Orna Reviews

"Orma" is a game that presents a significant imbalance during the early stages, especially up to level 100. One of the most glaring issues is the scarcity of resources, making it extremely difficult for new players to progress. Despite grinding for over 20 days, it’s common to find that you still haven’t gathered enough resources to complete even one of the beginner quests. This kind of experience can be frustrating and discouraging for new players who are still learning the game mechanics.

It feels as though the developers are focusing on catering to the needs of long-time players, possibly neglecting the fact that fresh players need a smoother and more rewarding early game experience. Veteran players may have access to resources accumulated over months or even years, making it easier for them to breeze through quests. However, for new players, the grind is disproportionate to the rewards, creating a steep difficulty curve that can be off-putting.

If "Orma" expects to retain new players, the beginning experience needs to be better balanced. Initial quests shouldn’t be so heavily weighted against players who haven’t invested months of time. Instead, there should be more accessible paths to resource gathering or more reasonable quest requirements, allowing newcomers to feel a sense of accomplishment and progression without being bogged down by a seemingly endless grind.

I am level 170 - battlemage. After passing level 150, I have found it is extremely difficult to level up. It takes months...MONTHS. With the new updates, the creators have made it that much harder to move up. This upsets me because there are many EXTREMELY strong players that have moved up easily without the new updates. How will I ever catch up to them??!!?! I have to earn 250,000 Orns to move up; I’m at 600,000. It’s taken MONTHS to move up to 600,000. I continuously - every day -participate in raids, upgrade equipment, battle dungeons, and participate in arena battles...this barely does a thing. I believe it’s time to quit. The this app creators has made it WAY too difficult to level up. There’s no motivation anymore. I mean...you have to upgrade 2000 items for 1/10 of the this app you’d need to move up a class. It’s silly town now. Very disappointed. PLEASE, CREATORS...CHANGE THIS! Make it easier to move up. Example: consider battling 2000 monsters every 250,000 orns OR 250 bosses = 2509 orns. I do like that it’s much easier to upgrade equipment, but dude...it doesn’t count for anything. Help the higher ups out!

I do like the game, but after lvl 170, it takes so long to lvl up, and you really stand no chance of owning pvp territory until you reach lvl 225 and can level up the best gear. Whats a bit more frustrating is that the game has an option where it will record your steps to give you additional rewards, but it doesn’t work. Ive got mine set to collect location data while im not using it and it often fully shuts down on its own and never records anything. The feature doesn’t even work. I like the game, i do, but i often fall out of this game and come back months later because it becomes boring and repetitive the more i play it. If the game worked as intended, it might actually give me a reason to stay. But unless you activate double xp and also find an xp shrine then play it nonstop on a train for 8hrs a day fighting only bosses for their xp, while equipping all your xp bonus gear; your going to be trapped at the same lvl tier for a lifetime. (Yes i did that.) If your wondering why im still playing it, its for friends; but even they are at a lower lvl than me and have been playing for far longer.

I've adored this game for several years now. It's engaging, there's a lot of quests and events as well as an active community. My main issue is the lack of a world map. I understand that part of the fun is supposed to be blindly exploring but if you live in an area that isn't walking friendly like I do, it's really difficult to start going somewhere without a set destination in mind. My main issue is when I accept a job at an inn and don't finish it until days later. In which case I need to return to the inn to complete it but my only clue on its whereabouts are the general distance in meters and an arrow showing its general direction from my current location. It's not practical to just blindly walk until I get there if its across a forest or major highway that I'm not aware of until its in front of me. A world map would be incredibly helpful (it doesn't even have to have undiscovered points of interest) to just be able to plan out my journey ahead of time which would actually make going to inns demonforges, dungeons, and alchemists significantly easier. Even just free map movement that just allows you to see within a couple miles of your current location would be incredibly helpful.

