Yes, the controls are finicky, but honestly, the experience was very worth putting up with slightly wonky controls. I primarily attribute that to the fact that touch controls will never be superior to buttons in most kinds of video games.I spent probably about a dozen hours on this game before finishing it. And I loved nearly every second. Those few annoying moments did prevent me from being completely blown away (the Noria Mines and Final Boss were the only parts I found unnecessarily frustrating), but I was very VERY impressed. This game is more an artistic and highly imaginative tribute to the history of RPG gaming. I loved that the aesthetics morphed constantly, as did the gameplay style. The art in this game is gorgeous and the concept incredibly creative. I felt continuously delighted by its humour, classic game references, and hidden secrets. The only thing I would like to be added is a list somewhere of what achievements can be earned. I finished with all stars, cards, Double Twin beaten, secret merchant visited and the credits said I had 98.7% completion. I'd love to find whatever trophy(s) I am missing. But overall, I absolutely LOVED the experience. Highly recommended to any diehard, old school RPG fan.

I picked this game up because it was on sale and I had always wanted to give it a try. The concept of the game is very well thought out and executed, sending you through the world picking up chests that alter every aspect of the game from the visuals to the core gameplay mechanics, guiding you on a journey through RPG history. It was very enjoyable seeing all the little nods and also immediately picking up on the inspirations when the gameplay would change, giving me an idea of what might come next. However, the game is extremely short and could have brought a much broader and lengthier experience to bear. Just as I began to really enjoy the experience, the curtain closed and the credits rolled, leaving me wanting more. My rating of Evoland is a solid 4/5. While the game is fun and enjoyable, it is too short to really be able to enjoy the concept to its fullest. With Evoland 2 out now on IOS, I recommend foregoing this entry and jumping straight into it’s sequel, which appears to be a lengthier experience.

This game is possibly the best game I've ever played on my phone. My favorite game before I played this was a game called Mage Gauntlet. That game was seriously amazing and this game is a while new story of amazing. First it's 2D and over time it the graphics slowly become absolutely amazing. I have an issue with it though. (DONT READ THIS PART IF YOU HAVENT PLAYED IT!!) My issue is that it lags so so much during the part where your trying to find the dragon and all these monsters just come at you. And it is the laggiest thing ever. I'm on an iphone 4 so maybe it's just my phone can't handle it I don't know. But if you could fix the lag that would be amazing. But 9/10 because of the lag. But the story and how this game is is a 10/10! GET THIS GAME! ITS WORTH IT! And I beat the game and whole crap I need a part 2 haha that game was honestly the best game I've ever played haha!!!!! GET IT!!!

I beat this game in a single sitting. Took about 4 hours. I love the homages to everything from Zelda to Diablo, Final Fantasy, Mario, and even a few other nods like Blade Runner. Awesome concept for a game that was executed well. The Zelda elements got a little long winded, but the game really turned a corner with the Diablo portion right when I was starting to get a bit bored. Kudos and I can't wait to see what comes next from this team. Easily worth the 5 dollars. Also, I didn't experience any of the bugs the others were talking about, but did get one portion where my character disappeared off of the screen and one of the pre-rendered environments scrolled infinitely until there was nothing on the screen. It was very minor and didn't really cause any issues (just restarted and it was fine). Please support the developer.

I want to start by saying that I really loved this game. Just the premise alone was enough to keep me hooked for quite some time, and this game was what originally got me hooked on final fantasy. That being said, it ended up being somewhat of a letdown because it was so easy.The final fantasy sections were dull and uninvolved. The strongest weapon in the game is available for purchase 20 minutes in, every single battle is pathetically easy, there's no mp system or offensive spells, and to top it all off there's only one summon in the entire game (and you can only use it for the final battle)The 2 LoZ dungeons were short and kind of boring. The handful of puzzles took me a minute each tops and in general these levels were kind of pointless.My biggest gripe though is that the games one cool and unique mechanic (the ability to use crystals to travel back and forth in time) only showed up in one level.TLDR: if you enjoy final fantasy or legend of zelda, DON'T PLAY THIS GAME. You'll just end up disappointed. If you haven't played LoZ or FF, use this as a primer and then go play the real games.

I have played games like The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy 7, Chrono Trigger and many other RPGs and this game is giving me some major nostalgia vibes. Even though it mirrors many games it stays fresh with this concept of finding better graphics on chest as loot to improve your game. The weird part about it is that even if it didn’t have that I could have easily played this game as a over the top 2D Zelda clone. Very well put put together. Money well spent and it just keeps getting better and better after every chest you find. It really shows you the power that we hold on our hands with these devices.

So the game started off with a LOT of promise - a game that developed through the ages as you progressed?! Amazing idea. Where it fails however, is in execution. 1. The game goes backwards at certain points, as you travel back and forth through generations. If the point of the game is to go forward through developmental history, going backwards for any reason was a design stumble, full stop.2. Much more egregiously, FFVII and Link to the Past are the farthest forward you can travel? I was looking forward to tons of more modernizations, but the furthest we ever get is ps1 polygons and Link to the Past boss fights. With the clever exception of the Diablo area, this was completely disappointing. Play a game that came out in the last 15 years, dev team!!!

I guess it takes an intelligent person to appreciate a good game nowadays. Controls are just fine if you're smart, gameplay is unique and exciting, and Evoland is everything I'd expect from a $2 (on sale) game. Ignore all reviews given by complainers who think that they should get a free PS4 and 60 hours of magical gameplay to make their iPhone 3 feel modern. Not gonna happen.However, for the sequel, it would be a good idea to make musical loops a little longer and to export them as WAVs (converting to ogg vorbis if you need to save space). MP3s have a slight-and very annoying to us composers-stutter that makes loops pause before restarting. Do that and get some script proofreaders, and Evoland II will be golden!

This game....It seems pretty promising at the start. Game evolution as you go along? Cool! Unfortunately, once I reached the village, the game fell flat. I began to backtrack on a couple different tries of having the game on, getting less and less interested. The latest time that I turned it on, I continued the earlier backtracking and came upon a save point. I stepped on it,and...Error #2130 with a near completely black screen greeted me. I proceeded to reload an earlier save and tried it again. Same issue. I can't say that I expected this. The game seemed pretty decent, based on gameplay I'd seen. But a $4.99 game SHOULD. NOT. CRASH. And while I hope that this is just a few time thing, based on other reviews, it's not going away for a while. I want to say I'm disappointed, but...I lost interest.

Intro long and complicated after that it gets better, later on battling gets super ANNOYING a long battle every second and running away from battle does nothing just another battle happens when you move for 5 seconds when the goal is to find a crystal in a huge cave so it's hard and annoying and a monster just has to touch you for your character to die, so you could just run to its behind and die and if you die you have to go to the intro screen and press countinue when instead you could just press restart please take in consideration of my complaints if it helps you decide better updates or if you want to buy the game for 6.00$ DOLLARS!!!