Yaga is an action RPG with a charming narrative that adapts to your choices, set in the world of Slavic folklore. Play as Ivan, a one-handed blacksmith cursed with incredible bad luck.


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I didn’t spend a lot of time playing this but my impressions were so negative that I didn’t feel like playing more on an iPad Pro 2020.

The issues I noticed:
1. The load times are extremely long and it happens frequently enough.
2. The environments become jittery/blurry the moment you move your character. It’s very off putting and difficult to ignore.
3. The game seems to have a fetch quest structure right from the start and it feels boring going through the game already.
4. The fighting felt off in terms of animations, framerate and hitting enemies. I don’t know why but sometimes the game slows down and zooms in during fights. I’m not sure if it’s an effect to make the fights exciting or it’s just a horrible framerate. It also felt off fighting because there are no sound effects at all. You know, the sound of hits, enemies, dodges etc.
5. On that note, I have issues with the music. While it has a personality it didn’t feel fitting to the game. It felt like a random music you decided to listen to while playing a game. It kept looping that it started annoying me.

The good things I noticed:
1. The setting and story seem original
2. The voice acting sounded good
3. There is a luck system that seemed unique but I’m not sure what it does when you reach full bad luck.

There might be a decent game hidden here but I just couldn’t get into it based on what I saw. Perhaps it’s a different experience on PC and consoles. If you’re still curious about the game, then it’s better to give it a try KNOWING you can refund it in case those ports are bad too.

Had to put it away since I thought it should've ended already. The slavic lore was pretty cool and the concept of the weapons was interesting.