Playing EVO The 46 Billion Year Journey

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Today we're playing E.V.O. a cult classic 90s RPG that takes you on a fantastical journey through evolution! It's jank, it's japanese and it's full of cool ideas, but is the execution (or sense) there? • Patreon: / tehsnakerer • Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tehsnakerer • Twitter: / tehsnakerer • E.V.O: Theory of Evolution Translation Page: • https://46okumen.com/projects/e-v-o-t... • Index • E.V.O: The Search for Eden • 1. Introduction 00:00 • Introduction to E.V.O. How I came across the game and a basic rundown • 2. The Setup 02:06 • The premise of this absurd reality and the battle for Evolution! • 3. The Origin of Life and Gameplay 03:19 • Life and Gameplay both start under the sea, combat and levelling mechanics! • 4. Boss Fights and Gaia’s forgiveness 07:34 • The difficulty spike in boss fights and how the game handles death. • 5. Gameplay evolves on Land 10:23 • The gameplay shifts as we go from underwater to land, introduction of jumping • 6. Music and the Age of Dinoboreus 15:25 • The games mixed bag of a soundtrack is discussed in the dullest chapter • 7. The Ice Age is Pretty Cool 20:19 • Some positive notes in a chapter which gives us options to advance • 8. Fort Birdman and Adaptation 23:00 • One of the games most defined stages raises a thought, the one time the game made me feel like evolving in a sensible way. • 9. Early Man? 28:01 • As evolution stands still, the lead up to a finale goes bonkers • 10. The End? 33:04 • And we win evolution! I think… • E.V.O: The Theory of Evolution • 1. The Theory of Evolution 37:27 • Introduction to the game that Search for Eden was built from • 2. Story Introduction 38:51 • An introduction to this more grounded narrative • 3. Turn Based Battling and the EVO Chart 40:25 • Combat and levelling explained! • 4. Vertical Evolution and Travel Pains on Land 45:44 • Further notes on the vertical evolution system, difficulty scaling, and how the game challenges the player outside of battle (badly) • 5. Grinding Again 49:53 • Thoughts on the necessity and annoyance of grinding in this title • 6. Getting Lost in the Desertification 52:19 • A maze, questions about where to go and what’s going on? • 7. Story Reintroduction 55:05 • Our role in this story becomes clear. An evaluation of the competing premises of both games, and nevermind that whole “more grounded” thing! • 8. A Chapter of Lies and a European Stopoff 57:43 • The story takes a backseat as the world becomes sort of recognisable! • 9. The Maze of Life 59:58 • As we make it to the age of Dinosaurs, the worst aspect of the game hits its peak! Its maze like nature and unintuitive navigation! • 10. Going off the Charts 01:06:24 • Chapter 5 gets weird, again. • 11. The Search for Wisdom 01:09:40 • The thematic and mechanical effects of getting wise • 12. It’s Time to Talk about Spirit Science 01:11:59 • We all knew it was coming to this. • 13. Duel with the Devil 01:14:30 • A bossfight! • 14. Tripping on the Ascent to Man 01:17:48 • A very interesting set of endings • 15. Evolution’s Final Chapter 01:20:18 • The climax at the end of a 4.6 (9.2) billion year journey • 16. Conclusion 01:24:48 • 9.2 Billion Years worth of evolution made a streaming noise as it mysteriously flowed into us

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