# 9th Dawn II — user reviews > 135 indexed App Store user reviews of 9th Dawn II by Valorware LTD, rated 3.80/5 from 77 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/9th-dawn-ii/id1076717689/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/9th-dawn-ii/id1076717689.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 42 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of 9th Dawn II? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Deep, engaging old-school RPG gameplay - 💰 No IAP or pay-to-win mechanics - 🌍 Massive open world to explore - ⚔️ Flexible character customization and skill trees - 📚 Hundreds of hours of content - 👩 Gender character choice option - 🎵 Good soundtrack and sound effects - 🏆 Challenging, rewarding combat system - 🎯 Throwback to classic Ultima/Diablo style games - 👤 Made by dedicated solo developer **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes on various devices - 🎮 Clunky touch screen controls - 🗺️ No zoomable world map - 🗺️ No dungeon maps or navigation aids - ⏱️ Extremely fast enemy respawn rates - 🚶 Excessive walking and backtracking - ⌨️ Character name input freezes game - 🔋 High battery drain and device heating - 📊 Unbalanced class mechanics (mage overpowered) - ⚡ Low frame rates and performance issues - ❌ No pause option in gameplay - 🎯 Poor on-screen combat feedback - 🧩 Pixel-perfect jumping mechanics too difficult - 📱 Screen rotation not supported - 🎨 Dated graphics quality - 🔧 Incomplete features (crafting system) **Commonly reported bugs** - Character name input screen freezes on iOS 10 and newer - Game crashes after character creation - Crashes on iPad 2 and older devices - Crashes when low battery warning appears - Crashes when opening app or during gameplay - Save file corruption at high levels - Skeleton boss AI stuck (unresponsive) - Sound effects and music don't play on iPad Pro - Glitchy item drop/use interface - Enemy AI chases indefinitely across areas - Enemies respawn with full health after area transitions - Friendly AI doesn't engage enemies - Game stutters and drops frames frequently - Performance issues on older devices - Music stops when moving between map areas - Keyboard doesn't appear for character naming **Most requested features** - Zoomable world map - Dungeon maps that reveal as you explore - Teleportation spell or fast travel system - Pause option during gameplay - Controller support for TV play via AirPlay - Character animation for walking/running - In-game pause menu without closing app - Item comparison between inventory and equipped gear - Quest log improvements with completion tracking - Dungeon quest markers - Russian language translation - Spanish language translation - French language translation - Better item interaction indicators - Rebalanced dungeon difficulty - Mana regeneration improvements - Crafting system completion - Weapon upgrade system - Character stat display (attack, defense values) - Screen rotation support - Manual/guide documentation - Multiplayer implementation ## Newest reviews (13 of 135) ### 3/5 — Needs serious QOL updates to be playable *2022-04-01* While this is a great game with lots of depth, a lot of things make it very difficult to enjoy. The pixelated map can't be zoomed in, which makes it useless if I want to use it to navigate. The respawn timer is way too fast, causing enemies to respawn while I'm still in the bloody dungeon, with no option to change it. The joystick controls are also difficult to use on a touch screen without something to indicate where I'm pointing. Since this game mostly likely won't be getting updates in the future, we best I can give is a 3. ### 3/5 — まぁまぁ *2021-05-31* 楽しめてはいるけども、英語がわからないこととに加えて洞窟がとにかく面倒です。探検は好きだけども、敵のエンカウント率が多い上に死んでも直ぐに生き返るというかまた現れたりで、攻撃しても意味がないといった感じです。でも、湧き上がって出てくるので出口掴めないと必ず死にます。操作性がとにかく悪く、攻撃が毎回イライラしていました。矢が空振りで終わったら拾うのに、世界観がダーク過ぎて矢も小さく見えづらいので、回収が出来ない。矢の回収の際に、見えやすいようにしてほしい。あと敵のエンカウント率を抑えてほしい。とにかくジャンプがやりづらくて、イライラしてました。アイテムもほとんど売るばかりなので、使いようがない。