Zenonia features many classic standbys of RPGs: questing, item improvement, battles, leveling (with some grinding), and so on. Generic it might be, but it's good-for an iPhone game, anyway. You get to pick your alignment (good or evil) based on your actions in the game, and there's an alternate ending for each choice. Also, the main character occasionally breaks the fourth wall with comments like, 'I just started playing this game, you know!' nice language past the App Store reviewers, but parents: expect some mild profanity. Oh, and the dialogue is pretty great on its own I don't know how the folks at Gamevil did it, but they managed to sneak some.ah. The background villagers-most of whom serve only to send you on senseless quests-flesh out the history of Zenonia in little snippets of speech. As a baby, he was found by a Holy Knight on a battlefield after a Knights' victory, and the man adopted him out of 'regret.' Fifteen years later, he gets caught up in an epic battle between two polarized forces-good and evil, represented by the Holy Knights and the Dragon Clan.ĭespite the somewhat cliched storyline, there's a lot to be said for Zenonia's plot, mostly thanks to the attention to detail evident in each character's dialogue. Sounds pretty typical, right? That boy's name is Regret. He needs to make decisions which lead to good or evil.' To quote from the developer's site, 'A boy with an unknown past decides to go on a journey to figure out the mysterious death of his father. Personally, I love the little title and found it to be a great value its popular reception remains to be seen, but I can confidently claim that this is currently the best RPG in the App Store. Quests, monster slaying, an epic (epicly typical!) storyline-love it or hate it, Zenonia has all of those classic elements. Its execution makes it amazing, especially on this platform, but don't expect much originality. But it's certainly on the level of something from the GBA days, and it's superior to other App Store offerings. Did it succeed? Well, not quite it's not DS quality.yet. Well, as far as I can tell, Zenonia is the first significant RPG in the App Store that tries to be just a great game, period.

When people label an iPhone game 'great,' there's usually an unspoken acknowledgment behind that title that says, 'Oh, sure, this is a great game.for the iPhone.'

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