Referencing isn’t necessarily understanding, and Evoland tends to stray into the territory of cringe-worthy pastiche. For some, catching all of the references may act as a light-hearted meta game, for others it will simply be off-putting. As mentioned, the developers remember the classics – and they’re keen to share this knowledge. From the get go, the story, characters and scenarios all reference older games. Eventually when you journey into the future the game switches once more into a clean looking three dimensions (think Nintendo DS or PlayStation with anti-aliasing).Įvoland 2 isn’t just playful with the graphical style. Travelling further back, the world morphs in to an earlier 16-bit, 8-bit and even black and white (Game Boy) style. Although initially the game takes its visual style from the aforementioned games and 16-bit computer graphics, the twist is that the twee tale of a war between humans and demons spans several dimensions of time.Īfter coming across an ancient stone, you and your party are thrown back in time, with the graphical style of the game changing to reflect this temporal shift. This is its second attempt at a love letter to those old Japanese RPGs, and like all role playing games, the adventure begins somewhere in a quiet rural town. Remember Final Fantasy V, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger and Zelda? Shiro Games, the developers of Evoland 2, certainly does.
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