this app is an amazing mobile game for those of us who grew up playing final fantasy 1 or dragon warrior. I would give it 5 stars but it still needs a little work, the daily quests are nearly impossible to complete let alone finish about half, it will give you a quest to kill a number of specific monsters, and I played 4-5 hours one day and never saw a single monster of a couple of the quests I wanted to finish. Today I got a couple quests to kill some monsters I see all of the time, I’ve played two hours and they haven’t popped up. I hope someone important to the game reads this so they can address this issue. It’s a mobile game, please don’t expect us to be able to spend 6 hours a day on our phone while at work, give us daily’s that are more realistic to accomplish within an hour or two. Other than that it’s a great game, lots of viable skills and classes to earn, grind away to find that perfect weapon drop. It’s fun, I hope it gets better.

This is a great game you don’t even need to leave your house to do alot of it. Obviously walking or traveling will get you better stuff. You can even play as a passenger in a fast moving vehicle just killing bosses if you want. My main issues is the map is not correct i mean we have large bodies of water near us and even one of the rivers a few miles away does not show up so you can not fish there. One river we can fish at if you drive 2 miles up its just gone and looks like regular land again. I just wish the water ways and forest and such was updated to make some of the in game activities easier to access. Every thing else about this game is pretty great so far and way better then pokemon go or monster hunter now and Jurassic world alive. THIS IS THE BEST GPS GAME I HAVE PLAYED SO FAR. Plus as a added bonus there is no need to make in app purchases to progress

I’ve been playing this app regularly for about 3 months now and I feel it deserves the utmost praise. It’s a simple formula honestly: a high-fantasy themed location based rpg with intuitive and fast turn based combat. The premise alone intrigued me, and it wholly met my expectations. But what I didn’t expect was how flexible this games play style is. Is this app a game you can sink hours into; grinding and upgrading gear to min max your character to reach end game content? You absolutely can! Is this app a game you can play casual at your own pace without being competitively obligated to play any other way? Yes! Ornas strength lies in it’s accessibility and was/is (still constantly receiving updates) developed around the players experience. Give this game a try.

Ive been playing this app off and on for about 2 years, and i’ve got to say it’s come a long way. Many negative reviews of this game come from years back, however the game has made many improvements to balancing out PvP and the grind. You can get to the second highest tier in less than a week if you play constantly. Likewise, you can take your time and enjoy each tier, it’s all up to you and how much time you want to invest.

Game is COMPLETELY free, anything you can spend money on is optional and solely there to give the dev’s support. There’s no premium currency, no pay-locked classes (technically there are, however they are extremely weak and useless to most players) and the community is friendly.

So I’ve been playing this app for only ONE day and I’ve learned a lot already such as if you fight in arena 5 times and win all of them you get up to level 30 in an instant then you have to fight monsters that are level 10-1 but that’s not all because the only way to get Orns is by doing quests or challenges because the monsters only drop 2-11 so you can’t rely on killing monsters to get Orns for the class change so if the game developers read this please make it harder to level up at the beginning or lower the xp you get from arena at the beginning because I’m almost half the level of my brother and he’s been playing the game for 2 years but other then that the game is quite enjoyable so I give 5 stars

I’ve really enjoyed playing this game over the last month, which for a Mobile game that is rather unusual for me.

I think the greatest aspect of this game is that you can enjoy it fully regardless of your mobility or play style vs most other geo-games. Monsters will constantly spawn at your location and time gated progress is very limited (gear upgrades, regaining mana/health if you don’t have potions, just those sorts of things).

It is also refreshing to see that the micro transactions don’t have a huge effect on the game, just a few classes are available there that can’t be earned, but they are just mirrors of some of the in-game ones that will just save you currency early on.

The game is also functional while driving, also unlike some geo-games, so it makes road trips and long commutes pretty fun.

I think the most difficult thing is the learning curve unless you’re used to old style games where you need to kill a lot of monsters and keep plenty of potions and upgrade your gear when possible, each tier (every 25 levels or so) you move up to can be difficult unless you prepare for it.

