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Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan

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Developer Kiro'o Games

Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan (French: Aurion: L'Héritage des Kori-Odan) is an action role-playing video game developed by the Cameroonian developer Kiro'o Games. In September 2015 Kiro'o started a Kickstarter campaign to complete their game, which was successfully completed a month later. Aurion was released April 14, 2016, by Plug-In Digital via Steam. The player controls Enzo Kori-Odan, the prince of Zama, who… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

222 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 25, 2026 · last updated Oct 25, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

55
Mixed

108 positive · 87 negative
95% range 48–62%

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Steam reviews108870
Bluesky *7020

* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).

Steam's own rating
Mixed
146 of 239 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What players are saying

55% recommend · 108 yes, 87 no

Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 195 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (236 of 360 positive).

Players praise the unique African-inspired setting and world-building. [1][2][3] Many reviewers complain about poor controls, especially with keyboard and mouse. [4][5][6] Some players find the combat repetitive and the loading times excessive. [7][8][9]

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  • [8]Steam user Steam user …3273Steam review · Mar 26, 2017 · Not recommended

    Loading Screens: The Game. Pros: -The art is really well done. -The voice acting and sound design are top notch. -The combat is really interesting and fluid. It's an RPG mixed with a fighting game (a la Street Fighter). Cons: -Loading screens everywhere. -The controls are very complicated and sometimes unresponsive. -The hitbox to interact with anything is extremely small This game has some really cool things going …

  • [9]Steam user Steam user …8121Steam review · Oct 30, 2017 · Not recommended

    + Artstyle is pretty + unique setting - terrible performance - childish story - open world is very unclear about where you can go and where exits are. - weird animations for walking and fighting. - repetitive combat system that gets thrown in your face in a couple of slides with lots of text. and it isn't even fun. - roaming, loading screen, combat, 5 seconds of roaming, loading screen, combat, loading screen, …

  • [4]Steam user Steam user …7760Steam review · May 18, 2017 · Recommended

    This is a very unique game with a couple flaws. TL;DR Version: Pros: - Engaging story - Well written characters whose very character growth is center to the plot - Unique and fun combat system - Quests which fit the story of the game - Gorgeous drawings and an overall unique visual style Cons: - Not a good soundtrack - The world map doesn't fit the style of the rest of the game - Some minor bugs - Dear god don't …

  • [10]Steam user Steam user …7204Steam review · Mar 30, 2021 · Recommended

    The story follows young prince Enzo Kori-Odan who is to become king of a peaceful little country Zama, although he is doubting his skills in the first place. On his coronation day he is also marrying his beloved Erine. Future looks bright and full of happiness, what could go wrong? Everything. Zama finds itself under attack in an attempt of coup d'état and despite great effort from Enzo in defending his people he is …

  • [1]Steam user Steam user …2099Steam review · Jul 14, 2016 · Recommended

    There just are not enough video games based and themed around African culture, not only on Steam but video games in general. It’s an all too often forgotten and unexplored setting. While it doesn’t exactly take a rocket scientist to understand the reasons why this is the case it is still disappointing. I am a huge fan of world cultural studies. I like to understand the way that people from different cultures think, …

Summarised from 34 of the 222 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made

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Players who liked Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan talk about unique African-themed setting and lore; those who didn't talk about awful keyboard and mouse controls. Which matters more to you?

Critics, per Wikipedia

Destructoid's Joe Parlock thought that Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan "looks fantastic". Kill Screen's Michelle Ehrhardt thought that Aurion is "a loveletter" to games and shows such as Guilty Gear and Dragon Ball Z and saying "Aurion asserts that Africa is just as capable of creating wonder and fantasy as any other culture (perhaps even more so)". Christ Priestman, also of Kill Screen, called the game "accessible" and spoke of its "global appeal". Kyle LeClair of Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 3.5 out of 5 saying, " The end result is an African tale that should at least be commended for its ambition and desire to share such traditional fables with the rest of the world, along with its…

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Reactions

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  • Steam user Steam user …7760Steam reviews · May 18, 2017 · 19 h played

    This is a very unique game with a couple flaws. TL;DR Version: Pros: - Engaging story - Well written characters whose very character growth is center to the plot - Unique and fun combat system - Quests which fit the story of the game - Gorgeous drawings and an overall unique visual style Cons: - Not a good soundtrack - The world map doesn't fit the style of the rest of the game - Some minor bugs - Dear god don't play it with a keyboard Long Version: The game has a very unique…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5285Steam reviews · Jul 21, 2017 · 21 h played

