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Barbarous – Tavern of Emyr – Adventure Game Review
Barbarous – Tavern of Emyr is a Adventure/Casual/Entertainment game from Gamehouse LLC, first launched in 2nd June 2020.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 1,788+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Barbarous – Tavern of Emyr Stand Out
What can a fantasy hero do when his glory days as a warrior are over?
Join Emyr and his friends on a whirlwind adventure to find out!
“Barbarous – Tavern of Emyr” is a brand-new time management game unlike any other!
Emyr was once the realm’s most famous hero. That is, until his career was destroyed by a dreadful wound feared by all adventurers! Robbed of the chance to defeat his archenemy whom “no hero can defeat”, Emyr awakens in a shabby tavern without a single coin to his name – as its new owner! Sure, Emyr knows a lot about drinking at taverns. But what about running one? Surely this isn’t a role for a leading hero… is it? And to make matters worse, now a teenager claiming to be his daughter has shown up!
Will Emyr be able to get his adventuring career back on track?
Will he defeat his dreaded foe once and for all?
Will he rise to the challenge of responsible parenting?
Old habits die hard in this comical adventure!
- Join Emyr on his final quest to defeat his archenemy at last;
- Experience a time management game in a fantasy setting;
- 5 unique taverns, each in a different place, visited during Emyr’s travels;
- 60 engaging levels, offering hours of unique gameplay;
- 120 story-driven cutscenes (intro and outro for every level) mixed with tons of humorous references;
- An atmospheric soundtrack.
In this game, you will be tasked with preparing various treats and delivering them to customers. Grab items and combine ingredients into new creations. But be warned – customers have limited patience, and they won’t wait forever for you to serve them! Manage your time well, or you’ll lose clients. Each action is rewarded. Earn points for checking out guests, and earn diamonds as a reward.
Good luck!
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This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Barbarous – Tavern of Emyr is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st June 2023
Recent improvements include:
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What is new in 1.4?
- General update of the SDKs
- Added button to crosspromote Barbarous 2
- Added App Tracking Transparency to request the user's permission before tracking
- Other minor bug fixes
Download & Availability
Barbarous – Tavern of Emyr is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We really enjoyed this game it inspired us and also reminds us of village with bunch of Vikings its cool how Emyr who owns bartender didnt know that she had a daughter which she ran away from her but got captured by the biggest orc who was telling her about his life how humans think everything they get they earn it. But unfortunately when Gwen was taking by leader of Orc with whole feast how said you have big appetite has a org that she was put in cage which bring us our attention that he was going to get rid of her by eating her flesh. But then her dad who wasnt part of Gwen life until she came to the bar got hidden by because she was thief of stealing apple. But then at the end he was wanting to build his emyr in to a inn so that you can sleep there just like now a days.
We like this game is awesome from Steve Rosario.
We are a big Emily fan and this game is awesome. We would give it six stars if possible. This is our first time rating a game. We downloaded and finished the story in 9 hours we did not even mind the ads. Y'all do a great job with graphics and humor. Favorite line from game give us one reason not to kill ya, Emyr says cause we are pretty.
We think Gwen is Emyrs daughter.
Our fave game next to the Emily series. High quality polished game with addictive gameplay. We love the story and references to lord of the rings. We will play again and again.
We absolutely love this game! Normally we skip through dialogue on gamehouse games but this game kept us laughing. We really hope they make future games around this story.
Great games, great storylines. Just dont give them a single cent of your money. Subscription is a scam that gives you no benefits and they will do nothing to help you fix it except gaslight you.
We always enjoy playing these games and love that you can buy it outright to play as much as you want without ads or hearts system. Please continue to make more of these types of games! We would love a sequel to this story too.
Not as interesting as some of the other GameHouse games. And this is the second game where the cutscenes have glitched and not given us all our achievement trophies. Not a huge deal, just annoying.
We would like to see something better.
That is such a great game and the trial is long enough to know what to expect. Its refreshing to see dark humor such as death and bringing them back as undeads. This is a great change from the cliche adorable games. Love love love this title and worth every penny.
Love game so much fun but was short hoping new levels will be added in future.
Cant wait for the nex related one! Love it.
This game is our favorite gamehouse game! So much fun.
Anyone with a love of adventure, sci-fi, fantasy or time management games will love this new twist from GH! The characters are quirky and the art well-designed with themes reminiscent of 90s TV shows like Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules. The music is also! Ive played lots of the other GH games and this one is by far our favorite.
We love this game! We have been playing the Emily games for years, all the way back to the very first one. We think this one might be our favorite. We really, really hope we get more adventures of Emyr and his crew! So much fun. We also loved the Primrose Lake game and hope for more installments.
This game is so fun and we love the story! The characters are so cute and we absolutely love how they put this story all together! We have been a fan of gamhouse games since the Emily stories. Unfortunately the way gamehouse is making the new Emily stories, theyre no longer the way they use to make them and we have lost interest in the new Emily stories sadly. Keep making games like this one and we will continue to purchase your games.
So far storyline is good. Game play is like primrose lake which we really enjoyed :).
Detective Jack, Unsung Heroes – Golden Mask, and Barbarous, have all knocked it out of the park. Each has engaging cut scenes, perfectly paced time-management play-thoughs, and great (mobile) graphics! Given the quality of these games and the fun of playing them more than once, they are definitely worth price tag. We cant wait to see what game comes next.
We wish the game was one we could watch an ad to play instead of having to buy it.
We Love the Emily and friends story lines you have created. This is another good story with some fantasy mixed in, which we love. Thank you again for a great game and also still letting us buy the game for one solid price to play again as much as we want. That is getting harder to find these days. Cant wait for whats next.
Could do without the rat though.
Funny and fun time management game! Really enjoyed it! Definitely recommend it. Thanks, Developers.
We usually dont review games but this one was awesome, but seriously there has to be more.
This is one of the best games you guys have made ever! Well done. Love the inside adult jokes (!), animation style and all the effort you put into the storytelling-couldnt put our phone down!! No bugs and we may need to play it again in a month or so.
Estoy juegos us Encantan pero son costosos.
We love this game and the story line is fun not boring.
This reminds us of the delicious games! We love these sooooo much. So much fun and so many levels to play.
Ive been playing GameHouse games for many years and we must say…this game is the best game yet! It is fun to play but has a hilarious story to follow also. Highly recommend.
In our opinion, this is the best, coolest game GameHouse has ever created! (But we are particularly partial to fantasy games. We turned our apartment into a castle, after all! Lol.) The storyline is great. The characters are stunning. And it combines the three things we want in a game: fantasy, cooking, and GameHouse! Im a fantasy author, ourselves, and this game just fills us with inspiration. We usually never leave a review (this is our first review ever written, and Ive played a LOT of games!) but we just HAD to tell you what a great job youve done with this game ! 5 stars.
We love these Time management games! They want to slow down and stop making games like these. Please join us to ask that they keep making these awesome games! They r the best.
This game is also part of a GameHouse family, since Im most fan of all game stories. It is perfect for those who are a fan of SQ root of 3 too.
Absolutely Love this game. Time management are our favorite and this one is at the top! Cute story line and characters and great game play.
Been a fan of Gamehouse games since we were kid. This game is perfect for those that love the classics like the delicious series and fantasy RPG. Its refreshing new take on a classic.
We love this game! It falls right in line with all the other awesome time management games from this developer. The only issue we have is its a little glitchy in certain areas, but simply restarting the level is all it has taken for us to clear it so far.
Seriously, what is going on with the lag?? We have 0 hope that itll be fixed since this game hasnt been updated in 5 months but wow, it is laggy. Everything else is great although the 1 song the game has its repetitive.
First 12 levels are pretty good, but the others arent unlockable via ads, which is our preferred method of supporting Gamehouse, since we cant spend much on mobile games.
This game was really fun until we learned you have to pay 9.99 to play the whole game.
Its a great time management game in gamehouse fashion but wouldnt want our 12 year niece playing it. Just because the bad language is Gaelic doesnt mask it and doesnt excuse it. And sneaking in raunchy sex jokes is pretty low. Not the family friendly Delicious series, thats for sure. But if you are not offended by those things then the game is very clever and definitely well worth the play and the $9.99 fee.
We love that its similar to the original GH games, the animation is great, but would be much better is we could buy upgrades like other Gh games.
We couldnt play more then a few minutes. The graphics are just horrible. And we cant stand the music. We always have high hopes for game from this company. But not this one. This one we will not be playing. It seems they are aiming for a younger crowd these days. We just cant bring our self to play this one.
They let you play 12 levels for free, then you have to pay $10 to unlock the rest of the game. Had we known this we wouldnt have waisted our time.
Had we known that we had to pay after playing for a short time, we never would have played. They should make players aware of this! Deleting the game. Definitely not worth spending money on.
Let you play the first few levels for free, then you cant move on unless you pay 9.99? One of the dirtiest most underhanded tricks Ive seen. Will be deleting this now.
We have gotten to level 13 and we cant play anymore levels. The game was really fun but Game house wants you to pay to pay their games. We uninstalled this game and then we will not be playing anymore games from this company. Thank you jerks for ruining fun games for people.
You say that this game is available for subscribers as long as you are a Gamehouse subscriber. The truth is that this game is only available for a limited time to subscribers and after that, you have to buy the game separately. Shameful.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.4
- Size: 291.61 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, PL, PT, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: Gamehouse LLC
Last updated: 21st June 2023 | Genre: Adventure, Casual | Developer: Gamehouse LLC