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 Developed by the Almanic Corporation (who also made Wonder Project J) and published by Enix, E.V.O. - Search For Eden was released in July of 1993 for the SNES. Aside from offering a whole 12 MEGs of content, well... Here's the box blurb.  This time on “Games that Leavemywife talked me into LPing”, we're gonna be doing something a little different. This is going to be a video LP! Oh, and every update will include links to all of the music you'll hear in that video.  Turns out that the music was originally composed by Koichi Sugiyama (aka. the Dragon Quest guy) for a Japan-only title, then adapted by a student of his, Motoaki Takenouchi (the Shining Force dude) to use in E.V.O.Table of Contents Episode 01: Under Da Sea Episode 02: Totally An Amphibian Episode 03: The Age of Grinding Episode 04: Kicking Back in the Ice Age Episode 05: Rambling Around Episode 06: Only the Strong Survive Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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Artwork! rotoscoped tries to make sense of the ultimate dinosaur. Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Jun 14, 2016 |
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  Episode 01: Under Da Sea Additions The first boss has 75HP, so you have to hit him 15 times without being hit 5 times.  There's enough little items lying around to take one extra hit, but good luck grabbing them all without taking one!Oh, and something I was told after recording: The Swordfish Horn is an exception to the three uses rule. It doesn't break, but it locks you into using the mid-tier jaws. shalcar posted:I think the Strolites in the game are a reference to Stromatolites which are a type of rock colony created by cyanobacteria in shallow waters. They are still around today in fact and one of the best places to see them is in a place called Shark Bay in Western Australia. It's weird to think of living rocks, but that's basically what they are. Alpha3KV posted:A couple notes about that first transformation crystal: It actually changes you into one of two forms, the other being a very fast eel with 100 HP. Also, the ray form is affected by your size when you swallow the crystal. The large ray also has 100 HP. IIRC, only one other crystal form has a size difference. Evolution Chart  New Music 01. The Origin Of Gaia  The attract mode tune. It's most of the story we're gonna get. 02. Earth’s Overture  The title screen music! You can definitely tell who made it, can't ya? 03. Mother Earth  Gaia's theme, of course. We'll start each chapter with this. 04. Beginning of an Era  The fanfare for... well, you can guess. 05. Ever-Changing World  Our map screen music. You won't get to hear much of it during the videos, so enjoy it here. 06. Birthplace of All Life  A good track for our early stages. 07. Undersea Maze  Mysteriously mazy. 08. Tension  Danger music! Expect to hear this a few times... 09. Intrigue  The sting for boss monologues. 10. Masters of Land, Sea, and Sky  Boss music! Very Dragon Quest-ish indeed. 11. Treasure  The "You beat a boss" fanfare. Eat the meat! 12. Great Achievement  This is the game's happy music, of course. 13. New Destinations  One of the stage themes we'll be hearing throughout the ages. 14. Time Transporter  The doorway to a new age. 15. Evolution  This game's "lovely trumpets". 16. Advice  When the crystal speaks. 22. Game Over  Yep, we've already heard this. Hopefully we won't hear it again. Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Jun 1, 2016 |
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Jun 1, 2016 07:02
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I've played the hell out of this game, so I'm definitely watching this. Leave mentioned that the first boss was weak to charge attacks and it really is. The strongest set of horns deals, I want to say, like 20 damage per charge into the boss. It really makes short work of him, but you also have to be careful to not run straight into his open mouth.
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Jun 1, 2016 07:42
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I remember renting this game as a child and not being able to figure out how to save it, so I just left it on all weekend. Looking forward to this LP.
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Jun 1, 2016 08:17
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Enix always had all the weird RPG's compared to Square, and this was one of the weirdest. In a good way.
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Jun 1, 2016 10:17
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I love this goddamn thing. Don't forget to chose the best Back-Of-The-Head parts.
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Jun 1, 2016 10:37
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E.V.O. is a fun little game that doesn't have a whole lot of depth but always seemed to have a lot of heart. I'm glad to see it LP'd! I think the Strolites in the game are a reference to Stromatolites which are a type of rock colony created by cyanobacteria in shallow waters. They are still around today in fact and one of the best places to see them is in a place called Shark Bay in Western Australia. It's weird to think of living rocks, but that's basically what they are.  e: have a picture! 
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Jun 1, 2016 13:04
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I really wish someone translated the PC-88/98 prequel. It's a top-down turn-based RPG though, and I imagine that's one of the reason's no one's done it. Anyway, I'll be watching this mess unfold.
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Jun 1, 2016 15:13
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This was literally my favorite game when I was a kid because I am the worst nerd.
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Jun 1, 2016 15:19
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Ah, this game. I love the next chapter, but then again I may be biased.
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Jun 1, 2016 16:06
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I played this game a while back, so I'll be checking this out. A couple notes about that first transformation crystal: It actually changes you into one of two forms, the other being a very fast eel with 100 HP. Also, the ray form is affected by your size when you swallow the crystal. The large ray also has 100 HP. IIRC, only one other crystal form has a size difference.
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Jun 1, 2016 18:02
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I've never played this game and know I would get annoyed eating things to level up constantly, so I'll stick around and watch since I won't have to.
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Jun 1, 2016 19:55
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Excellent! It's nice to actually know just what the game means with its slightly off creature names. Also it's always good to see Battlepod's unofficial chief strategist out and about.Alpha3KV posted:A couple notes about that first transformation crystal: It actually changes you into one of two forms, the other being a very fast eel with 100 HP. Also, the ray form is affected by your size when you swallow the crystal. The large ray also has 100 HP. IIRC, only one other crystal form has a size difference. MaskedHuzzah posted:I remember renting this game as a child and not being able to figure out how to save it, so I just left it on all weekend. Looking forward to this LP. 