    I'll put the negatives first because I think that will help anyone reading this decide whether they want to play it or not: - the m/kb controls are AWFUL (not the worst I've ever played, Mirror's Edge, but they definitely took a while to get used to. I'd recommend to use an Xbox controller if you have one) - some images and cutscene videos are pretty low res - the game froze for me a few times when there were a lot of enemies on screen at once + Beautiful graphics, with a different look and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3273Steam reviews · Mar 26, 2017 · 2 h played

    Loading Screens: The Game. Pros: -The art is really well done. -The voice acting and sound design are top notch. -The combat is really interesting and fluid. It's an RPG mixed with a fighting game (a la Street Fighter). Cons: -Loading screens everywhere. -The controls are very complicated and sometimes unresponsive. -The hitbox to interact with anything is extremely small This game has some really cool things going for it, and I really want to like it, but when you…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8121Steam reviews · Oct 30, 2017 · 4 h played

    + Artstyle is pretty + unique setting - terrible performance - childish story - open world is very unclear about where you can go and where exits are. - weird animations for walking and fighting. - repetitive combat system that gets thrown in your face in a couple of slides with lots of text. and it isn't even fun. - roaming, loading screen, combat, 5 seconds of roaming, loading screen, combat, loading screen, rinse, repeat.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5202Steam reviews · Jun 29, 2017

    Positives: +Interesting location and culture, that is not often explored in games +Kinda fun combat (but choppy) +The art (when not moving) is pretty good Negatives: -Production value overall seems quite low (feels more like a Flash game) -Choppy and weird looking animation -Resolutions of all assets are too low, even with antialiasing enabled pixels can be seen and everything is blurry -Inexcusably long loading times between areas and before combat considering the quality and size of the…

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  • AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2025

    Not only is Aurion the indie game that has come the closest to nailing what I love about the Tales series combat but its setting being inspired by Africa and its mythology makes for a world that feels truly unique amongst videogames. store.steampowered.com/app/368080/A...

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  • Steam user Steam user …3859Steam reviews · Jul 31, 2020 · 6 h played

    There's a lot of things that are almost there for this game, but not quite. The combat system is innovative, but not polished or challenging at all. The animation style helps characterize the sprites, but looks a bit cheesy against a static background and has resolution issues. The story was intriguing, but never particularly interesting. All in all, the excessively stilted game design around combat is a huge part of why I can't recommend this game. Most of the important story and battle beats…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7178Steam reviews · Sep 20, 2017 · 1 h played

    I'm going through my entire library and putting a minimum of an hour into each game and then reviewing them, here is mine for Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan: Hoo boy. I could not play this game. I'm working on getting a minimum of an hour of playtime in all 600 games in my library and this one was a slog. The art is alright, the music is alright, the animations are two frames each and terrible, the story makes me care less about the characters and it feels like a 14 year old with rpg maker…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2169Steam reviews · Jun 24, 2017 · 1 h played

    terrible controls, which makes the combat annoying and rather boring.

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  • Aurion 🌆⭐ @aurion94.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2026 · official account, not scored

    Personal rant: it's 2026 and Square Enix still only offers these TWO accessibility aids, so they thought, with the new dungeon, let's make it really overexposed and bright, that'll appeal to people who have problems with it! 😗 ‘BuT AuRiOn, YoU cAn TuRn DoWn ThE bRiGhTnEsS oF tHe GaMe.’ 😶‍🌫️

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  • Steam user Steam user …7948Steam reviews · Apr 28, 2023 · 4 h played

    W A R N I N G Non-Windows users: as of the writing of this review, this game still does not work with any version of Proton — it either fails to start or gets stuck on the startup splash screen. You can find more details on [url=https://www.protondb.com/app/368080]Proton DB.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2099Steam reviews · Jul 14, 2016 · 15 h played

    There just are not enough video games based and themed around African culture, not only on Steam but video games in general. It’s an all too often forgotten and unexplored setting. While it doesn’t exactly take a rocket scientist to understand the reasons why this is the case it is still disappointing. I am a huge fan of world cultural studies. I like to understand the way that people from different cultures think, behave and act. I like to understand their worldview. One of the best ways that…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7187Steam reviews · Mar 10, 2017 · 7 h played

    This game reminds me of all the good times I had playing Tales of Phantasia back in the SNES era, and has a very interesting setting free of much of the usual "medieval knights and sorcery" cliches. Animation is a bit rudimentary but the art is great, gameplay takes some time to learn but is challenging but not unfair, the main characters are a bit paint-by-numbers but their development and exploration shows them in new and interesting lights as the story progresses, and I could hug whoever of…

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  • Black Voices in Gaming @bvigaming.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2025

    #FeatureFriday Did you know? Aurion was the first African RPG on PC, released in 2016 by Central Africa’s first video game studio. With global acclaim and a powerful vision, KIRO'O Games is building Africa’s most inspiring digital catalog one game, one story at a time! #BlackVoicesinGaming

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  • Steam user Steam user …8045Steam reviews · Nov 20, 2019 · 5 h played

    How this game has such a high rating is beyond me. Interesting setting aside, when comparing this game to others of it's genre it shows very low production value: Character art and style of the main characters itself may be good, but animations, sound, controls and especially the UI / UX is very poor and could need lots of polishing. Yes it is an indie game, but nowadays indie games are all I play, and this one sadly is a poor contender when it comes to polishing.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8878Steam reviews · Nov 10, 2017 · 33 h played

    What makes a fantasy story? It's a question that has plenty of answers, but as far as the general public consciousness and especially as far as video games, "fantasy" tends to gravitate towards certain common tropes. There's magic, good monarchies, evil empires, often some sort of destiny, perhaps a generational cycle extending back centuries, some kind of god-figure (whether actual or just some Great Person), some kind of opposing devil-figure, sometimes the power of friendship, and an…

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  • Blast Professing @gaymerherb.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2025

    This month I'll be playing some videogames by Black devs: Aerial Knight's Never Yield by @aerialknight.com Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan by Kiro'o Games Before I Forget by @3foldgames.bsky.social She Dreams Elsewhere by @studiozevere.bsky.social Treachery in Beatdown City by @nuchallenger.com

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  • Steam user Steam user …7263Steam reviews · May 11, 2022 · 1 h played

    I wanted to love this game but immediately got stuck on the hit box of a child. Saved. Restarted and now Im stuck in a hut. Needless to say, gamebreaking bugs make this unplayable.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2045Steam reviews · Jun 27, 2017 · 5 h played

    NEVER trust users revievs if the amount is below 1k. I just could not play it. It's this kind of game that (like many others) sholud be on kongregate or some site like that. Not steam, but well... hail indies. I'm amazed it got 69 on metacritic, it was the most boring 69 of my life i would say...

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  • Steam user Steam user …4015Steam reviews · Jul 22, 2018 · 33 h played

    Aurion is an African themed, story driven RPG which uses a free-roaming mode and a 2D linear action combat system. The game pushes a number of unique boundaries at the same time, being the first major African themed RPG since Quest For Glory 4. The art style is also unique, and not bad, but unfortunately the art assets are all fairly low resolution which ends up looking less than they should on a 4K display. Where the game is let down most is the unusual 2D combat system, which doesn't…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1231Steam reviews · Jun 7, 2017 · 1 h played

    Hol up. You tellin me we wuz kangz n ♥♥♥♥♥♥?

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  • Steam user Steam user …2156Steam reviews · May 18, 2017 · 3 h played

    It's like when you were a kid and you went on holiday to a 3rd world country and you decided to watch the cartoons on a Saturday morning. Then found that the cartoons were all made in that country and were ♥♥♥♥ copies of the ones you watched at home but with their own culture thrown in. Those cartoons are this game, but better.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7204Steam reviews · Mar 30, 2021 · 36 h played

    The story follows young prince Enzo Kori-Odan who is to become king of a peaceful little country Zama, although he is doubting his skills in the first place. On his coronation day he is also marrying his beloved Erine. Future looks bright and full of happiness, what could go wrong? Everything. Zama finds itself under attack in an attempt of coup d'état and despite great effort from Enzo in defending his people he is defeated. Nama, teacher and master of Enzo, saves the newlywed young couple…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2181Steam reviews · Jun 26, 2017 · 7 h played

    Horrible ported controls, and horrible 2.5D navigation. might be enjoyable on console/with the right controller

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  • Steam user Steam user …9822Steam reviews · Sep 30, 2019 · 1 h played

    Okay, I get this is an indie game, and I'm all for supporting those. But holy crap... this game could use a polish! The core concept is fine. The actual mechanics... well they promise a lot, but the problem is I couldn't be asked to get to the real meat of it, because of how terrible the dressing of the whole thing gets. I'm guessing the game is Originally in French, because there are just so so so many mistakes in the English translation of it. Both grammatically, spelling wise, and even…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7949Steam reviews · Jul 12, 2021 · 12 h played

    I should re-do this review later when I am less cranky, but in short - Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is a game that really wants to be something else. It did eventually become a comic book, and that's probably fine, but the game part of this game suffers terribly. The combat is muddy, unresponsive and just doesn't feel good to play. Impacts lack weight, the visual effects are pretty but too busy to accurately convey what's going on, and most boss fights consist of you jumping around trying to…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3808Steam reviews · May 2, 2017 · 3 h played

    -crashed -low fps during cut scenes -weird 2d/3d that kinda kills the game - takes ages to load in and out of combat, even with an SSD +combat

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  • Steam user Steam user …7447Steam reviews · Mar 14, 2017 · 1 h played

    This kinda reminds me of a mix between Dust: An Elysian Tail and the old Dungeons & Dragons arcade games. The art is nice, the story seems good so far, and the game play isn't bad. The tutorials are a little iffy though, especially when you fail one and the video starts to play again rather than giving you the opportunity to try again and again until you get the button combinations (some of the moves are rather complex and take practice to pull off) down right. The transitions are a bit jumpy…

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  • Creative Uncut @creativeuncut.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2026

    Lloyd Irving, Kratos Aurion, Sheena Fujibayashi, and Zelos Wilder from Tales of Symphonia by artist Kosuke Fujishima. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_tales-of...

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  • Steam user Steam user …1974Steam reviews · Jun 16, 2026 · 6 h played

    I don't have an option for English? Hard to understand this game at times.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3459Steam reviews · Mar 5, 2018 · 1 h played

    When I was in my last year of college Final Fantasy 10 came out. Everyone loved this game and so one day I decided to play it. I gave up after an hour. Why? Because I had waited probably an hour of cut scenes before I got to anything substantive. I worried that perhaps the rest of the game would be as video and choreographed as it was. And that's the same feeling I get with Aurion. It is a 2-d hack and slash side scroller with a lot of cut scenes and a lot of dialogue. The dialogue…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4683Steam reviews · Mar 4, 2018 · 2 h played

    Can't follow the story because of broken English and proper nouns with little in the way of context coming at me like bees after kicking a bee hive. On top of that, an on-screen keyboard pops up everytime I accidently push down on the left joystick on my Xbox 360 controller which happens a lot. Load times are longer than they should be for a game like this and it is constantly taking away control from the player. Ultimately, I got frustrated with the combat and quit. I'm not having any fun…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6987Steam reviews · Apr 19, 2017 · 57 h played

    If you were looking for a RPG that has a story with complexity and depth (and characters to match), gorgeous visuals, beautiful music, and a fun combat system, then I wholeheartedly recommend this game!

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  • Endy @endyx.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2024

    4 video game dads that helped with your gay awakening I’ll go first: Ryotaro Dojima: Persona 4 Kratos Aurion: Tales of symphonia Takeharu Kirijo: Persona 3 Norman: Pokemon Gen 3

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  • Steam user Steam user …7375Steam reviews · Mar 17, 2023

    I bought this as part of the Very Positive Bundle. Neither keyboard nor controller functioned properly. Stuck in the options screens. What a shame. I might try again one day, who knows - things can change. . . .

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  • Steam user Steam user …9560Steam reviews · Jul 23, 2018 · 1 h played

    The art is good, the animations are sometimes very neat, but overall the game is a mess. The load times are unacceptable and are everywhere, the combat is a total disaster, the in-game tutorial is gibberish, the controls are ridiculous, and the hard drive footprint is beyond the pale. This thing was coded by extreme amateurs. They were going for an A-RPG in the style of the old Tales of Phantasia for Super Famicom/PS1, and clunked it by making the game out of spit and paperclips.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6455Steam reviews · Jan 16, 2018 · 1 h played

    This game is more or less unspeakable, couldn't bear even a full hour of it. Sure, it draws inspiration from a rarely-used cultures and has some good mood-setting at the beginning, but what follows is a choppy mess of laughably badly made animations (they lack about half the frames needed for fluidity) combined with deeply unsatisfying, chaotic combat that holds no weight to itself and doesn't even have the decency to provide sound cues and feedback. Said combat is made even worse by general…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6998Steam reviews · Aug 15, 2016 · 8 h played

