Aluna Sentinel Of The Shards Review (PlayStation 4)

by Jim Smale · July 28, 2022

For our Aluna Sentinel Of The Shards Review, we go to 16th Century Latin America – mysticism, magic, and the unknown plague the land. Assume the role of Inca demigod Aluna in this epic action RPG, as you try to defend a mystical shard that possesses the power of the earth.

Aluna Sentinel Of The Shards Review

Aluna Sentinel Of The Shards Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
6.67GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Works on Playstation 5.
ARPG gameplay.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Four difficulties – Story, Easy, normal, and hard.
Can change difficulties within the menu.
Five save slots.
Earn EXP and get points to put into a skill tree to unlock new abilities and it’s split into melee, ranged, and magic trees.
Big boss encounters.
Play how you want.
Meet and group up with other characters.
Loot can be found lying around, dropped from enemies or in the many loot chests.
Fast travel points can be discovered and used.
Items and gear have rarity levels that dictate buffs on them.
The merchant buys and sells equipment with rotating stock, he can also craft your new gear (random stats/rarity) and let you change one attribute of a weapon to a random new one.
The map uncovers as you play.
Create your own load out of abilities.
Save and quit whenever.
Auto saves regularly.
Voiced characters and interactions.
Cool comic book style cutscenes.
Minimap to show enemies and loot.
The right stick is used for dodge rolling.
Damage and healing numbers float above character heads.
Energy is needed to cast your abilities and you get energy by either using your basic attack or picking up a gem that replenishes it.
Health gems can be found and picked up.
Beautiful locations.
All gear has red and green arrows to dictate if they increase or decrease your stats.

Aluna Sentinel Of The Shards Review

Aluna Sentinel Of The Shards Review Cons:

Slow starter.
Most of the time you are going through menus checking loot and equipping new stuff.
The skill tree feels a bit weird because it forces you to stick with a weapon type and never deviate.
Performance is not the best most notably the game freezes every time you open a chest.
Every new area is the same layout in that you get a new set of enemies that behave the same but are just redskins, there is a new thing to break open.
Feels safer than other games in the genre.
Cannot rebind the controls.
Money soon becomes redundant.
The RNG on stat Reroll is generally terrible.
All gear is just about the stats as you never really change the appearance of your character.
Zero camera control.

Aluna Sentinel Of The Shards Review