いろんなところが惜しいといった作品ですが、購入して現在チマチマ楽しんでいます ### 2/5 — Is it me? *2021-04-23* Okay i dont mind the dodgy graphics 8 bit style graphics. I mean, given the amount of work that obviously went into this game, why not animate the legs of your player character? Anyway i like old school and this is retro in a good way. The sound is cool too. The problem is, and it could be me but you get to the second section and dungeons become a nightmare of death. I spent hours building my character but the respawning mobs just slowly ground you down. Not helped by the poor on screen controls which make combat a bit sketchy. It detracts badly from what could be a great old school game. Rebalance those dungeons a bit and you got a great game..heck i’d even forgive the legs! ### 4/5 — Please add Russia language *2021-03-18* Исправлю на 5 как перевод будет, люблю такие игры ### 4/5 — Idioma *2021-03-15* Le falta el idioma español y sería un juegazo ### 2/5 — More negative aspects sadly *2021-03-13* This game is a Classic rpg but still lacks features most should have. The game does not point out which items can be interacted with and which can not. There are numerous boxes and pots around you, which do nothing if you attack them. Not rpg like. It took me 30 mins to realize that the things on the floor were „trophies“ left by killed enemies and that I could pick them up. The major flaw however is the broken AI. Enemies chase you until forever, and I mean forever. The only way to stop that is either kill them, or enter a staircase or jump over a gap if the enemies can’t fly. Some do. Now there are a few staircases in the game but once you enter the health of the enemy you left behind gets restored while yours doesn’t. Also the Enemy now stays at the other side. So it’s basically spawn camping you. Also if you lead creatures to friendly AIs they don’t do anything - which makes no sense at all. Like there is a demon flying through a castle and it seems the guards don’t care. Once youre dead the demon is gone like thin air. I would say wait for an update but since the last one was 4 years ago this game is sadly dead. ### 4/5 — 未完成品と言ってもいい出来だが個人的には大好きなゲーム。 *2020-09-11* 続編はなんとか完成させて出して欲しい。 ### 3/5 — Briefly fun, but incomplete *2019-11-19* In short, this is an old-school RPG mixed with a twin stick shooter. Fun to pick up and play for a bit but ultimately incomplete and missing many quality of life features present in modern games. Pick it up as a time killer but don’t expect to finish it. ### 3/5 — Painful *2019-11-03* Could of been a 5 Star but the lack of knowing where you are and what you are doing and the sad lack of fast travel really gimps what should be a amazing game ### 4/5 — 재밌는데 *2019-10-26* 방향조작할때 확대가 눌려서 짱나요 한글화도 했으면 좋겠어요 ### 4/5 — Maps & quests *2019-05-01, version 1.76* Needs in cave maps & quest markers ### 2/5 — Starts out fun, but quickly becomes a grind... *2019-03-11* The most annoying aspect of this game is the insanely high Respawn rate of monsters. You can barely get through an area before the monsters all reappear... If the recharge rate of your mana were as high as the Respawn rate that wouldn’t be so bad...but it’s nowhere near where it needs to be, so you are often running away waiting for mana to recharge in order to kill mobs you just finished killing! Annoying and frustrating.. ### 2/5 — Huge Potential...BUT *2018-12-09* This game suffers from something most hardcore games suffer from, which is the development staff supports one or two types of gameplay. Clearly the devs favor range and more specifically magic, which is foolish for a game where 1/3 of the game is melee, and some people really enjoy getting into close fights to get more into the battle instead of shooting from nearly off the screen to kill enemies. If you choose melee in this game you will be fleeing constantly or chasing monsters that just move out of your attacks, which take forever to land with melee. It’s nearly 1 second to attack with melee weapons which seems quick but is way too long when the devs made the enemies flee from you constantly. Again, it comes back to development bias or preference. I’ll roll a range or magic character and will update my review accordingly, but at least two stars get knocked off for poor combat design with close encounters. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Impossible to create a new game *2025-09-30* When entering a character name for a new single player game the game becomes unresponsive. It’s impossible to play a game without entering a name and so this game I’d useless unless this is fixed. Workaround: If you have a keyboard case (or any Bluetooth keyboard) you can enter the name without issue. ### 1/5 — I love this game buuut… *2025-07-28* I wish it would get an update to fix this one game breaking bug. Unfortunately the game crashes every time, I try to type a name for a new character. This is on newest OS, iPhone 16 max. As I type this. Otherwise it’s a great game. ### 1/5 — 遊べない *2024-07-22* ゲームが強制終了しました。 ### 1/5 — Проходняк *2021-04-17* На пару часов убить время. Системы классов нет, скилы/спелы выдают автоматом при достижении необходимого набора атрибутов. В итоге всегда получается одинаковый персонаж - файтер в тяжелой броне с двумя топорами. Может себя хилить, остальные заклинания убогие. Выносит всю карту на 40 уровне. Телепорта или городских порталов нету, надо много ходить. Ну и карта не такая уж большая, за 3-4 часа обходится вся. Нет крафта, оружие не добавляет атрибутов, нельзя его апгрейдить. Нет данных персонажа с атакой, защитой, типа сам считай по одетым шмоткам. В общем игра вроде и доделана, но геймплей вообще никакой. ### 1/5 — Too difficult, for design reasons not game play reasons *2019-07-10* - no zoomable map - cannot compare items between inventory and equipped, or inventory and gifted - quest log is sparse at best, relying on manual notes - jumping mechanism is laughably bad and pixel perfect - endless walking and retreading would be OK if locations were not huge - no game pause in menu means annoying surprise deaths - COMMAND controls removed from publisher website so you cannot hack out of glitches and unsolvable maps - gameplay, dialogue and skills tree fun and engaging, all for £2, the game plays fine on a phone screen balance is fair, puzzles are tough enough to test you, but... see all of the above ### 1/5 — 9th Dawn 2 *2019-01-22, version 1.76* I have an iPad and when I put in a Name it just locks up. Developer does not support ### 1/5 — Broken for iPad Pro *2018-10-21, version 1.76* Sound effects and music don’t place. Unable to drop or use items as the interface is glitchy. As a result this game is unfortunately unplayable. Please address or refund. ### 1/5 — ふざけんな *2018-04-25* 入力画面でOK押した後にフリーズする はよ修正しろ ### 1/5 — 15 miutes of attempted jumping and it was deleted *2018-01-14, version 1.76* Seemily random algorithm for jumping. After 15 minutes of attempting to jump across ditches,trying every variable, it got deleted. Enjoy my $1.99 developer. ### 1/5 — Fun till it glitches out and your save corrupts *2017-12-18* Countless hours of mind numbing game play. Was fun - this game has a few major glitches - like the one level you get to and the skeleton boss just sits there and never fights you, and you can’t fight him, and then your stuck there with no way of getting back out.... or when you’ve played long enough to get your character up around level 91 and then the save state corrupts and the game just freezes upon load. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 환불 부탁드립니다 *2022-09-21* 모바일로는 멀티가 안되는줄 몰랐어요 ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2022-01-09* Perfect ### 5/5 — Thanks for allowing gender choice *2021-05-26* A lot of roguelike rpg games only have male characters. As a female I really appreciate the game designer. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2021-05-15* A no nonsense classic RPG. Pay once and get the whole game, none of that IAP nonsense. Keep making these ### 5/5 — Вымирающий вид *2021-03-13* Графика, конечно, родом из прошлого века, зато есть нормальный синглплеер и нет назойливого рекламно-донатного"попрошайничества". К сожалению, в нынешнее время, подобные игры впору в Красную книгу заносить. ### 5/5 — This game is amazing *2020-02-18* I really love this game is amazing how you explore the world and fight your way out of things if there's a dlc I well pay anything for it ### 5/5 — わからない *2019-11-30* ストーリーを進めたら最初の街の人達が何も喋ってくれなくなりました。どうやったら治りますか？ ### 5/5 — Outstanding RPG Experience *2019-09-16* I’m posting this specifically for Valorware in hopes they’ll see it...could you PLEASE add controller support for those of us who want to play it on our TVs using AirPlay...even if you just add support for left & right analog stick to control the movement please at the very least? Also the ability to simply flip the iPad/iPhone screen the other way? I know it seems trivial initially, but when you’re a 9th Dawn lover playing late night and the charging cord isn’t on the proper side of the bed IT’S SOUL CRUSHING! Lol Thanks! PS, I just posted a stellar review for the game on Metacritic in both the iOS and PC categories ;) ### 5/5 — Awesome Game *2019-07-12* This game is really good. It has a few small problems that are easy to ignore. I just wish I could zoom in on the world map for a better view. I like the lack of a map in dungeons, makes them difficult. Make another one! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2019-03-01, version 1.76* Super fun old school rpg. 👍🏼 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-24.*