell, I was able to keep my Aurionic abilities active from the beginning to the end of most battles. Changing the difficulty only seemed to add more health and damage to enemies so I already knew what was coming in each fight. 

The game has a lot of references to tribal mysticism and voodoo with specific characters. The elemental energies of the Aurion as well as the animal spirits they channel in particular moves could be seen as voodoo. Characters use the word b*tch once and some sexual references are made to a married couple sleeping together. I'd recommend this game to a teen age group.

I want to congratulate Kiro'o Games for making a decent game for a first attempt. I hope that your own legacy will grow in the game industry just like Enzo's does in Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan.