AereA

When you think of dungeon crawling RPG’s with clever puzzle elements, you probably imagine powerful knights clad in dark, spiky armor, wielding impossibly large weapons to tear down those who might stand in your way. You probably wouldn’t think of brightly colored and lovable characters in a world inspired entirely by music, but that is exactly what you get with AereA, and it’s an experience you w...

AereA was enjoyable, just not for the reasons you’d imagine a game would be. The story is great, the concept is lovely, but the execution doesn’t hit the right note. It’s colourful, full of bombastic music and character, but lacks depth and fluid gameplay mechanics. Too many little issues snowball into making the experience a bit underwhelming. AereA doesn’t feel like a game that deserves a second...

Fresh on the heels of the Blizzard’s latest Rise of the Necromancer expansion for Diablo III, it would make sense for the PlayStation’s budding isometric RPG stable to get the hell out of the way. But what fun would that be? Last week, the newly released AereA stared down the crosshairs of one of the most storied franchises in the genre and refused to blink. Can its decidedly more adorable present...

This stylistic game world revolves around music, it being both your weapon (Quite literally!) and your enemy.

Trudging through linear dungeon-like levels you’ll bust pots to collect “Clefines”, boxes to collect items, etc. Along the way you’ll encounter traps, e.g. timed ground spikes, environmental threats, and so on. Things like metronome levers and music energy altars open locked doors. Music energy altars are essentially boxes, i.e. the music energy source, that need to be picked up and dropped onto a...

Action RPGs come in many forms yet few allow you to play cooperatively with friends. AereA offers a promising music-themed premise but do you have what it takes to reclaim the nine primordial instruments?

Use music and magic in an isometric RPG adventure on a quest to restore balance to the world of AereA! Choose from four heroes and play with friends as you slay monsters and bosses, level up, and complete quests. We take a look at the new Steam timed exclusive and see if this game would make the Top 40 or wind up in the bargain bin at a grocery store.

AereA takes the original concept of a musically themed RPG but doesn’t do much with it. The combat is too easy, and exploring different regions is unexciting. While there are a few pieces that stand out, none of them make up for an overall dull experience. What could have been a unique game is, unfortunately, a boring one.