The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales

I must say, great story, great art, great music, all in a fun game with pretty neat if basic gameplay! Only downside is your constant companion seems... rather pointless in existing, and could be a voiceless thing and not take too much away from the story. (as far as i am)

Truly goated with the sauce Square Enix does not miss

68.43/100 看到最初的预告片时，以为会是像《光明之魂》的玩法。Demo 之后发现更像塞尔达/圣剑传说 剧情上可以看出来有借鉴《超时空之轮》的地方，例如不同时代大体设计、三贤者，但在细节铺排上肯定是比不上的。另外让我感觉很不爽的是魔法时代某个人渣竟然没有死 基本上可以认为在设计之初希望参考过去众多名作来一个集大成，但最终实现结果差强人意。我不会后悔买了以及玩了这款游戏，但它显然可以做得更好 [h3]优点[/h3] [b]真结局还是不错的[/b]：游戏在最后阶段对前面伏笔能回收；跨越千年的四个时代中，NPC的血脉传承、过去行为对未来的影响在最后交织在一起，剧情演出有感染力 [b]战斗构筑还算有趣[/b]：可以通过魔石系统赋予武器不同的攻击侧重（平A流还是蓄力流），再结合妖精的多种辅助，能够创造出多样的Build [b]视听表现还算可以[/b]：剧情对话加入了手绘动态立绘（会根据情绪变化），配合全语音剧情演出，代入感是有的。音乐水准不错，配乐与场景、战斗氛围契合。HD-2D 虽说可能某程度上比不上八方旅人2，但我觉得也不算太差 [h3]缺点[/h3] [b]极其严重的素材复用[/b]：地图、怪物同质化，四个时代的大地图与迷宫地形几乎完全一致，只有主城有变化，迷宫则是在不同时代能走通的程度不同（这还加剧了另一个缺点）。同一张地图强行跑四次，真的让人感觉不想跑。敌人的种类非常稀少，贯穿游戏始终的怪物大都是同样的模型换个颜色、增加点血量，缺乏随着时代变迁而演化的物种多样性 [b]极其糟糕的探索反馈[/b]：费尽心思探索迷宫或解开能力锁后，打开的宝箱往往只给极少量的金币或者是已经拥有过的魔石（重复魔石会自动转化为“魔石碎片+1”，我这么辛苦就为了这个？气笑了），中后期彻底丧失探图欲望 [b]前中期体验有些坐牢[/b]：在触发真结局路线前，游戏前中期的剧情有点白开水。如果因为前中期这样没撑到真结局，就会觉得这游戏剧情没有什么出彩的地方。这种可能会让玩家遗憾的设计，肯定不能说是好设计

it's great. hope they make more like it

amazing game, looks n plays great

I enjoyed this game a lot. Seeing reviews before I tried the demo, it was being described as Zelda: Link to the Past, one of my all time favorite games, and this game is now right there with that one. There was so much to do and see. I totally suggest this game if LttP is a game anyone has enjoyed. I will say the one issue I had with this game is just how much your companion does like to talk. There is an option to lower this, but talkative she is (I beat the game just days after the update to, I guess, stop her from talking outside of the story?). So just remember, you should really try to use your shield more. It pays off to use it properly. (I fully played the game via my steam deck, docked to my screen, with steam controller.)

I recommend ! If you liked 2D zeldas, you should REALLY try this out (demo is like 3-4 hours of content). I did not know what kind of game it was, except we got octopath traveller visuals, and some 2d action combat; I was not expecting to feel right at home with zelda-like movement and combat, but with smoother, better visuals, and good story. Just try the demo. While it's an enjoyable zelda like experience, and it has a decently complex story (starts simple, but has quite a few twists), it is a game for younger audiences, with how the dialogue is sometimes too cheery or simple. But it still does have some darker tones and themes here and there, it's just a bit clean so not to scar kids. I will say it's a great game for kids for sure - but also for anyone to enjoy, especially zelda fans. The combat is simple, but you get to equip two weapons that you can switch easily, and those weapons are upgradable with gems. Late game combinations are decently diverse and fun - it's awesome to do fast charge-attacks and switch to other weapon. Now, I like the story, but the game definitely has that dialogue catering to the young 10+ audience for the simplicity sometimes, yet it drops some dark ideas sometimes, and i appreciate the themes even though it has to be cleaned up a bit to not scar the younger audience. But I still found it fun. I will just say it's an excellent game for younger audiences. I kept at it more for the nostalgia of the type of game feel, and the story was intriguing. I have no complaints about the protagonist, Elliot, who's a charming and good-natured character, always volunteering his adventurer expertise to make sure people are safe (and you feel powerful playing the game for it, simple in combat as it is, the character type matches the scenario very well, consistently, for the entire game; and i never got bored of Elliot). Gameplay: simple zelda like combat, except it grows more complex with weapon upgrade combinations. Story: pretty good, simple premise at first, then complicated by twists later on in the story. Story has multiple stages, and right when you get to the end game, you realize there's more. I thought i was finishing the game like 3 times, and now i find out there's more story. That's awesome.

The Adventures of Elliot does justice to its obvious inspirations (older Zelda, Mana, Ys games and a bit of Chrono Trigger) and would be an instant classic had it been released 30 years ago. It does not revolutionize anything but the gameplay, especially combat, is satisfying even though exploration grows stale because of the four near identical world maps with fake dungeons all over the place. Lack of difficulty in the puzzle area is a bit disappointing (look to Crosscode for better puzzles) and most of the bosses are utterly non-memorable and will only take 1-3 minutes of total playtime apart from a very few exceptions (look to Hollow Knight for better bosses). I really recommend playing on Hard, even then it still felt the game was not really challenging enough and I never used magic except when mandatory, it really feels it's only there for a Co-Op experience. Overall, it's still an enjoyable game, but you will have to stick with it to the end to experience the full story, which only really starts in the (very) late game (it's a nice little fairy tale, don't quit before the (True) end).

생각보다 젤다같아보이지만 젤다같지않음... 엔딩이 3개라기보단 진엔딩을 제외한 2개는 진엔딩을 위한 떡밥뿌리기 느낌이강함. 젤다의 사당챌린지 비슷한 것이 존재하나 보상의 기대감이 너무 떨어짐 하지만 진엔딩만 놓고 볼때는 할만한 게임 같음. 고전jrpg 좋아하면 해볼만 할지도 개인적으론 재밌게 했습니다.

Muy bonito y divertido.