The majority of the minigames in Evoland 2 are only used at their specific point in the story. The game loves to throw a new style at you and immediately test your ability to learn it with no introduction, sometimes forcing you to endure a cutscene over and over as you struggle to figure out what you are supposed to be doing. There are countless bits that introduce a fun new mechanic out of nowhere, only to take it away just as you're starting to get the hang of it. The minigames throughout Evoland 2 are of wildly different styles, and some of them work very well, but some of them really don't, and all of them would benefit from more on-screen prompts to let you know what is going on. I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing a lot of the time to advance the story, and there's no way to replay dialogue or get a hint from your crew, so you can just end up wandering around for ages until you get frustrated and check a walkthrough. I found there to be way too much walking around talking to everyone to find the action to trigger the next bit of story, but this is a JRPG after all. Evoland 1 is really just a proof of concept with a flimsy story wrapped around it, so in a sense playing Evoland 1 takes some of the novelty out of Evoland 2. Because yes, understanding this real script puzzle - at least in its subtleties - is by far the greatest and most beautiful challenge of this game, and it allows us to somehow close the loop.Ī perfect game in short, which I can only recommend to all players!Įvoland 2 is a French JRPG with nice graphics, excellent music, an intensely uninteresting story about demons and time travel, and a lot of minigames to make it not look like a JRPG. Scenario bordering on perfection, as it is well done throughout, leaving us with a few clues here and there, which we do not notice (or cannot understand) at the time, but which take on their full meaning once reunited and arrived at the end of the journey. Indeed, after making Evoland first of the name, which did not have a well developed scenario but which was content to create a plot full of nods to RPGs and other anthology games, I did not expect to have a stunning scenario, but just to find an experience similar to the first game.īut where Evoland 2 is stunning is that in addition to being better in all the points that were the strength of the first opus - namely the diversity of video game genres present which constantly renew the gameplay, the easter eggs to everything goes that will speak to and please video game veterans, the successful artistic touch for each era as well as the magnificent OST that will almost bring you a few tears - this time it is equipped with a scenario which, although it does not Looks like nothing at first, turns out to be much more advanced and complex than it seems from the second part of the adventure. On top of that, there's no way of tracking which collectible stars you've missed in the game, which, considering the huge amount of exploration, is a weird oversight as they already have a simple solution to this in Evoland 1.Īll in all, definitely would recommend, especially for fans of old school rpg.Traveling through eras, graphic styles and video game genres has never fulfilled me so much.įirst of all, the lifespan has almost been increased tenfold compared to the first Evoland, since it takes about 25 hours to reach its end with the side quests, while 3-4 hours were enough to see the end of the first one. One issue with that unfortunately is that the last 2 cards of the game are incredibly difficult to get, and not just because its tough, but you aren't even given a fair chance, and have to rely on luck. Also you can play this game's version of gwent, which was awesome. The game takes a bit to get invested in (about 6-7 hrs for me), but once it truly opens up and makes you realize just how intricate the world and exploration is, you're hooked. Evoland 1 has a very unique method of progression where you unlock various aspects/mechanics as you progress, whereas Evoland 2 switches up playstyles constantly while also following its own story.Įvoland 1 is a super short (5 hrs for 100% for me), but fun and conceptually unique game, where the mechanics are heavily inspired by the old Zelda and Final Fantasy games, however it has the most generic possible plot, and very little fleshing out of gameplay due to its short playtime.Įvoland 2 does its own thing and stands as a proper rpg on its own, while heavily taking influences from all sorts of games. A beautiful pair of games with heaps of references to anime, games, and pop culture in general.
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