{"id":25553,"date":"2025-04-07T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T00:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25553"},"modified":"2025-03-31T19:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:59:18","slug":"akatsuki-lord-of-the-dawn-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/07\/akatsuki-lord-of-the-dawn-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Akatsuki: Lord of the Dawn (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A long time ago, an evil demon king and his armies ransacked the land.\u00a0 When the demon king was defeated, the armies disbanded but there are some demon stragglers here and there.\u00a0 You play as a young man who just discovered his ancestry and is now a lord.\u00a0 So you must lead your troops into battle to rid the world of demons for good.\u00a0 Akatsuki: Lord of the Dawn is a unique combination of deckbuilding, simple action battles, and hexagonal board style strategy.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

The game is separated into islands, and each island is divided into a hexagonal grid layout.\u00a0 There is a town you\u2019ll visit in each island and that\u2019s where you\u2019ll get your missions and side quests.\u00a0 Use money to recruit fighters and magic users and add them to your party.\u00a0 When you are ready, go out and start battling on the grid.\u00a0 When you enter a battle, the game switches to a 2D perspective.\u00a0 Move your guy on a horse and your troops will follow.\u00a0 They automatically attack enemies, and you can put them in formations to have certain benefits.\u00a0 Your first five people in your party will also have cards of them on the bottom of the screen.\u00a0 A meter will fill on each one and when they are full, you can activate certain skills, like healing, magic, buffs, and more.\u00a0 When you defeat a group of monsters, that spot on the grid will be yours and you can move on.\u00a0 You can also build roads and fields on your spots so you can gradually get goods from those spaces over time, too.<\/p>\n

I had some problems with this game, but most of those are just a personal preference thing.\u00a0 They do a good job explaining some things to you, like battling.\u00a0 But some other things in the menus and whatnot they don\u2019t even talk about.\u00a0 Also, the game is awfully fiddly in that you must manually level up each member of your party separately, and I wish they could\u2019ve streamlined some of that.\u00a0 But if you enjoy simple RPGs with a bit of strategy, action, and deckbuilding thrown in, you might want to try this one.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Akatsuki: Lord of the Dawn is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You hit pixelly monsters with weapons and magic spells and they just disappear when defeated and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must and due to the complexity of the game, this one is probably best for older kid gamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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