Playing E.V.O: The 4.6 Billion Year Journey (Patreon)

Playing E.V.O: The 4.6 Billion Year Journey

Today we're playing E.V.O. a cult classic 90s RPG that takes you on a fantastical journey through evolution! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tehsnakerer Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tehsnakerer Twitter: https://twitter.com/TehSnakerer E.V.O: Theory of Evolution Translation Page: https://46okumen.com/projects/e-v-o-the-theory-of-evolution/ Index E.V.O: The Search for Eden 1. Introduction 00:00 - Introduction to E.V.O. How I came across the game and a basic rundown 2. The Setup 02:06 - The premise of this absurd reality and the battle for Evolution! 3. The Origin of Life and Gameplay 03:19 - Life and Gameplay both start under the sea, combat and levelling mechanics! 4. Boss Fights and Gaia’s forgiveness 07:34 - The difficulty spike in boss fights and how the game handles death. 5. Gameplay evolves on Land 10:23 - The gameplay shifts as we go from underwater to land, introduction of jumping 6. Music and the Age of Dinoboreus 15:25 - The games mixed bag of a soundtrack is discussed in the dullest chapter 7. The Ice Age is Pretty Cool 20:19 - Some positive notes in a chapter which gives us options to advance 8. Fort Birdman and Adaptation 23:00 - One of the games most defined stages raises a thought, the one time the game made me feel like evolving in a sensible way. 9. Early Man? 28:01 - As evolution stands still, the lead up to a finale goes bonkers 10. The End? 33:04 - And we win evolution! I think… E.V.O: The Theory of Evolution 1. The Theory of Evolution 37:27 - Introduction to the game that Search for Eden was built from 2. Story Introduction 38:51 - An introduction to this more grounded narrative 3. Turn Based Battling and the EVO Chart 40:25 - Combat and levelling explained! 4. Vertical Evolution and Travel Pains on Land 45:44 - Further notes on the vertical evolution system, difficulty scaling, and how the game challenges the player outside of battle (badly) 5. Grinding Again 49:53 - Thoughts on the necessity and annoyance of grinding in this title 6. Getting Lost in the Desertification 52:19 - A maze, questions about where to go and what’s going on? 7. Story Reintroduction 55:05 - Our role in this story becomes clear. An evaluation of the competing premises of both games, and nevermind that whole “more grounded” thing! 8. A Chapter of Lies and a European Stopoff 57:43 - The story takes a backseat as the world becomes sort of recognisable! 9. The Maze of Life 59:58 - As we make it to the age of Dinosaurs, the worst aspect of the game hits its peak! Its maze like nature and unintuitive navigation! 10. Going off the Charts 01:06:24 - Chapter 5 gets weird, again. 11. The Search for Wisdom 01:09:40 - The thematic and mechanical effects of getting wise 12. It’s Time to Talk about Spirit Science 01:11:59 - We all knew it was coming to this. 13. Duel with the Devil 01:14:30 - A bossfight! 14. Tripping on the Ascent to Man 01:17:48 - A very interesting set of endings 15. Evolution’s Final Chapter 01:20:18 - The climax at the end of a 4.6 (9.2) billion year journey 16. Conclusion 01:24:48 - 9.2 Billion Years worth of evolution made a streaming noise as it mysteriously flowed into us