Chronicles of Inotia: Legend of Feanor

Chronicles of Inotia: Legend of Feanor (US$0.99), is a superbly designed application, with an almost limitless amount of game play capabilities. I will be calling this app 'Inotia' from here on out, because, the full name is quite a mouthful and typing it several times will be rather annoying. This app is similar, in many ways to Zenonia. Zenonia is a great app, and Inotia is as well.

Inotia is a fairytale based story in which your character, Feanor, must bludgeon his way through thousands of enemies and many difficult missions, known as 'Quests'. For each enemy you eliminate you gain EXP points, these points accumulate, and when you have a certain amount Feanor moves up another level. The quests range from collecting a certain object (eg: Magic Dust) to saving Elven Queens. The quests are often quite challenging and time consuming. These quests, on completion, make you feel quite proud of your achievements due to their difficulty.

Aesthetically, Inotia is very good. The design and map layout is simple to navigate and is similar to popular games of the past, therefore, users already have a base level of similarity which eliminates some game play confusion. Feanor, your character is well crafted and detailed. The other characters regardless of their overall importance in the completion of the game are similarly well designed. Almost every aspect of Feanor is customisable, though this does not often show on the character's game play image. All weapons, armour and clothing can be modified to the heart's content, this adds a personal connection between you and your custom version of Feanor.

The only drawback of the app is that it is quite difficult to pick up the jist of the game. The maps may be easily navigatable, but there is very little instruction on what you must do and how you must do this. This lack of a tutorial makes the intial part of the app an incoherant mix of quests and enemies. Once, you have learnt the ropes (by yourself) confusion is no longer an issue. Another member of the MyAppSource team had absolutely no idea as to how to correctly use the app, so a tutorial or instruction use as necessary in the beginning stages, would be very useful.

Inotia is very intricate and filled with testing challengies and an increasingly difficult standard of enemy. These intricacies are evident in the entertaining quests, which can keep you glued to the app for hours on end. The increasing difficulties of enemies help keep you on your toes because you never know if your next battle will be your last. Add a tutorial and the app would be excellent. But for now, Inotia will have to wait on the very good level. For less than a dollar this app is great value, so buy it! . . . Don't worry, I'll wait.

MyAppSource Rating: Four Stars!