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Jun 1, 2016 23:11
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i think the bouncing bugs are supposed to be trilobites
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Jun 2, 2016 00:04
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ElTipejoLoco posted:I really wish someone translated the PC-88/98 prequel. It's a top-down turn-based RPG though, and I imagine that's one of the reason's no one's done it. Anyway, I'll be watching this mess unfold. Good news, it looks like there actually are some people working on a translation currently http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,21731.0.html
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Jun 2, 2016 00:16
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AriadneThread posted:i think the bouncing bugs are supposed to be trilobites Yeah, definitely trilobites, though the real ones aren't known for bouncing around violently. The Kuraselache are probably Cladoselache, one of the earliest known shark ancestors.
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Jun 2, 2016 01:06
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I love this game so much  shalcar posted:E.V.O. is a fun little game that doesn't have a whole lot of depth but always seemed to have a lot of heart. I'm glad to see it LP'd! And yeah, the translation in the game is... janky to say the least. I don't know if it's a technical limitation the translators had to work around or what.
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Jun 2, 2016 01:21
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U.T. Raptor posted:I love this game so much The game is loaded with both Japanese and katakana'd scientific names for various things, so probably a combination of time constraints and the lack of Wikipedia & WWWJDIC.
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Jun 2, 2016 02:29
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The worst part of this game is how badly it punishes you for going for the hidden forms. You heal less in them and usually do less damage while taking more.
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Jun 2, 2016 07:48
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Y'know, I tried to give out a bunch of alternate video titles, but it seems that none of my suggestions could quite seal the deal.
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Jun 3, 2016 04:43
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Leavemywife posted:Y'know, I tried to give out a bunch of alternate video titles, but it seems that none of my suggestions could quite seal the deal. Well, algae damned. I thought I was the only one who liked puns.
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Jun 3, 2016 04:48
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For those wondering what the link is, but too lazy to type it out themselves:
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Jun 3, 2016 07:28
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I rented this game so many times I should have just bought it... I also had nightmares about some of the bosses in this game. Looking forward to this!
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Jun 3, 2016 10:00
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Still good for a replay now and then! I sure love how dumb and selfish every animal is
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Jun 3, 2016 23:28
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Skippy Granola posted:Still good for a replay now and then! I sure love how dumb and selfish every animal is Yeah, so long as you don't do something stupid like evolve into a human.
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Jun 3, 2016 23:49
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It was always kind of funny how bad that form was after how much the game tried to make it sound like a big deal.
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Jun 5, 2016 13:06
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Was the human form that bad? I seem to remember it having pretty good range and attack speed.
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Jun 5, 2016 20:15
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Polybius91 posted:Was the human form that bad? I seem to remember it having pretty good range and attack speed. Less damage, less defense, less reach than a long neck and you have to spent 1500 points to heal instead of 200. All for a small boost in movement speed and 10 hp.
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Jun 5, 2016 20:27
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Sure, we might suck at fighting anything but we invented the white chocolate latte so
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Jun 5, 2016 20:30
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dis astranagant posted:Less damage, less defense, less reach than a long neck and you have to spent 1500 points to heal instead of 200. All for a small boost in movement speed and 10 hp. And you can't kick anymore, which is the biggest penalty.
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Jun 5, 2016 21:02
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The human should be able to evolve themselves some armor and an AK-47.
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Jun 5, 2016 21:40
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Bruceski posted:The human should be able to evolve themselves some armor and an AK-47. You're getting dangerously close to turning this into a Cabela's game.  And no one wants that.
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Jun 5, 2016 21:44
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dis astranagant posted:Less damage, less defense, less reach than a long neck and you have to spent 1500 points to heal instead of 200. All for a small boost in movement speed and 10 hp.
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Clearly I need to post an update. Episode 02: Totally An Amphibian Additions Lizard Wizard helpfully suggested that the Ikustega is probably meant to be the Ichthyostega, and provided just the perfect picture.   Evolution Chart  New Music 17. Whispers From Above  Hearing voices from on high? And before we even licked any of the the other frogs! 18. Amphibians' Land  Get off our land, etc. One of my favourites. 19. Intimidation  Intrigue’s fat cousin. 20. Cry for the Past  This is going to be a harsh journey. 21. Gaia's Warning  Mayyyyybe we shouldn’t have done that. 23. Foreboding Desert  Oh Gaia there’s sand in my everything
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Jun 5, 2016 23:29
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I'm pretty sure the green crystals only let you turn into a creature from the current era or before. Also, it's easier to avoid the queen bee's stingers if you run across the arena instead of jumping.
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Jun 6, 2016 00:30
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That's great that the game doesn't explicitly punish you for killing the elder... but if you have the gall to then eat his corpse Gaia gets pissed and smites you. 
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Jun 6, 2016 01:05
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+200 evo -999 health hrrrrrm
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U.T. Raptor posted:Also, it's easier to avoid the queen bee's stingers if you run across the arena instead of jumping.  Captain Bravo posted:That's great that the game doesn't explicitly punish you for killing the elder... but if you have the gall to then eat his corpse Gaia gets pissed and smites you.
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Your amphibian looked exactly like a dinosaur right up until the end, when it turned into a dinosaur
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