Masketeers: Idle Has Fallen Review

Masketeers: Idle Has Fallen is an idle RPG mobile game that plays much like Tap Titans, but instead of mindless tapping, you also get the option to strategize and link orbs together to make powerful attacks. The game is currently available on both Android and iOS.

The core of the game is to fight and defeat creatures called Wraiths with a team of heroes. According to the game lore, a group of troubled individuals discovered mysterious masks that gave them the ability to see Wraiths, shadowy monsters that thrive on negative emotions. With the powers imbued in the masks, they embark on an endless battle to save the world from depression.

As a new player, you start with a comic that serves as the backstory of the game, and then a gameplay tutorial. There is a lot to grasp right off the bat, as the game is chock full of elements and features that can get pretty confusing at the beginning. I pretty much blanked out halfway through the tutorial, so half the time I’m just learning as I go. Here’s a rundown of what I know about the game after a good two weeks of playing.

There are six available Masketeers in the game, and you can unlock and build a team of up to four heroes. The Masketeers are divided into three classes: Attacker, Supporter, and Defender, and each has their own unique abilities and talent tree. Slain Wraiths will drop Sparks, which are the currency used to upgrade your Masketeers, and upgrades give talent points to upgrade the hero’s talent tree. 

You can’t have Masketeers without the masks, so naturally masks are a main feature of the game. They come in different levels of rarity and corresponding power, and you can equip your Masketeers with additional abilities through the masks. Runes function much of the same way, but instead of just one, you can equip up to three Runes to a Masketeer.

Wisps are little fairy things that float in the background and provide additional buffs, including extra attacks, faster orb generation, extra Sparks, and more. They have their own orbs, which unfortunately cannot be linked together, but you can tap on the orbs to use the buffs. 

Here is where it gets interesting. As far as idling goes, your Masketeers will attack the Wraiths on their own, so most of your input would be in upgrading, equipping masks and runes, and transcending. However, you can also lend your Masketeers a hand by tapping on the orbs at the bottom of the screen to launch powerful attacks and speed up progression. 

Each Masketeer has their own corresponding orb. As you upgrade your Masketeers, you unlock orb skills, which basically means you get to link more orbs together. Just tap on the orb chains to deploy attacks that level up according to the number of linked orbs. Up to five orbs can be chained together for a spectacular attack. Tapping on orbs also charges the Astral Burst, which is an extra powerful attack that wipes out waves of Wraiths in one go.

Once you reach Stage 60, you get the option to Transcend, which means wiping out your progress and starting afresh with better growth potential. You still keep the talent trees and unspent talent points. When Transcending, you also get to rebuild your team. It’s good for when the game starts to feel mundane in the later stages, especially when it comes to a point where your heroes are one-shoting the bosses and there’s not much leveling you can do anymore.

One thing I like is that there are no forced ads in the game. For a f2p game, that’s incredibly rare and most certainly appreciated. Of course, it’s not to say that there are no ads at all in the game. Occasionally, little Kois pop up above the orb counter and offer some reward in exchange for watching ads, but you can decline and continue on your merry way, or even just don’t click on the Kois at all. That said, there are a lot of pop-ups for in-app purchases, and those can get a little annoying sometimes.

Overall, Masketeers: Idle Has Fallen is a refreshing volume in the well-established idle game genre. There’s a little bit for everyone here: fantastic art, intriguing backstories, idle progression, active play, strategizing, collectibles, and more. It can be a little confusing in the beginning with all the different elements and details, but it’s certainly shaped up to be an addictive game that I foresee spending much of my toilet time with.