Arbiter Libera

I'm usually faster in cranking out a review after beating games, but Evoland 2 took me a while until I got my thoughts in order. By that I mean it wasn't written in an hour immediately after the fact. So, what's new? Well, I guess I found that CRPG crack I was looking for and rather like the taste of it so that's a thing to look for. Way, way down the horizon, though. Enjoy the read and have fun.

Vito

I never had the time to check out this or the first part, but it looks quite unique. Fascinating that they manage to combine several different (sub)genres into one game when there are so many games that fail in even one genre.

Judging from your review it really seems that a solid knowledge of JRPGs seems to be necessary to appreciate everything the game depicts?

Arbiter Libera

Judging from your review it really seems that a solid knowledge of JRPGs seems to be necessary to appreciate everything the game depicts?

Mainly Chrono Trigger and your usual gaming culture suspects like Zelda, Final Fantasy, etc. What you actually need is to not be prejudiced against any individual genre. Like I mentioned there’s a section where Evoland 2 turns into an SRPG for about an hour or so. Switching from one type of gameplay to another is usually abrupt and without explanation so it almost feels organic in a weird way.

Py

That melange of genre seems interesting. But I fear I might encounter some type that I don’t really like (shmup being one of them). You’re talking about the card game being optional, are there other type of game you can just skip?

Arbiter Libera

I don’t think you can skip any others except the card mini-game. Shmup sections in particularly weren’t really difficult, they just dragged on so it’s not some spike you must overcome.

Py

I see. Thanks for the infos. I guess I’m going to wait for my backlog + wishlist to clear a little bit before thinking about this one anyway :D

EvilBlackSheep

I really loved Evoland 2 back when I played it too. It was way longer and more complete than I expected but it was such a well crafted game. I’ve been keeping my eyes on the studio and they’ve made nice games after than but none in the same genre so I keep hoping there will be an evoland 3 eventually one day. I still haven’t played the first one though (It got added to my steam account as the legendary edition, so I should give it a go sometimes)

Arbiter Libera

I heard Legendary Edition actually added more to the first game. It also apparently caused shenanigans and community outrage because of the new launcher.

EvilBlackSheep

Boi oh boi :sweat: