Evoland Legendary Edition

A love letter to gaming—written in crayon, pixel art, and eventually HD.

Evoland has been sitting in my wishlist for the past 10 years and now I finally decided to play it.

EVOLAND 1:
Evoland 1 is a parody and doesn't take itself seriously. Nostalgia bait is shoved in your face one after another, in the style of: "hey remember random encounters? Those sucked lol. Anyway the world map will be full of them now.". The game play is garbage for the most part and the most atrocious segment is the Action RPG, which is more reminiscent of a zero budget mobile game. The specific game most referenced is FF7, which I love of course, but it doesn't save the game.
100% in 5 hours, no guides needed. They handled collection well in my opinion.
My favorite part was a town rendered in the style of FF7, that was cool.

EVOLAND 2:
Evoland 2 is a completely different story, they had a BUDGET for this game. They hired an artist and the music is good, the gameplay is overall much better. They copied many aspects over from Chrono Trigger, which fits the theme perfectly. Chrono Trigger is also somewhere at the very top of games on my list, so I'm probably biased.
Lots of variety in gameplay, mostly JRPG but we have bomberman, top down shmup, sidescrolling shmup, MTG, platformer, fucking connect three, many more and a bunch of puzzles for some reason (Layton I guess). Basically a bunch of different games a millennial has probably played, with a brief glance at old games like Snake, Pong and Pac-Man.
Hard to say which part was my favorite, perhaps either The Anomaly or Antiquity. I even got invested in the story and really hoped to see more of the Magi, seeing that they are basically the enlightened ones of Zeal Kingdom.
100% in 23 hours, I really took my time with this one, didn't want it to end. Collection is a lot of work, but you can find everything without a guide.
I spent a long time just wandering around in the present, where even the characters look like they're straight out of Chrono Trigger.

Get it. Two games (1 & 2) for the low price of 22$ (CAD) or 4.40 on sale.
I LOVED the first one as it got me from classic 8-bit (or lower) to Diablo era on PC, all on a single journey.
Second one is good too, but it includes bullet-hell type of gaming that I'll need to work on if I want to 100% (both 2 and Legendary).

this collection of both evoland 1 & 2 are both fairly enjoyable to go through, as a fun little romp.

the first game is more of a gimmick kind of fun, as the further you progress in the game the more the increases in technology come. there unfortunately isn't much past that though, as the story and characters are incredibly lacking, becoming relevant only at the last hour of the game. overall just thought it was okay,

the second game however is a marked improvement, featuring a much needed fleshed out story, and characters that actually reoccur more than once. granted, it doesn't have a particularly deep story nor characters but they are there and still add to the experience. this time around, the game is structured a lot like chrono trigger, to the point where they reutilize several elements from that game, but also add the evolution gimmick in as well.

the most fun part was seeing the game change game modes several times throughout the adventure, although i'll never forgive the hardcore difficulty in the ice section of the game. on top of that, i played the game at 2000fps, and it broke a couple things. don't recommend that.

overall, evoland 2 is definitely worth playing.

Evoland Legendary Edition is a nostalgic and clever tribute to the history of video games. From pixelated black-and-white beginnings to full 3D, it constantly evolves in style and gameplay. Evoland 1 is short but charming, while Evoland 2 offers a deeper, more polished experience with tons of genre shifts and fun references.
A must-play for retro fans and anyone who loves creative, evolving game design.

All I’m saying is it’s worth the £4 ~$5 on sale but don’t watch videos of it it ruins it a bit fun game tho not to mention that it comes with 1 and 2 and 1 is a short story packed game but 2 has more than 20 hours of gameplay

The first one was short and felt like you progressed faster, but was still quite fun to play. The second I haven't finished, but the progress definitely feels slower. I find them both fun plays when you just want to pick something up that isn't too intense.