    GameEnthus spoke very highly of this game for quite some time. I decided to buy the game to support the developer. It is very well done. The lore established in the game is a strong tenet of the game. The way the fighting powers work is integral to the lore. It's very deep and canonically strong in that fashion. The combat in the game is superb. It's deep and requires mastery to survive some of the enemies. It's a different type of combo system and should be used moving forward in games…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6256Steam reviews · Aug 2, 2024

    Had this game on my Wishlist for quite some time. But in the end, I played it only for a few minutes before I requested a refund: - The animations are not that good. I saw this in the videos and was willing to put up with it. - I disliked the controls. They felt a bit off. Especially, when some hitboxes didn’t match the things they were meant for. - Storytelling and dialogue feel awkward. I finally quit after I talked to a young girl in the village (at the age of primary school?), who only…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4834Steam reviews · Jul 9, 2021 · 7 h played

    +20 SOCIAL CREDIT ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢁⠈⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⡀⠭⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠄⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣷⣶⣶⡆⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣼⣿⣿⠿⠶⠙⣿⡟⠡⣴⣿⣽⣿⣧⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣟⣭⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣴⣶⣿⣿⢄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣩⣿⣿⣿⡏⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⡋⠘⠷⣦⣀⣠⡶⠁⠈⠁⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣍⠃⣴⣶⡔⠒⠄⣠⢀⠄⠄⠄⡨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡘⠿⣷⣿⠿⠟⠃⠄⠄⣠⡇⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⢁⣷⣠⠄⠄⠄⠄⣀⣠⣾⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠉⠙⠻ ⡿⠟⠋⠁⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⡯⢓⣴⣾⣿⣿⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⡟⣷⠄⠹⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ +1 WAIFU ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠉⠄⠁⠄⠄⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠐⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⢀⡀⠠⠃⡐⡀⠠⣶⠄⠄⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣶⠄⠰⣤⣕⣿⣾⡇⠄⢛⠃⠄⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0001Steam reviews · May 16, 2020 · 4 h played

    Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is an action-adventure/beat 'em up. It is not an RPG in any way, shape or form. Level progression and story are linear. While it is possible to return to the previously visited areas, there is no need to do so. Locations and combat arenas are 2D. The combat system is built around Aurions - stances with different movesets and elemental damage. In my experience, it is sufficient to use one or two attacks from the first discovered Aurion (not the starting one) to…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7848Steam reviews · Mar 16, 2017 · 5 h played

    The setting is very unique, with a lot of world building. The graphics fit fairly well. The only issue is that sometimes the characters do not quite mesh with the background as well as they should. Gameplay is fairly solid, and combat is well done and responsive. The boss fights can take a while, even once you figure out the strategies needed to defeat it efficiently. it's a side scrolling beat em up .I recommend this game to anyone who love RPG like me to give it a chance and play it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1784Steam reviews · Mar 27, 2025 · 6 h played

    This game is awesome. There is more to it than I thought, and I'm enjoying the learning curve so far. Music and art is really nice. Combat is fun. An underappreciated hidden gem on Steam.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4351Steam reviews · Feb 26, 2023 · 1 h played

    I found this game choppy and poorly optimised. The combat does not feel 'punchy' and responsive.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0668Steam reviews · Oct 25, 2020 · 1 h played

    I really enjoy this game. and very pleased to see characters that look like me in a game. I would most definitely like to see more of this.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9862Steam reviews · Jun 13, 2020 · 21 h played

    Really cool art style, interesting combat mechanics, and a unique story. Everyone should check this out.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0102Steam reviews · Sep 18, 2018

    Of the ten minutes I played, I'd say about seven or eight were in loading screens.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7383Steam reviews · Jul 8, 2018

    I am sure this could be a very pleasant and fun game, but the awkwardness of the controls (Moving through the opening area was agonizing), the unedited dialogue, and the slow load times even switching one screen over had me frustrated in minutes.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0531Steam reviews · Feb 11, 2018

    Literally unplayable. Do not buy until developers fix this game - mouse is restricted to a much smaller window than full screen, and only appears on alt-tabbing in and out of the game. Can't reach any option in the main menu, even "settings" to try and fix this. Controller doesn't seem to control the menu by default. Downloaded 13gb and uninstalled immediately. Will try again if devs tighten it up.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9096Steam reviews · Oct 24, 2017 · 10 h played

