They’re little features that are easy to take for granted in a typical RPG, but the way they’re slowly introduced in Evoland: Legendary Edition makes you appreciate how big of a difference they make. You can only take one hit before dying in earlier sections of the game too, but as soon as you unlock hearts that represent your health you become more durable. You might only be able to walk in four directions to begin with for example, but more modern sections of the game see you moving diagonally too (wow). It’s not just the visuals that show off signs of evolution either, with more simple things such as the player’s movement and health changing up too. It’s really neat seeing all of the different aesthetic styles that the game features though and they all managed to look nice in-game – sure, you shouldn’t expect the sort of high quality visuals you’d see in a triple-A RPG whilst some of the 16-bit sprites aren’t as detailed as those we saw on the SNES, but they still manage to look attractive and certainly made me feel invested in the evolution of the visual style.
It starts off with a more simplistic art style that wouldn’t look out of place on a Game Boy, but eventually you’ll be heading across more colourful 3D worlds that’d fit in well on a modern console. Both games are quirky in their own little ways and full of little pop-culture and video game references, but they prove entertaining enough and are well-written.Īs mentioned, Evoland: Legendary Edition completely changes up the way it looks and plays as you progress. It does take an interesting turn when you travel through time though and find that a lot of bad events have happened across the world – the fact that you may have actually been the one responsible for them gives it a nice twist. That being said, Evoland 2 can feel a bit clichéd initially thanks to the fact that you’re taking on the role of a hero who has lost his memory. There are two games included in Evoland: Legendary Edition but only Evoland 2 has a narrative that’ll grip you in – the first game just feels like a comical homage that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s a really neat idea that makes for an enjoyable time, though it is guilty of hitting a few little stumbling blocks along the way in both adventures. Not heard of them? Basically, they’re RPGs that celebrate all of the mechanics of the genre from the past and modern times, with each game essentially evolving and changing its visual style and features as you progress.
Evoland: Legendary Edition embraces the concept of RPGs feeling so different and changing over time and REALLY runs with it…Įvoland: Legendary Edition offers both the original Evoland and its follow-up Evoland 2 in one package, with Shiro Games’ unique RPGs now available on console for the first time. With so many different types of battle systems across the games and whole different approaches to how they actually play, one person’s idea of what an RPG is might be completely different to someone else’s – it’s a good thing really and shows just how diverse the genre can be and how it has evolved over time. RPGs are often a hard genre to really define.
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