When I looked at the screenshots for Edge of Allegoria I thought, another Gameboy Pokemon clone. But I love Gameboy, I love Pokemon, how bad can it be?
I start the game. I give my character a name, choose the type and appearance of the pet (you can choose between a dog or a cat), give it a name and I'm thrown into a town called Primishire (all towns are named by the number in which you'll visit them (Secuntston, etc.)). At the beginning, nothing will be clear to you because there is no defined goal that you need to go towards in order to finish the game. But everything will be explained later, through the game and a bunch of meaningless conversations.
U razgovoru sa prvih nekoliko NPC-eva saznajete osnovne game mechanics. Ofmah ćete primjetiti određenand thatn nawariva, koji vas follows through cijelu the game. Lagana podbadanja, vrijeđanje, adult humor, reference na movieske klasike i very, very puno seksualnog innuenda. Većina likova is andz nekog razloga ljuta na vas, nude vam razne "usluge" (wink-wink) andli su totalno napušeni. Razgovori uglavnom there is noneju smisla, except ako se radi o važnim questovthere is, but nećete shvatiti who je who tako dugo dok ne počnu pričati. Onprimjer, in jednom od gradova meetste prostitutku who mrzi muškarce. Šalje vas na misiju da joj donesete otrov kojim onda ona ubija kralja, because taj otrov navodno there is okus mokraće, a kralj voli da mu se ona pomokri u usta. Kada ubijete Kralja Goblina, njegovi ljutiti podanici vam unište kuću i cijelo selo vas mrzi zbog toga. Kažem, puno toga there is none smisla.
Although you have the freedom to go in any direction you want, your pet blocks the paths that are not yet open or you lack something to progress, so it practically guides you through the game and directs you. If you don't know what to do after the boss fight, ask the pet and he will advise you. Along the way, you will come across caves, dungeons, glades with divine beings, and after discovering any of them, you can select them on the map and your pet will teleport you there.
Kao i sve RPG tog tipa, except boss fight-ova, sve ostale borbe se svode na random encountere. Borbe su klasične turn based, a there isand on izbor 5 skills koje možete koristitand thatkom borbe - napomena, hei moraju be unaagod odabrani jer jednom kad vas newho napadne, there is nonete više mogućnosti mijenjanja.
Each weapon has its own unique skill that you can only use at the beginning if you have that weapon selected. Using that skill in battle, you perfect it, and when it reaches 100%, all bonuses from weapons are permanently added to your attributes, and you can use the skill without that weapon. There are 96 different skills, and the game thus encourages you to buy weapons, change them regularly, unlock skills and find a winning combination for yourself. Also, some skills give huge combo bonuses if they are used one after the other, so it is good to combine in that way.
Ostalu opremu također morate usavršiti, but na način da vas neprijatelji udaparadiseu - znači da, as opposed to oružja, ne možete grindati i usavršavati opremu na low level neprijateljthere is. After what je neki dio opreme usavršen, njegovi atributi tparadiseno se pribparadiseaju vašthere is. Neprijatelji daju very puno EXP pa ćete I already amim naprewhom through igru brzo rasti (lvl up), without dodatnog bjesomučnog grindanja. Kada otkrijete your own dobitnu kombinaciju skills, be ćete praktički nezaustavljivi i poželjeti what ago come do final bossa.
I vaši i napadi neprijatelja there isju mogućnost izazivanja posebnog stanja (krvarenje, inmor, ludost etc.) koji uvelike utječu na borbe, and notke daju i određene nuspojave koje će onemogućavati normalno kretanje - cijeli ekran vam se zamuti pa ne vidite kuda idete.
Throughout the game, you will fight with no more, no less, but with 41 bosses, you will discover about 150 different types of enemies, so you will have to wait about 20 hours to complete the entire game, discover all the secrets and develop all the skills.
E sad, da ne bi bilo sve tako sjajno, postois and određeni nedostaci: music je monotona i u loop-u je od par sekundi, pa brzo postane naporna. Itemi koje koristite during borbe there is noneju opis, pa ne znate what uopće rade - preporučam da u inventaru pročitate koji efekt sprečavaju, koliko HP vam daju i slično S vremenom ćete sve to naučiti namind, but do onda preporučam da there iste mali papirić sa bilješkama.
Također, through borbe ćete sakupiti hrpu raznih sastojaka, but vam nigdje ne kaže koji su bitni, pa ćete često prodati sve, samo da bi saznali da jedan od NPC-ja treba baš newhat what ste prodali. Tada krećete u potragu za newm sastojcthere is, but problem je da ne znate od kojeg čudovišta ste ga received niti gdje to čudovište obitava - a čudovišta ne bacaju uvijek sve iste sastojke, pa to dodatno otežava stvar. Postands opcija da si u inventaru označite ono what ne wantste prodati, but how znati what će vam trebati negdje u budućnosti? A novac vam treba, because osim par vještina koje u fight prikupljaju novac a get ćete tek ih puno lateje, jedini način da zaradite novac je prodajom sastojaka.
However, the game is not too demanding, it is quite easy and the story is interesting. If you like 8-bit graphics and don't mind adult humor, sexual references, enemies that look like they were drawn by a horny teenager, you'll have a good time. Because that's what games should be. Fun.
A copy of the game was provided by the publisher CobraTekku Games for review purposes
