This should be expected considering the game itself jokes that you’ll have to wait for 4D for the next significant enhancement, but I would have preferred the initial upgrades to be doled out slower, allowing for more time in the “retro” worlds and a more evenly spaced progression. Once you unlock 3D Mode, however-early, after the first boss fight-the upgrades are more subtle and appear less frequently. The first third is filled with essential unlocks that drastically alter your gameplay experience. This is especially true in the latter half of the game, as Evoland is particularly front-loaded. While this linearity is somewhat required to ensure players unlock all of the game mechanics distributed throughout the world, it still results in less engaging downtime when you’re between upgrades and plodding through a relatively simple dungeon. These moments are a welcome challenge outside of the fairly linear areas you’ll be traversing otherwise. Another dungeon introduces an entirely updated and extremely popular form of action-adventure gameplay that I won’t detail specifically, as it’s a brilliant surprise. While you’ll primarily follow the trail of evolutionary progression, there are dungeons which require you to backtrack, or “time travel,” from the modern 3D world to the earlier 2D system in order to solve puzzles and open paths. Thus these two battle systems are used in parallel: you’ll jump between them frequently, but your RPG level has no affect on your adventure skills and vice versa. Your character will gain experience, level up, and use items and magic that don’t appear in the action-adventure portions. The overworld map, though, utilizes turn-based RPG battles from a side view reminiscent of Final Fantasy. The main battle system is directly inspired by The Legend of Zelda, with same-screen sword-slashing disposal of monsters that freely roam forests and dungeons, and heart containers tracking your available health. In short, the changes you’ll uncover range from basic technical advancements like “You got 256 colors display” to genre in-jokes like “Forced Choice” when you’re asked to help a character in need and are unable to select “no.” Each mechanic unlock is accompanied by a one-line comment which lovingly pokes fun at the genre, like the fact that “Enter Houses” will allow you to now “freely invade people’s privacy!”īetween and alongside these evolutions, though, there is a story (once you unlock it) ushering you to new locations and enemies to fight. To your left is a chest that allows you to move two-dimensionally and exit to the next screen, where further enhancements await.įinding and experiencing these enhancements one-by-one is the both the focus and fun of Evoland, so I’d prefer not to spoil many of them here. Doing so will take you to a treasure chest which unlocks the ability to move left. You’ll begin in a black and white Game Boy-era, soundless forest, able to only move right. And now gamer nostalgia has become its own gameplay mechanic, thanks to Evoland.Įvoland is built around a simple yet genius concept: progressing through the game requires progressing through the evolutions of the adventure-RPG genre itself. It’s brought pixelated graphics back into mainstream acceptance over a decade after they became dated. It’s encouraged ports, remakes, and replays of an untold number of games we simply refuse to forget. Gamer nostalgia: a force to be reckoned with. It is also a real RPG at heart, with a deep scenario based on time travel: explore different eras and change the history of the world.A brief history of video games, as told through The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy. Inspired by many cult series that have left their mark in the RPG video gaming culture, Evoland takes you from monochrome to full 3D graphics and from active time battles to real time boss fights, all with plenty of humor and references to many classic games.Įvoland 2 graphics style is changing as you travel through time and its gameplay evolves as you move along the storyline. Evoland Legendary Edition brings you two great and unique RPGs, with their graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through the game!Įvoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.
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