EternaMine Review (Steam)
For this EternaMine Review, Mine, fight monsters, upgrade your gear, obtain rare items and mine some more in the massive follow-up to the popular title “Haste-Miner 2”. Eternamine has a casual incremental game design that is perfectly suited for a relaxing day.
EternaMine Review Pros:
- Decent pixel art graphics.
- 303.49MB Download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Controller support.
- Steam trading cards.
- Mining gameplay.
- Opening optional tutorial pop-up.
- The general gameplay loop is you mine blocks, sell them, and upgrade your gear and how much stuff like blocks and hits are worth.
- Very simple controls – you can mine by clicking or holding down the button.
- Potions grant mining speed boosts, attack damage, and health.
- The main hub houses ships, quests, and tutorials.
- Three shops for health items, attacks/weapons, and mining.
- Blocks are worth money and you sell them in the mine by just going to the stall and it autobuys.
- The hot bar at the bottom allows you to put items like potions and weapons in there.
- Plays like an interactive idler where you are just improving the stats of everything incrementally.
- Clear easy to read Hud but also has pop-up hover text.
- Earn exp from all actions like mining and attacking.
- Inventory allows you to only carry X amount of blocks before you don’t get anymore.
- Excellent yet basic animations.
- Highly addictive.
- Mines – split into four different types (standard/deep/dark/Eternal) and you buy access to them with your cash, each type houses around twelve mines in each.
- You can choose which unlocked mine to go into.
- Many block types that vary in time to break and how much they are worth.
- Buying the incremental upgrades can be done one by one or in chunks like x10 or x20.
- Level up to get rewards like gems and crystals which are used for rarer and higher level gear.
- You can change the effectiveness level of each item.
- Hidden dark mines can appear for a short time.
- Every mine type has different materials, and blocks, and their size of change.
- All items go up in strength and rarity.
- Basic combat with enemies.
- You can clear the whole mine.
- Play how you want.
- Can replay any unlocked mines.
- Press a button once you have cleared so much of the mine to reset the blocks.
EternaMine Review Cons:
- Very slow starter.
- Cannot rebind controls for both the keyboard and the controller.
- It’s not until you unlock the random events that can happen like bombs, nukes, and enemies that the game is engaging.
- The level-up pop-up can be turned off but it would be better if it showed up in a better position otherwise if you turn it off you don’t see what rewards you get.
- No real graphics settings.
- So many upgrades and unlocks that you can miss stuff.
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EternaMine:
Developer: Seyloj
Publisher: Seyloj
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Summary
EternaMine is a mining-themed game with a simple yet addictive gameplay loop. you just need to mine blocks and sell them, to upgrade your gear, the value of blocks hit distance, bombs to help you, etc. EternaMine features decent pixel art graphics, controller support, and Steam achievements. It also has a download size of 303.49MB.
The controls are very simple – you can mine by clicking or holding down the button. Potions grant mining speed boosts, attack damage, and health. The main hub houses ships, quests, and tutorials, and there are three shops for health items, attacks/weapons, and mining.
EternaMine features four different types of mines (standard, deep, dark, and Eternal), each housing around twelve mines. Each mine type has different materials and blocks, and their size changes. The player can choose which unlocked mine to go into, and many block types vary in time to break and how much they are worth.
Leveling up rewards the player with gems and crystals, which are used for rarer and higher-level gear. The player can change the effectiveness level of each item, and all items increase in strength and rarity. EternaMine also features basic combat with enemies.
However, EternaMine has some drawbacks. It’s a very slow starter, and the controls cannot be rebound for both the keyboard and the controller. The level-up pop-up can be turned off, but it would be better if it showed up in a better position. There are no real graphics settings, and with so many upgrades and unlocks, you can miss stuff.
Overall, EternaMine seems to offer a lot of depth and replayability, with a clear and easy-to-read HUD, an inventory system, and excellent yet basic animations. It’s like an interactive idler where you are just improving the stats of everything incrementally. Despite its slow start and some minor issues, it’s highly addictive and allows you to play how you want.
