Dust: An Elysian Tail App Reviews

Dust: An Elysian Tail is by far one of my top 5 must play games. I played this game before on PC Xbox and now on mobile. The game is very interesting and has its moments of sadness, excitement and happiness all put together flawlessly. This would now be my 7th time playing through this game and I have done and gotten everything in the game and it still brings me back. I would say the replay value of Dust would be an honest 9/10. It brings in some feature from all games of genre. You have your back and slash, grinding, stat based, and a good challenge for someone wanting to play on a higher difficulty. The story alone is strong enough to where you could read it like a book and be touched by how well done the plot and characters were done. Each character has their own distinct voice, tone, mood and allows for the player to really feel the emotion and compassion and sadness overall that the characters are facing. Youll come to either be a major fan of the game and be hoping for a dust 2 or be happy that you played a game worth your time. If you are used to the feel of using a controller for a game then I will say this has the best control feel then any other. The button lay out is nice and well setup to how it was on the bigger platforms and performs just as well as it did. The only bug I have ever encountered while playing this is that when you get up to a 500-1000-2000 hit combo your audio will tend to glitch how and come back after a second considering all the noise you are making within the game. What I am currently using at this moment is an iPhone 6+ I have seen others having slight issues on iPod 5 or iPhone 5. But I believe it could run nicely just not as nice. For a game that was previously $6.99 and has now gone down to $.99, I would strongly recommend purchasing this game for all the reasons I have listed above. Its a great game, story, and nice time waster except you wouldnt realize the time if you truly give the game your attention. This is my review and opinion and I personally give dust a #2 on my favorite games for mobile, console and PC.

First, this game is beautiful with great controls and wonderful characters and all that jazz. But what made me give it four stars wasnt this. This game passed my test. The storyline is WONDERFUL and enhanced by the amazing fully voiced cast! The voice adds a whole new dimension to it, endearing you to the characters and helping you sense what theyre feeling. That voice helped this game to hit me right in the feels. It is my personal belief that a good story (and, in turn, a good game) can get you emotionally invested I the characters and the plot. Within the first 30% of the game, I had goosebumps, the tears were flowing, and I was shocked at how much this $1 game touched me. Dynamic, beautiful, surreal, this game messed with my heartstrings. I love it. If you make a sequel, I will joyfully snatch it up in an instant. Thank you.

Absolutely loved this game! It was very hard to put down. Thank you so much for producing such an enjoyable game! Especially at a time when so many developers throw "in app purchases" into their games. This game put quality and substance above profit! We need more people like you!

This is an emotionally satisfying game -- good story, good voice talent, nice side quests if you enjoy just exploring. Most importantly, this game has a PERFECT variable difficulty setting - meaning you can make it easy for young players or casual gamers or you can turn up the toughness for more seasoned people. Cant recommend this enough. Yes, it cost twice as much as most games, but it really is five times as good - so you are getting en excellent deal.

I love this game and the only thing is I need another one!! The ending was such a cliffhanger. Also, is the game supposed to go back to the title screen after you finish the game? Because mine just says the title and nothing else. Thanks!

The best mobile game Ive ever found.

This is easily one of my most favorite games. If I made a top 10 list of my favorite games, this would definitely be 3 and above

The dialogue is akward and uncomfortable to listen to. The jokes are terrible. The gameplay is fine and simply not my preference.

I highly recommend this game. One of the best iOS games available.

This really is a creative, beautifully designed game with an interesting story. The controls work well even though it wasnt originally designed for touch screens. The icing on top is the cloud storage of your progress. Im able to play on my iPhone 6 on the fly or on my iPad Mini 4 and pick up where I left off without having to play two different saves.

I played this game start-to-finish in 3 days, and I was floored by how fun it was. The combo system feels so fluid and you feel like such a boss. The story gave me chills and I loved the different characters. Fidget is now my favorite fantasy companion. Period. Just wow. GO GET THIS GAME.

This game is one of if not the best pc-mobile ports out there. Some might even say the game is far more enjoyable on your phone rather than the desktop. Fluid controls, game is excellent, up on my top list of indie games in the recent years. Give it a go, for one buck its amazing value for such an expansive game.

The voice acting is fantastic and the game reminded me of several I played growing up. Thank you.

Oh god. I just finished the game. A game has never evicted more emotions at once, even the ones that are supposed to. I will not say a word more. Go in completely blind. Its best that way.

I love this game so much. I love all the characters, story plot- Its just that amazing. And it was only A DOLLAR. If there were 100 stars for rating, it wouldnt be enough because I would rate it infinite stars. Get this game!!! Its really good!!!

