Eukarion Tales 2 Review (Steam)
For this Eukarion Tales 2 Review, Weplay a game that has us embarking on a dangerous adventure and battle against the forces of Kaos. We try to complete quests to gain experience, learn new spells and abilities, and equip ourselves with powerful weapons and armor. In classic 2000s hack-and-slash fashion, gain valuable experience from completing quests and defeating enemies, upgrade your characteristics and abilities on the stats screen, choosing your build wisely. Enter the spellbook to earn new spells and abilities, which will come in real handy as you take on evil in epic battles!
Eukarion Tales 2 Review Pros:
- Original flash game graphics from the 2000s.
- 36.64MB download size.
- Own in-game achievements.
- Graphics settings – fullscreen and graphics quality preset.
- Game Guide is a website with a full manual of how to play, mechanics, and combat.
- Two playable characters – Marcus and Eladen.
- 3 difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
- ARPG gameplay.
- Maps for the game are a website.
- Obelisks restore health and mana.
- Save when you want.
- Journal keeps track of missions.
- 3 save slots – 1 is autosave.
- Simple easy-to-learn controls.
- Pure nostalgia for the era.
- Fast travel to locations via the world map.
- Hack and slash-style combat.
- Damage and heal numbers pop during combat, and missed attacks will show text telling you.
- Play how you want, you are not forced to follow the path.
- Auto attacks when in range.
- Marcus is a melee Knight and Eladen is a sorcerer and uses ranged magic.
- Enemies can drop loot and gold.
- Click on items to pick them up regardless of where your character is.
- Earn EXP and level up to get points to put into characteristics and ability stats.
- Special abilities for your character have offensive and defensive trees.
- Text pop-up boxes when you hover over menus and entries.
- You use health and mana potions by dropping them on the hit bar or by clicking them in your inventory.
- Drag and drop abilities onto your bar.
- Find loot chests.
- Take in main and side quests.
- To move you can just hold down the left mouse button and walk.
- Big boss fights.
- Clicking on an enemy will show the name, level, and health bars.
- Game over lets you reload a save.
Eukarion Tales 2 Review Cons:
- No Steam achievements.
- Every time you click maps or manual it opens a new tab regardless if you already have one open.
- Slight performance hitches.
- Cannot assign powers to the right mouse.
- Clicking the right mouse brings up the settings for the Adobe player.
- Auto targeting means your character can just walk off, and attack enemies you cannot even see.
- You can land up hitting cover without knowing it but yet the enemy can hit you.
- No camera controls.
- Annoying to constantly check the maps.
- Possible to screw yourself with saves.
- Hitting escape will minimize the screen.
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Eukarion Tales 2:
Developer: Age Of Games
Publisher: Age Of Games
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Summary
What a fantastic trip back in time. I never played this game before the animations, the music, and the gameplay are so familiar and nostalgic. I love how all the needless menu surfing and character building is gone and it’s just a straight-up feel-good hack-and-slash RPG. Yeah, using a map on a webpage all the time is annoying but I mean I remember a time when the map was a physical thing and you needed it with you at all times! I can’t speak too much of the story as my nostalgic smile obscured my ability to read. Overall it’s a cheap price and an excellent retro trip that you owe yourself to take.