Ever Oasis Reviews
You can spend your time in Ever Oasis if you do not mind a simple combat system, an emphasis on management of resources and at the end of the game - grind. Interesting puzzles in the dungeons, nice characters and symbolism enrich the overall concept, but in the second half of game I often catched myself thinking that what is happening on the screen gradually begins to make me bored, even despite the powerful atmosphere and visual performance.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Packing both a management and an exploration component, Ever Oasis will keep players busy and entertained for very long hours thanks to its progression, fun combat and variety of enemies that will be encountered throughout its well extended moments. While the exploration component may not live up to the entirety of its expectations, this is still a very enjoyable game that will absorb its players into very dense moments.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Ever Oasis is a queerly engrossing game that melds subpar yet thoughtful town management and puzzle RPG elements into a one-of-a-kind adventure.
With a heart-warming storyline that exudes charm and love, Ever Oasis is a stunning title in stereoscopic 3D. What it lacks in customisation and build, it makes up for in dungeon exploration. It just needs more substance to create the RPG simulation package that Animal Crossing and Mystery Dungeon fans crave. It’s like Pusheen; a bit lazy but really damn cute.
Despite its clever concept, quality combat, enjoyable ARPG gameplay, and attractive art direction, Ever Oasis gets buried beneath a series of small but grating missteps. Another engaging adventure on the 3DS, but one that'll quickly be lost to the sands of time.
A charming and often inventive mix of Animal Crossing and Zelda, that lacks depth but not ambition.
Yet with little actual challenge to speak of, Ever Oasis doesn't have much going for it. There aren't any tricky enemies to ward off, and the town-building simulation is shallow. It's the combination of several other genres whose best games are far, far, far more worth playing than this one. In its attempt to crib from the best, Ever Oasis never establishes its own identity.
It fares best when it escapes the environs of your oasis and delves into its all-too-rare puzzled-filled dungeons.
Just deserts.
Ever Oasis is an intriguing blend of genres that serves as an interesting proof of concept, but is far too bland and repetitive to be a classic of the ARPG genre.
Even though it released in a year full of major blockbusters, this little game ended up stealing my heart.