Holy Avatar: The Ancient Rituals and the Twin Worlds

Editorial Meh

Holy Avatar suffers from a catastrophically poor machine translation that has torpedoed what players suspect is a decent game underneath. Reviewers consistently describe the translation as "gibberish", "trash", and "embarrassing"—so broken that some are waiting for a community retranslation rather than engage with the current build. Beyond translation chaos, the game has real friction: a punishingly long untranslatable prologue, a confusing UI (save/load buttons placed dangerously close together, leading to data loss), and a boss fight that appears designed to frustrate rather than challenge, with some players unable to damage it at all and others finding skills mysteriously greyed out. The creative work may have merit—the art assets look appealing, and there are clearly story and character beats someone invested effort into—but the current release is effectively unplayable for anyone who doesn't read Japanese or has the patience to manually patch translations. Not recommended in its current state.