All in All, the game has earned its 5 stars, it deserves more popularity than it currently has.

I have never written a review before but this game deserves all the praise. I’ve been playing this app about 8 months and I adore this game. The developers do an amazing job of updating and adding new content consistently. You can pay to get extra boosts but they are limited and you actually have to PLAY the game to get ahead. While the leveling is more challenging the higher you advance there are raid bosses you can attack to gain needed experience. this app is my ultimate go to game .I’m a housewife and I have my whole family playing it’s that good! Even if you don’t travel a lot you can access wayvessel to defeat other enemies. I can not express how amazing this game is if you’re considering downloading this game Definitely do it you’ll love it as much as I do.

I downloaded the game a few months ago and I’m a lvl 156 battle mage. The game is very fun and engaging and (sometimes) can burn through my phone battery unless I disable animations, but otherwise it is pretty awesome. There’s even a discord where you can talk to the literal creator of the game and many others who play the game. I honestly don’t get why people are claiming that the game is “TOO HARD” and that “leveling up is impossible, because the thing is it’s not impossible, it’s just difficult to level up at higher levels for a reason so people don’t just rocket up to the highest tier possible and start complaint for more. It brings a challenge and actually makes it so the game requires thinking and dedication because sometimes you have to grind for experience, items, orns (the in game currency), or for gold. Overall, this app is a great game if you are looking to invest your time and dedication in it.

Grinding something out for a hour or two shouldn’t be this much fun. It’s not something your going to find yourself playing all day (or maybe you will!) but it’s incredible to visit new places IRL and at the SAME time be visiting a new place in the game with a vendor you’ve never seen, or a new npc to take quests from, or this massive town that looks so cool but you can’t do anything with it so you work harder to advance levels so you can. A true gem amongst Orna Store. My ONLY complaint is I just don’t see many mobs around my lvl. It’s somewhere like a 80/20 split for mobs that are 60 lvls under me to around my lvl of 170. Ik there are items that fix this temporarily like the occult candle but a slight sliiiiight change in the ratio would be greatly appreciated 👍🏻

The cash shop is only cosmetics, item packs, dungeon keys. The latter two being obtainable in-game already. Those things alone nets this 5 stars imo.

Anyway I love the idea of GPS games and this is a nice take on it. It feels like a real RPG world that’s just based around where you are. There are shops and quest givers all over and they are static. Like at my job there is a quest giver nearby but I have to go back to him at my job to turn in the quest (I think, I haven’t completed it yet). I think the whole idea of having static stuff like that is really cool. You can build your own town which is great. It’s expensive (in-game gold) so I haven’t really started yet. Also my home has so many shops near me already so idk if I need to build more.

I’m very new so I’m not too sure what I’m doing and the game is very grindy so far. I enjoy grinding though so it’s fine for me. I’m just not entirely sure what else I should be doing.

Overall it’s a fantastic little GPS RPG. You level up, get gear from monsters and bosses, upgrade your class, try out dungeons (haven’t done that yet I don’t have enough keys) and play in the arena against other player. Definitely try it if you enjoyed something like Pokemon Go. I got burnt out on that game because there wasn’t really anything engaging to do. This game is the opposite. I really feel like I’m progressing.

They took pretty much everything that made pkmgo and other gps games good, and made it better. There’s always monsters to fight as there’s a minimum always spawned. Theres never a shortage of shops to buy and sell inventory. However there is no player trading, though the general consensus among the community is that it’s not needed/ will break the game. It does take some work leveling in the higher levels, but use your xp potions, join an active kingdom and get those raids in. Easy to pick up and put down, though nothing to stop you from grinding to your hearts content. The tiniest bit of p2w I guess in the sense of arena and dungeon tokens, which can be relatively lucrative, though just watch those shops cuz you can buy them both w gold. If you’re clinically addicted to gaming and always need something to play that’s in depth but super casual at the same time, this is the game for you!