    This game is a comic 2D beat ‘em up RPG mess, with a very low budget obviously. While I like the art, the music (it’s really sweet “tak tak tik tak tak”), I like the fighting and combo style which borrows so much from the Japanese style, and the…., oh wait, that’s about everything I like about this game. No doubt this game has so many flaws it’s hard to keep up with, the story telling is childish and broken at best, I don’t understand the story from Jesus, especially with African terms that…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2877Steam reviews · Oct 9, 2017 · 9 h played

    I've tried playing this game a couple of times now and I just don't like it. I do like the art, the music is alright, and the African theming feels really unique. I just can't get into the fighting system. I don't like combo mashing, and it's just sitting in a spot where I either have to do the combos or it will be too hard, or I need to turn down the difficulty and it will be too dull. I kind of wish it was a beat 'em up, which isn't really fair, but I'm just not able to enjoy this game. Also…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8461Steam reviews · Sep 15, 2017 · 18 h played

    Spoiler Warning Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan or Aurion: l'heritage des Koriodan surprised me as a game. So at first I thought it was going to be a simple, exiled royals gather forces to get their kingdom back storyline. But to my surprise, the game is highly philosophical, even the powers and the mixes of powers are based on traits and philosophical approaches to governance and leadership. The plots in each zone examine political approaches to different scenarios and how systems are not…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7495Steam reviews · Sep 9, 2017 · 15 h played

    I'll try to keep this as impartial as possible. My game time was 16.5 hrs. I held off writing a review until i had beaten it so here we go: Lets talk about the pros first: 1) Beautifully drawn art - The 2D character sprites and environments are quite beautiful and diverse. Never did i felt it was underwhelming or constantly repeating. Every area was a breath of fresh air. 2) Characters - Its really hard not to like the main charancters Enzo and Erine. Thier story and trials really…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6541Steam reviews · Jul 7, 2017 · 2 h played

    [url=https://youtu.be/oJItKn8Xs8A]<I made a video of my feelings here> Initially I felt like this could be a game where I get drawn into a deep story that made me want to fight for my lost city, however I quickly realised that the game is mostly made up of extremely awkward feeling battles and unnatural dialogue. I really wouldn't recommend this game at full price unless you really love this kind of button mashing combo stringing fighter game, but even then I'm sure there are better options…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7163Steam reviews · Jan 28, 2017 · 33 h played

    This game is amazing! I'm only a few hours in but I am absolutely loving it thus far. It's very polished, with awesome lore and a setting that is unmatched by any other game I've ever encountered. It's 2D fighter game meets RPG, and it's VERY well done. PROS -original, beautiful setting -good story -combat is very well done -most of the music is good, some can be repetitive but it all matches the setting well -animation is very nice CONS -some controls are unclear when playing on mouse and…

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  • zoraal ja's moon 𑣲₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎🌙 @thefirstpromise.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2025

    Top 3 video game characters? 🐊 Zoraal Ja (FFXIV) 🪽 Sephiroth (FFVII) 🗡️ Kratos Aurion (Tales of Symphonia)

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  • Steam user Steam user …2033Steam reviews · Dec 26, 2022 · 32 h played

    I started this game with no expectations and because I was interested in the african theme. I did not expect such a whirlwind of emotions and twists. While there were lots of crashes especially in the last continent, I recommend this game wholeheartedly .

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  • Steam user Steam user …5321Steam reviews · May 28, 2020 · 28 h played

    This is one of the most interesting games I've ever played. Not in a "How weird and bizarre" way but in a "I didn't know you could even *do* that!" way. Aurion is Cameroon's first JRPG, and the influences are quite clear. There's a lot of energy from the Tales of... series, as well as from shonen classics like Dragon Ball and Naruto, but all put together in a totally new and unique fashion. For example, you actually play as a husband-and-wife royal asskicking couple on a mystical quest for…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5728Steam reviews · Aug 25, 2018 · 5 h played

    Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is a 2D story driven RPG that has an African setting. The comic book style graphics are nicely done, as are a few of the animations. The fighting system is atrocious and not well thought out. The controls are not as responsive as they should be and at times I had to push a button 2-4 times before it would register. I'm so sick of indie games with crappy controls that basically kill what otherwise could have been a good game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7003Steam reviews · Aug 5, 2018 · 1 h played

    Just wasn't fun and engaging. It doesn't do a good job of making me want to play. It loads, then five seconds later it's loading another screen. They talk and talk and talk then it loads some more. The designs are nice, but they move very poorly. I don't have time in my life for this. The design of this world speaks of thought and maybe even passion on the maker's part, but it's an amatuer game. Unless things change significantly past the point I couldn't be bothered.

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