# Way of Retribution: Awakening — user reviews > 162 indexed App Store user reviews of Way of Retribution by Vladislav Kolesnikov, rated 3.40/5 from 78 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/way-of-retribution-awakening/id1510107382/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/way-of-retribution-awakening/id1510107382.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 32 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of Way of Retribution? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Dark Souls-inspired gameplay and mechanics - 🎨 Good graphics and visual design - 🆓 Free-to-play model - 🗺️ Exploration-based world without auto-play - ⚔️ Engaging combat system - 📱 Solid mobile souls-like experience - 🎯 Multiple character classes and playstyles **Cons** - ⏱️ Input delay affecting combat responsiveness - 🐢 Slow character movement speed - 🎮 Clunky and unresponsive controls - 💸 Pay-to-win mechanics and monetization - 🔄 Excessive grinding required for progression - 🎮 Poor hitbox detection - 🔌 Online connectivity issues - 🗺️ Confusing level design and navigation - 💥 Frequent crashes and freezing - 🎨 Unpolished gameplay mechanics - 🎪 Repetitive enemy AI - ⚠️ Lack of proper tutorials and guidance - 🎭 Minimal story and narrative **Commonly reported bugs** - Input lag between button press and character response - Game crashes during loading screens - Login authentication failures - Character data deletion after updates - Healing items disappear after teleporting - Falling through terrain/ground glitches - Outdated version error preventing gameplay - Login bar UI partially missing - Character creation UI issues - Invisible terrain objects - Game freezes at startup - Controller mapping not functioning properly - Save data not syncing with Apple account - Incompatibility with older iOS devices - Weapon enchantment destruction without warning - Equipment reset without notification **Most requested features** - Restore offline gameplay mode - Improve character movement speed - Add difficulty modes (normal/hard/souls-like) - Implement proper controller button mapping - Add horse or mount system for faster travel - Reduce in-game item prices - Add climb mechanic for terrain navigation - Implement quest markers or location guidance - Add more spell variety for mage class - Improve gamepad compatibility - Add clan/guild system - Implement proper tutorials - Add PvP arena and restrictions - Restore character data after updates - Add more diverse enemy AI ## Newest reviews (17 of 162) ### 3/5 — Waste Of Time *2025-11-04, version 4.504* The character creation Ui needs improvement and the characters fighting response time is horrible, When in battle even if you press dodge to avoid an attack from an Npc if you attacking you need to finish the move before able to dodge and the hit boxes are to bad. They need to be shrunk more and improve certain movements better.mechanics ### 3/5 — Wor *2025-08-29, version 4.492* Dont play this game the game kicked me off and asked me to update it when I did last night I gave this game a 3/5 bc of that ### 2/5 — Lag issue that would be lovely to fix *2025-07-22, version 4.410* Hello, Cool souls-like game so far! Seems fun so far (not sure about the grind and such) but there is an issue I would like to be addressed. There is a lag between input and your character attacking. This makes rolling and attacking a second late and kind of ruins the experience for me. Makes me less inclined to keep playing a game that otherwise seems fun to play. As I see the developer did make an update a month ago, I would love an update on this core mechanic. Also, the estus or healing potion won’t refill after teleporting. It just disappears and no longer is in the inventory. Thank you! ### 3/5 — Logging in issue *2025-05-31, version 4.260* Haven’t been able to login into the game in while it was pretty fun to play every now and again ### 4/5 — It’s pretty good for a mobile game *2024-09-23* I know it’s made with unity, but I mean there’s just some small boats but really it’s kind of good on graphics. I mean come on it’s unity but overall it’s a good game. ### 5/5 — Дарк соул на телефон *2024-09-03, version 4.214* Хорошая музыка, в меру большие локации и большое количество игроков, то что надо! ### 5/5 — Отличная игра *2024-08-22, version 4.214* Затягивает сильно, много хороших идей, по началу есть сюжетная линия, потом идет упор на прокачку, чтобы можно было конкурировать с другими игроками. ### 5/5 — nice game *2024-08-01, version 4.214* it is a good game for those who like dark soul! Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Satisfatório *2024-07-04* Jogo realmente incrível e leve muito leve! Séria realmente bom se as lutas fossem mais dinâmicas, porque traz melhor a game play podendo superar muito jogos, jogo simples e divertido é os gráficos estão ótimos e os personagens também! ### 5/5 — 🥹🥹🥹 *2024-06-07, version 4.194* Игрулька топ❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Awesome dark fantasy style game *2024-05-22, version 4.194* So fun and great graphics when you tinker with the settings ### 5/5 — Miracle *2024-05-17, version 4.194* Игра очень хорошая, прохождение, оружие, вары и так далее, вообщем 5/5 ### 5/5 — Похвала разрабам *2024-05-12, version 4.194* Игра топ, советую всем в нее играть, шикарный геймплей, стиль игры очень сильно поглощает в себя, игра на высоте, рекомендую!!!! ### 4/5 — One problem *2024-04-29, version 4.194* Please make the character faster. Also, can you make it so that you can’t travel to not unlocked flame shrines. Also, Legion and Astral Wyvern bosses need nerfing ### 4/5 — Great game *2024-04-01, version 4.194* This is a great game for those who like dungeon hatch and slash ### 5/5 — Суперская игра *2024-03-24, version 4.194* Обновления супер, отличная графика, играть одно удовольствие 🔥. Очень увлекательно, пойду играть дальше 🔥. ### 5/5 — Love this game *2024-03-22* Looks like dark souls I loved I play for much time and now I come back!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — И че б, почему не могу зайти *2025-08-29, version 4.494* Обновил игру, не могу играть, не заходит просто ### 1/5 — Полный кал *2024-06-10, version 4.194* Игра просто кал простите меня но после взятия 28 уровня вам не дадут играть более перекачанный или донатные игроки будут приходить к вам и убивать вас с 1 удара комьюнити ужастное ### 1/5 — Scam do not play *2024-05-16, version 4.194* In the beginning of the game you get wr coins I spent mine to upgrade a helmet that used the wr coins to get as well helmet was destroyed but don’t worry it’s fine just spend some real money to get more wr coins and you can waste your time again. Takes to long to level up you get no xp just about like 0.1 or 0.2 and the only way to level up is do the abyss each day which is like a daily thing but it still gives you bare minimum that it could. And it gets extremely challenging to where you try to spend money so my friend spent 18$ to make his character stronger and it gave him nothing. And get this the game used to be pretty popular until the developers updated the game and Changed the max level from 93 to 50 and dropped all the max level players to level 1 🤭. Me and my friend are going to find something else on the App Store. Oh and the developers are probably going to hide this review to make the game look good to get more people to waste there time on this garbage and scam them while there at it please anyone who reads this review don’t play this junky scam it looks fun until it wants your wallet. Update they deleted all my character’s progress oof🤣 i don’t care play dark souls 3 instead or dark souls 1 or 2 or elden ring sekiro lords of the fallen 2 mortal shell or a mobile souls game like Pascal’s wager. 0/10. ### 1/5 — Very lag server with brazil *2024-03-20* I am brazilian player, very lag server very very lag ### 1/5 — Don’t Play This Game *2023-09-19, version 4.166* You deleted my accounts you weak minded losers. ### 1/5 — I can’t even login *2023-08-31, version 4.165* I been trying to login for a month and when I do half of the login bar is missing. I can’t scroll down to make it appear ### 1/5 — Offline *2023-05-19, version 4.104* Cant play offline anymore. Poggers ### 1/5 — Обновите не могу зайти в игру *2023-04-19, version 4.007* При подключении пишет что клиент игры устарел ### 1/5 — Треш. *2023-04-10, version 4.007* Большие локации и абсолютно пустые, на которых разбросаны НПС, как будто зашёл в ВОВ в кастомку поиграть… О балансе разработчик видимо вообще не слышал ничего. В общем время идёт, а игра меняется только в худшую сторону, оффлайна нет, ты вынужден играть с пингом. Игра ни то, что не на день, она даже не на час… ### 1/5 — Проблемы с подключением *2023-03-31, version 4.007* В офф игра не работает, при подключении к серверу пишет « связь с сервером не установлена , либо потеряна» ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — . *2026-06-26, version 4.504* I like open world old school rpg its in mobile too ### 5/5 — Лучшая мморпг на телефон *2026-06-06, version 4.504* Крутая игруха, нет автобоя. Всегда возвращаюсь когда ломаю шмотки) ### 5/5 — Шедевр на века *2026-03-23, version 4.504* Атмосфера и настроение ощущаемое в игре превосходит ожидания. Словами игру не описать, любовь с первого мгновения. ### 5/5 — Да в целом норма *2026-01-07, version 4.504* Играть можно, в целом интересно. Если любите долго фармить, это для вас)) ### 5/5 — Кайф *2025-08-24, version 4.410* Одна из лучших игр жанра, последняя обнова выше всех похвал, новые квесте, новые локации, новые данжи, и много всего улучшено старого😍 я в восторге) ### 5/5 — My GAME FREEZES AT BEGINNING *2025-05-03, version 4.260* MY GAME FREEZES AT BEGINNING LOOKS LIKE A GREAT GAME THO🕺🏽🎉🎊😈🥶🤬 ### 5/5 — 💪 *2024-10-29, version 4.260* Хорошая игра ### 5/5 — language *2024-10-26, version 4.260* I hope to add the Arabic language ### 5/5 — ХеллБаунти *2024-10-15, version 4.260* Игра очень интересна затягивает не на минуту, а на пару часов, из минуса только шанс точки, а так остальное по красоте еж же ### 5/5 — PussyMother *2024-09-15, version 4.214* The game is awesome, I hang out for several hours a day --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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