Evenicle (Updated Post)

Evenicle

I think this is my first Updated Review, so congrats to me for finally doing a follow-up review of a game that I initially made a simple review of based on about 2 hours of gameplay. The few hours I played left me with a good impression of the game overall and sadly due to Real Life things and other reviews needing to be done I had to wait longer to actually get into the meat of the game.

Well after around 70 hours played...I still have not made it to the end but I am close. So I decided that the first review that I have done in a LONG while, I would do an Updated Review on the game called Evenicle.

Evenicle is a mix of a classic-style RPG with a Visual Novel. It offers the best of both worlds allowing you to travel freely and fight monsters and bad guys to gain money and experience all along going along a pretty well thought out storyline. 

I enjoy the graphics even if they are considered dated, I think they really complement this game well and would actually enjoy seeing more games like this one as far as how the graphics are done both with regards to the RPG and the Visual Novel aspects. The music is well done but I think more tracks could be added that would make it sound more interesting. Honestly recently I have turned the BG music off and listen to my music while playing, especially when grinding levels.

In the RPG fashion, this game does have some moments where you will most likely want to take some time out and level up and grind EXP. I know some people find this to be a bit annoying and while I normally agree, I find that this is actually not as bad as you may think. You actually gain EXP pretty well, there are items and skills you can obtain that help increase the amount of EXP you can gain per battle as well.

Wife Kathryn

You can enter towns to rest at Inn's restoring your HP, visit the Church for some cutscenes, and maybe a quest. Visit the Store to buy items and weapons and armors as you need, and in some towns, a special shop is sat up where you can sell items and treasures to earn money. You will also find the EXP shop where you can turn your EXP in and gain a level...that's right you don't do it automatically.

The story revolves around your main character 'Aster' as he prefers to be called who decides to become a Knight in order to marry both of his sisters. Before you get the wrong idea, they are not really his sisters. They helped raise him in a way so he just calls them his sisters. In the realm of Evenicle you can have only one wife unless you become a Knight and earn higher ranks then it increases the number of wives you can have. 

Upon getting to the mainland you begin your journey to becoming a Knight for the nation of Eden. During your trials and tribulations, you run into a 'Lone Knight' Ramius and a Mage named Richie. Later both of these women will become your wives as you are established as a Knight. 

As the story progresses you will rank up by completing the several chapters of the game. The ultimate goal is to reach the title, 'Zero Knight' which is the most powerful knight in the Kingdom. There is also a special rank that is bestowed only by the Church referred to as, 'Holy Knight'. 

Wife Towa

Now I won't give too much away of the story but let's just say as you journey will meet many different women and several of them will become your wives. There are a couple of wives that will not be in your party to fight, but instead, they do other things like take care of the family home and so on. 

I am pretty sure I went over the majority of that in my last review, but now that you are currently on the basics of the game, we will talk about those things that I didn't talk a lot about in the first review.

As I may have also stated in my last review, there are some instances that may cause some people to get a wee bit squeamish. The majority of that revolving around the concept of 'rape'. Now I do not advocate rape obviously but as a form of context, especially in 'dark fantasy' games and novels, I just accept it as part of the genera. 

In my first review, I discussed slightly the one instance that I saw that dealt with the concept of rape. At that time I thought that would be the only instance of such...I was wrong. I can remember around 5 or more of such instances where the discussion of, the act of, or the insinuation of the act of rape occurred.  

Now there is an option to turn that off in the Settings at the start of the game so my advice is that if you are not comfortable with the aspect of using such actions in media such as games like this, I would recommend turning it off. 

Wife Gurigura

I also want to go on record as to say that after many hours in the game that you will be subject to several other things you may or may not be able to agree with. Multiple wives, lesbianism, many instances of sexual deviant acts, MANY SEX SCENES, and crude humor. This game is NOT for children and I would advise not to play it in the presence of a child UNLESS you are simply running around the field and fighting to level up. 

If you however keep an open mind and enjoy RPG's with some Visual Novel aspects...or maybe a Visual Novel with RPG aspects, I would highly recommend this game still. The key is to keep an open mind though.

That said I would like to point out the picture of 'wife Gurigura' I know what you are thinking...and I alas can only say, keep an open mind my friends...keep an open mind.