Its a great game, but upon finishing it I was very disappointed with some of the choices the developer made. The story: This might be borderline spoiling the game, but Im not going to go into detail, or outright say what happens. Here is where I have my biggest complaint, and the reason Im giving this game 3 stars, or 6/10. Dust: AET offers the player intriguing moral dilemmas that made be passionate about seeing the main quest through and recovering Dusts memory, but it ultimately didnt let me make ANY decisions. I expected to at least be able to choose one of two endings, but alas, everything is decided for you. You are being manipulated by the blade you wield, Ahrah, or I should say by the original owner of the blade who sent Ahrah to you for a clear purpose. You should be able to choose between following what is construed as the "right path", that is to say their path, or the "evil path", which is your intuition. Throughout the game everyone is demonizing a general Gaius, but in truth he is friendly to Dust, an old friend of his who has his well being in mind, and who clearly feels very strongly about him. The player can tell hes looking for Dust through dialogue which is unknown to Dust himself. He appears to genuinely care to the very end, and so I couldnt help but feel extremely disappointed when the game decided that I was supposed to be his enemy and side with the people who were manipulating me for their purposes. Even if you dont agree that what they were doing constitutes manipulation, there should still be the option of being evil, or making the "wrong" decisions, since it so brilliantly fits in the narrative. Though I have to say that is an indefensible view since they implanted a controlling mechanism, which we will call "J" to prevent Dust from turning against the "noble path", or I should say the path of the people who are manipulating him. Up to the very end I felt like turning against the path the game chose for me, but Dust arbitrarily chooses to become Shirouh Emiya at the end of the game with some fancy dialogue and makes the ultimate decision which should have rested with the player. I would have loved for that ending to remain, but only if it was supplanted by another one. The game is building up to a climax which would naturally fit deciding to turn against his puppeteers pulling the strings when his old friend and ally finally tells him hes being brainwashed. Even Dusts own dialogue implies hes convinced, but then he goes on to spout some nonsense about being a hero of justice, and were at a loss at having to fight the only person who has really been straightforward and honest with transmitting the truth to us since the beginning of the game. Play the game and if you dont feel as I do, that another ending should have been available for you to choose from, then you havent been very perceptive to the transmission of the narrative. The level design is mostly alright, the game being 2D, but I do have one major complaint. The obstacles you find in the game, such as thorns, tend to make platforming extremely tedious. Their placing in just the worst spot and combination with vine climbing, and elevator-platforms in the world only enhanced my frustration. At times the game appeared to be viciously trolling me when it offered seemingly impossible climbing tasks. For instance, scaling a set of parallel walls, jumping from one to the other to avoid thorns. Such as scenario, which is all too frequently encountered in the game can be extremely punishing because sometimes your character doesnt do what you intended, and when you are hit by thorns, or anything else for that matter you stagger and fall all the way down. Making it so you are hit but still get a hold of the vines would have been more fair. Additionally, when, for example you are hit by icicles later in the game you recoil and fall backwards or forwards onto any platform in your way, which might just be another icicle, or an enemy. Losing control of your character and having he recoil a huge distance when he makes contact with some green slime - which also just happens to be almost harmless - is ludicrous. This is probably the most frequent frustrating gameplay mechanic I encountered. All in all though the soundtrack is phenomenal; the controls are great for a game on a touch-device; the gameplay is smooth; the combat fluid and entertaining; voice acting superb; the main characters are interesting; the world is beautiful and by extension the art design; too; there are no performance issues to speak of; it offers side-quests besides one main quest which takes up the entirety of the game; plenty of things to do after youve finished the game, or I should say if you decide not to finish it in the end and instead backtrack; crafting is practical, simple, fun, and doesnt feel ill implemented. There is so much more I could say, but its all overshadowed by my one problem with it, the game doesnt offer any dynamic choices that affect the storyline. Even if the game didnt branch off throughout the narrative, there should at least be a different ending. Its almost as if the developer tried to make an alternative ending fit as much as possible in the story and then failed to implement it. Really disappointed because otherwise this game would have been for all likelihood my favorite game of this decade, and yes, you heard right. Regardless, this is a masterpiece for iOS; you should definitely invest a dollar and pick this up: I would comfortably be willing to pay forty times the amount for it, and that is even with the story being a failure.

I love the soundtrack. Its amazing to listen to. They ported this game over really well and it was extremely entertaining and fun to play. If you play it right and normally, you should expect about 6-8 hours of gametime. Only problem with game is theres no endgame exploration once youve beaten the final boss. Other than that, a great,fun entertaining, and a solid game. I recommend.

I have been DYING to get this game for YEARS! I have the demo on my xbox and i was extremely excites when i learned that this game was on ios right when i got money. What a major and life enlightening coincidence. Im only on chapter 2 and already too emotionally connected to the game. I love it. Absolutely love it. 10/10/10/10!!! 12 stars out of 5

This game is so beautiful and has an interesting and suspenseful story line. It can get a bit repetitive at times and a bit overwhelming when swarms of high level monsters come at you but its nice that you can access your pack during the battle to take a breather. I also wish the map was more detailed, but thats more of a personal preference.

I loved the graphics, The Animations, The Voice Actors, The Gameplay, Even The Characters & Story!! My Favorite Character Is Fidget, She Is So Cute And Adorable, I Wish I Had One Of Those Fidget Plushies From The Actual Game Into Real Life!! Plus, A Really Shocking Twist At The End. I Was Crying Because This Game Went By So Fast And I Really Want There To Be A Sequel For This Game, If You Guys Announce Dust: An Elysian Tail 2, It Would Really Warm My Heart. Thank You Humble Hearts LLC For Making This The Best Game I Ever Played, You Guys Are Awesome!! P.S Ill Never Forget This Game, Dont Let Me Down!!!