Immortals of Aveum review - do you believe in magic?
Review information Platform reviewed: PC Available on: PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S Release date: 22 August 2023 Immortals of Aveum is a fascinating first-person shooter that doesn’t quite live up to its ambitions. A curiosity that isn’t quite interesting enough to justify itself, despite a compelling world brought to life with some vibrant design and a cracking soundtrack. The concept is simple: your character - Jak, which makes me wonder if his parents misspelt my name or were fans of now-obscure PlayStation platforming mascots - is a semi-magical street urchin in a world where people are having big magic fights in a never-ending war. After tragedy strikes, Jak gets picked up by General Kirkan - played by an excellent Gina Torres - and trained to become a magic commando. Hours of blasting identikit enemies with different weapons pretending to be spells follows, and if this hasn’t sold you, you’ve clearly never played one of the wealth of PC FPS games that were ...