The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales

Une aventure épique, la hd-2D et les musiques toujours aussi magnifiques ! Une histoire simple mais jolie et touchante, le gameplay est agréable et les combats sont dynamiques. J'ai vraiment adoré le fins multiples et le jeu en général. Pour les fans de secret of mana, chrono trigger ect foncez !!!

A really GOOD game that has just a few things holding it back from being a truly GREAT game. First, the art direction is absolutely stunning. The world is vibrant and colorful, Square has really perfected the 2D-3D style. The music overall is pretty good, though nothing about the soundtrack will be truly "iconic" in the way some similar games are. Combat is fun and engaging, with some good variety in the 7 unique weapons, and the magecite systems allows for some real creativity with builds. I played on hard and thought it offered a decent challenge, though I think I probably could've played on the hardest difficulty, as nothing in the game truly had me "stuck" for more than an attempt or two. However, I will say after about the 20 or so hour mark you've kinda seen everything the combat system has to offer, and by the end of the game the combat loop does get slightly repetitive (besides a couple unique boss fights near the end). Speaking of boss fights, they're all really good and some of the best parts of the game. The "Hero's Trial" towards the end of the game offers a great challenge on the harder difficulties. Story is serviceable, if not a bit simplistic and derivative, with a solid message. Adventuring is rewarding with the ability to find new weapons and upgrade the ones you already have, new magecite, upgrading Faie and increasing health. The game has 3 "endings" with the first two not really being endings at all. The game definitely encourages you to get all three to get a complete picture of the story. I actually think that's a pretty interesting way to structure your narrative and provides some of the best moments in the game at the end. The game does falter a bit in a few key areas, though. Outside of a few, the characters aren't very memorable or interesting. The titular character, while a great guy, doesn't ever really have any internal conflict of his own to make him more engaging. He kind of just gets told what to do and is always more than happy to do it, befriending everyone he sees, and never really has any character development himself past the first couple hours. The dungeons, I feel, were pretty underbaked, with extremely easy puzzles. I'm not really even sure you can call them "puzzles". The solution to every dungeon is pretty apparent within a few seconds of being in them. Again, I don't think I got "stuck" and had to REALLY think hard for a solution except MAYBE once or twice among the few dozen dungeons. But my biggest issue with this game are the 4 maps. The game essentially has you explore the SAME map 4 separate times. The only REAL difference is the "hub" town in each era. Otherwise, outside of that, the map is pretty much the same. There's hardly anything that makes each era feel unique and truly different than the previous ones. I feel like the devs could've been way more creative and made the experience of going to a new era more fresh. Different enemy variety, different buildings or caves to explore, entirely new areas that aren't in other eras, etc. By the time I got to the "Age of Budding" I was definitely sick of exploring the same exact map again. The game's setting spans 1000 years, but you don't really get that sense at all. If the era system in the game is the main gimmick, they should've put a little more effort in. All that said, it's one off the few games I ever even bothered 100%ing and getting all the achievements in. I clearly had a great time. I'm hoping it can get a sequel and expand upon what makes the game good and make it even better. 7.3/10