Caravan Stories

 PlayStation 4
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4.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 4 out of 32
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  1. gnaleinad
    Mar 27, 2020
    3
    Don't get me wrong, I like the game.
    It is easy to play, cute characters and interesting stories.
    The art is what I like and the content is plenty. However, the game keeps hanging and lots of issues when playing. I am getting sick of all the waiting and restarting. My patience has reached the limit. Every day at least 3 times, in just 2 hours. The game is just too buggy. Gonna    Don't get me wrong, I like the game.
    It is easy to play, cute characters and interesting stories.
    The art is what I like and the content is plenty.

    However, the game keeps hanging and lots of issues when playing. I am getting sick of all the waiting and restarting. My patience has reached the limit.
    Every day at least 3 times, in just 2 hours.
    The game is just too buggy.

    Gonna stop wasting my time and play other games.    … Expand
  2. GamerZero
    Oct 2, 2019
    4
    For the first 30 hours I really enjoyed the game, the graphics, art style and character design is well done and it's my kind of game...however once you hit the grind wall when all the free stuff stops flowing in it becomes a chore to play because you're not really "playing" so much as you're frustrated trying to figure how you can possibly move ahead when there is no consistent way outsideFor the first 30 hours I really enjoyed the game, the graphics, art style and character design is well done and it's my kind of game...however once you hit the grind wall when all the free stuff stops flowing in it becomes a chore to play because you're not really "playing" so much as you're frustrated trying to figure how you can possibly move ahead when there is no consistent way outside of purchasing resources with real world money and that's something I'm rarely willing to do with F2P games because it's a never ending cycle of more more more.

    I do like the game though and if it were sold as a regular game without all the forced extreme grind I definitely would have purchased it.    … Expand
  3. DailyMegaGamer
    Jan 20, 2020
    1
    Game was fun at the start, but then got boring. Lots of grinding, P2W and tons of Microtransactions. BP don't mean jack in this game. You can have higher BP than your opponent, yet still get slaughtered. Some quests/character story quests you cannot do, because it want's you to do another character quest. This game will really make you rage. I strongly do not recommend it, if you areGame was fun at the start, but then got boring. Lots of grinding, P2W and tons of Microtransactions. BP don't mean jack in this game. You can have higher BP than your opponent, yet still get slaughtered. Some quests/character story quests you cannot do, because it want's you to do another character quest. This game will really make you rage. I strongly do not recommend it, if you are someone who rage breaks their things. Honestly I don't recommend it for anyone. Better games out there to play. Also another issue is the fact that there is nothing to look up if you are stuck on something. The web page does not tell you anything that you are needing to know, also there is no report option. All you can do is Blacklist. More stuff needs to happen with this game to make it a fun game. It would also be nice if you could find any type of information on google or whatever for when you are trying to look things up.… Expand
  4. Kaizer2
    Sep 10, 2019
    0
    Pathetic bug ridden mess, not only did it spend the majority of the launch day in "maintenance" but 2 hours after I have created a character I have yet to play the game. Plagued with freezing loading screens and more bugs than a rainforest. This game is not in a launch ready state, wait or pass entirely on this one. Up to you. EDIT: got in the game. Filled with micotransactons fromPathetic bug ridden mess, not only did it spend the majority of the launch day in "maintenance" but 2 hours after I have created a character I have yet to play the game. Plagued with freezing loading screens and more bugs than a rainforest. This game is not in a launch ready state, wait or pass entirely on this one. Up to you. EDIT: got in the game. Filled with micotransactons from character upgrade materials to gear. Base game offers very little other than fetch quests and even has an afk grinding feature. This game is not designed to be played, it's designed to pay your way like any other mobile trash out there, now available for PS4.… Expand
  5. kabukiooki
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    Once you get past the 5 minute+ initial loading screen, you are taken to character creation, except every text box that you need for useful information is blank. I created a character, not knowing what I was getting into since I had no info to go on. *crash* Restarted game, waited through the long load screen again. Blank text boxes. Another crash. Tried this over 10 times beforeOnce you get past the 5 minute+ initial loading screen, you are taken to character creation, except every text box that you need for useful information is blank. I created a character, not knowing what I was getting into since I had no info to go on. *crash* Restarted game, waited through the long load screen again. Blank text boxes. Another crash. Tried this over 10 times before uninstalling. I understand there will be issues at launch, but to release a game in that state is just not good. I was REALLY EXCITED to try this, and now I don't want to even go back to it.… Expand
  6. RuriGokou
    Oct 20, 2019
    2
    Clunky controls. Game plays itself. Too many empty achievements and tutorials. In the hour or so I played I felt like I couldn't go two second without being bombarded with tons of text messages explaining what things do. Very annoying and poor integration of game mechanics. Mobile game quality.
  7. Zakatalos
    Oct 10, 2019
    1
    Great game til you hit paywall around 30k bp. Wasted 3 weeks of my time. Now its either pay up or grind for weeks to make a very small amount of progress. I'll do dailies for awhile. Hope the change things.
  8. Artsfalcon
    Feb 22, 2020
    0
    The Good:
    The characters are fun and attractive.
    The story is wonderfully told through character interactions. The world is easy to care about. The Bad & UGLY: 1)The gaccha free to play model is horrific here with progression walls that can halt your development for months on end UNLESS you fork over hundreds if not thousands of dollars for gems. 2)The controls are GOD AWFUL in the    The Good:
    The characters are fun and attractive.
    The story is wonderfully told through character interactions.
    The world is easy to care about.
    The Bad & UGLY:
    1)The gaccha free to play model is horrific here with progression walls that can halt your development for months on end UNLESS you fork over hundreds if not thousands of dollars for gems.
    2)The controls are GOD AWFUL in the ps4 version. Even if you've mastered the controls, the server-side movement acknowledgement will have your back line characters careening off into harms way, IF they move at all. The difficult fights will need your characters to be position correctly and at the right moments and you'll lose a LOT of those fights to the controls, not the foe. I even tried attaching a mouse and keyboard. No luck. The game has next to no methods to command your team with mouse and keyboard even though it has options for their use. Nope. You can't click on a character or it's icon, then click or drag or anything to move it where you want to go as you'd expect in even the most basic mouse driven rpgs.
    3)The bugs in this game will astound you in how bad they are. Enemies appear then vanish then reappear. Then-- Surprise-- You're being attacked by nothing. Their are memory leaks that force you to reboot your ps4 if you want even a smidgeon of stability. zoning from one zone to another will sometimes(usually at the worst time) disconnect you from the server. Precious gold-giving monsters will vanish from the map... causing you to waist the limited 5 minute daily gold ticket. Quest-markers will fail to prioritize after you've asked them to be prioritized-- Making an already clunky quest system even clunkier.
    4) The Enemies CHEAT. capturable monsters use abilities that disappear from their movelists after you've caught them. Monsters cast spells when they;ve been silenced. Poison that ticks away 1% of health only ticks off 312hp from a 10,000,000hp monster. The battle point system is a JOKE. a 15,000bp fight will utterly decimate your team that normally kills 60,000bp enemies. Sometimes the game gives you "assist NPCs" to help.... These npcs die INSTANTLY 9 times out of 10... right at the start... Like a little league linebacker vs an NFL calibre offensive tackle!
    5)PVP is a god awful mismatch of whoever happens to be signed in to duel. You wind up fighting gold-whales or beginners. And I've yet to feel satisfied with any win, or justified with any loss. AND it's tied to your character's progression so it's NOT OPTIONAL if you want your team to get better at fighting in pve.
    I know what I'm talking about. I've been playing for 8 months. And ONLY for the story. Which is good.
    Save your money. Save your time. Give Caravan a hard pass. I'm too invested. But teetering on uninstalling. I wish I wasn't drawn in. I feel like an abused spouse.    … Expand
  9. ravenclaw77
    Sep 24, 2019
    2
    Originally a mobile game, this doesn't work nearly as well on console. You're expected to leave it playing itself overnight and whenever you're not around.

