Title
Evoland I & Evoland II
Developer
Shiro Games
Director
Nicolas Cannasse
Date
2013 & 2015
Play to evolve the game
Evoland I & II are two games that I play to analyse them and they will be part of my research. I play them on Switch, on the Legendary Edition which contains the 2 episodes.
The most interesting aspect of these games is that the player, by performing common video game actions, evolves the game graphically and interactively.
At first, the game is monochromatic and the player is limited to a few movements. As the adventure progresses, more and more features will be added when he opens treasure chests.
The game is clearly inspired by The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy and many others. It’s an enjoyable journey through the history of video games.
It is very interesting to see how the developers choose to make the games evolve and how sometimes the player has to go back to 2D for example to access certain areas. From my perspective, this back and forth could have been used more in the game.
I’m still playing the second one so maybe more surprises will come 🙂