Evil Quest : Pt7. SquidBilly
Channel: LIFE RPG
Date: 22/11/2014

EvilQuest Water Cave featuring a squid named Billy.

He's not really evil, just misunderstood.

And that's why we had to mercilessly slay him! :D

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Why save the world when you can conquer it? In EvilQuest, take on the role of Galvis — a dark knight obsessed with ultimate power. Set out on a quest of revenge,destruction and conquest in this exciting retro Action RPG title. Along the way you’ll unlock ancient mysteries, discover legendary weapons, relics and magic…and of course kill thousands of those foolish enough to stand in your way!

EvilQuest features a wide variety of environments, enemies, and boss creatures – all created in retro style with 100% original artwork, animation, and music. In addition to fighting monsters, Galvis will also terrorize the residents of several towns and must avoid imperial agents seeking to re-capture him.

The goal of the game is for Galvis to take revenge on his captors as well as unlock the secret power of four legendary seals. Players will find a variety of weapons, items, and magic spells to increase their power as they play through the quest. The game also allows the player to customize areas of proficiency during level-ups by assigning points to particular attributes.

A top-down 2D Action-RPG. The main draw of the game is how over-the-top the protagonist is. It's not uncommon for you to learn spells and get equipment by threatening some NPC and then after getting said upgrade, to kill them. The entire game is played out in this tongue-in-cheek manner and I found it amusing enough, though some will no doubt find it to be a bit try hard.

The artstyle is crude and bland at times and dungeons are a bit long and boring to traverse, but the dungeons have save points so replaying long stretches of them shouldn't be much of a factor. Puzzles are rare and quite simple when they show up.

The best aspect of Evil Quest gameplay-wise is how easy it is to become a walking flamethrower. Magic regenerates over time, so if you level-up and make it a point to pump intelligence, by the halfway point of the game you can constantly spam spells as you walk around and it trivializes most enemies. I don't find this a downpoint since combat is rather simplistic and mowing down enemies with various spells is fun enough.

The game is pretty short, you probably won't end up with more than a half-dozen hours at most on a playthrough, though that's about right and it ended just as I was tiring of it a bit. I had fun with this and the price point puts you in position of not having much to lose by taking a chance on it.

Key Features
    dark and genre-defying dialogue and story
    Fast-paced action-RPG gameplay
    retro-style original graphics
    original musical score
    game world full of mysteries and twists to explore
    multiple levels of melee attack through weapon charging system
    15 unique dungeon levels and overworld areas
    14 different spells with a variety of purposes and effects
    10 challenging boss fights
    Dozens of pieces of equipment and items to discover