I personally love the game. It has so much to do and I love the idea of a Geo RPG. One thing that I would love is maybe a way to give things to fellow party members or friends (with a level requirement for the recipient depending on the star rating and maybe the level of the item(s)). Otherwise I love the game. Ok i’ve edited my review to say that another thing to add is party members having the ability to access town halls. (class/subclass idea: monk. boosted dexterity. weapon(s) of choice would be unarmed combat (which would be buffed for the monk) and/or gauntlets. the monk would be might have a skill that gives a higher chance of dodging an attack that turn and if they do, they use their own attack.) (Ok another suggestion. Please add the ability to change the way you are referred to by the game. By that I mean whether feminine or masculine terms are used for you. For example, duke/duchess, lord/lady, baron/baroness, as well as pronouns.)

I have played a lot of games like this (Pokémon go) and none have compared to this game. This game has so much to do! Not only can you slay your local beasts, but you can found a kingdom and build it up! Fight in the arena to test your skills against other player, or push through the gauntlet of monsters and get INSANE prizes at the end! You can build shops and blacksmiths to upgrade your gear. And another plus heading your way.. you can adopt an animal to help you fight. Yea.

Now I know what your thinking.. “WHAT THIS GAME SOUNDS AMAZING THERE HAS TI BE A CATCH?!” Well you are correct, there is a catch. You will get overly addicted like me and next thing you know, you will put your phone down, have a wife/husband and 3 kids and you’ll live in the Bahamas. So if you play this game, you will have all the necessary things to have a beautiful life in the Bahamas. Somehow idk. So if you do play this game, may the orns be ever in your favor.

This is the best game I’ve ever played on a phone. I did not expect to get this addicted to the game. There is so much content and you will get lost. Don’t give up. I’ve met some really cool people as well in my kingdom. I really do love this game. I only started earlier this year but I’m hooked. I keep it open like most of the day. It helps my wife and I go outside, gives us something to do together. What’s nice is that somehow this game doesn’t feel like a chore. I’ve noticed with a lot of phone games it’s ‘complete this task today 1,2,3’ it gets old and outdated. I never feel like that with this game. Also, in app purchases are not mandatory to play the game which is huge. I feel like they need to do better marketing because I’m blown away that more people do not know about this game. 10 out of 10 for me. Also, wanted to add, you can not compare this game to Pokémon go. This game is completely out of the league of Pokémon go. No comparison. This game is what Pokémon go wishes it was.

The UI in this game already caught my eye. For a pixel art game, y’all didn’t pull punches making things look clean and smooth. Love to see that you don’t need to pay any money to actually play this game effectively. It’s a grind, but it’s a very rewarding grind at the end of the day. Gives you a reason to walk around town even if you don’t have anything planned to do that day. It’s also incredibly easy to play with one hand (unlike Pokémon Go) so I don’t feel like a dork walking around in public.

The issues? The only issues I’m hearing about are how long it takes to level past 150 and how the step counter doesn’t work when Orna is turned off sometimes. I haven’t personally encountered these issues. And the “grind” was what attracted me to this game in the first place. The gameplay loop isn’t overcomplicated, just takes time.

Tdlr; This game is worth your time! Highly recommend if you’ve even slightly enjoyed playing an old school rpg and wanted to play one that was the ultimate sandbox.

What an amazing game. I’ve always been a fan of turn based RPGs, and as time goes on, it’s harder to find game developers that want to stick to the formula that’s been working. This game 100% has the elements of classic turn based fighting, but with a great addition of modern influences. The geotracking aspect allows for a more intimate setting; letting players feel as if they’re actually engaging with the world around them. Odor is constantly listening to feedback and implementing community driven input. The use of discord to communicate with the Devs is truly a blessing compared to the way that most companies run their feedback/ community driven census. I highly recommend this to any classic RPG fan