    It's nifty that you can earn stuff while you're away but it'd be much better if there was just a timer for how much you gathered while you were away and no need to leave it running. Seems like poor development decision there. Maybe    Originally a mobile game, this doesn't work nearly as well on console. You're expected to leave it playing itself overnight and whenever you're not around.

    It's nifty that you can earn stuff while you're away but it'd be much better if there was just a timer for how much you gathered while you were away and no need to leave it running. Seems like poor development decision there. Maybe worth checking out if you're a huge fan of Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms on console.

    The game is kawaii and I like the squad based combat. I desperately want a turn based and squad based MMO on console, something along the lines of Atlantica Online. Maybe Cryptic's Magic: The Gathering MMO will be what I've been waiting for.    … Expand
  10. NazgulzLegacy
    Sep 20, 2021
    4
    Was okay but not possible to start new game is unnacceptable, if i havent played it for awhile i cant just continue from where i was.
  11. Lolthisgame
    Jul 4, 2022
    0
    Terrible game and i played since release so i know. People giving CS a 10 are outright lieing, the game was better at release but ever since Aiming has stopped supporting the NA version well. Way too many bugs, you'll crash everyday, the game is HEAVILY p2w and they recently have been introducing heavier p2w elements. The game is a shell of its old self, its a terrible game. EvenTerrible game and i played since release so i know. People giving CS a 10 are outright lieing, the game was better at release but ever since Aiming has stopped supporting the NA version well. Way too many bugs, you'll crash everyday, the game is HEAVILY p2w and they recently have been introducing heavier p2w elements. The game is a shell of its old self, its a terrible game. Even promotional events such as crossovers are terrible now. Crossovers use to have their own story and you would get a couple crossover characters for free. Now you legit get nothing without spending and the crossovers have no story and its been like this since they got scummy with lootboxes. This game is garbage, just play Genshin impact. I played caravan for years and its basically a crappy version of Genshin. Also its been obvious for years they dont care about the NA version. They have 0 promotion or anything for Caravan on NA side but the Japanese version has a manga on their main website, they also have a constantly updated yt channel for Japanese version that always keeps them up to date with the developers plans. Unlike most games, the NA version literally doesnt get any news about whats coming to the game until the day the content releases which makes it impossible to build hype among the playerbase for future content and it makes it impossible to even know when crossovers or any events the NA version has will actually release. If youre a NA player you wont ever know whats coming. Lastly, the aforementioned bugs dont ever get fixed. A large portion of the games bugs are from years ago and directly effect enjoyment, but they never get patched. Every time theres a new content drop the game is more buggy than before said content drop released and its VERY common for players to be forced to redownload the game just to play it. I've had several stories ruined by buggy cutscenes and hard crashes, something i can not accept as a hardcore jrpg fan who expected a quality product..… Expand

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  1. GameSpace
    Oct 1, 2019
    70
    hough it started as a mobile game the visuals good and it has a decent story. Some of the features from it being a mobile game make it a waiting game. Caravan Stories is MMORPG that has more of single player adventure feel to it.
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  2. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Sep 23, 2019
    50
    In the end it all boils down to whether or not you are a fan of mobile games that offer you a virtually hands-off sort of experience.
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