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ZENONIA® - Zelda of the 21st Century
Tested version: 1.1.9
Latest version: 1.2.0
Requires Android: from 1.5
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Summary
Imagine your father was the brave leader of the “holy warriors” in battle against the power of evil. He defended his land from the infamous Dragon Clan and kept peace for 15 years. Yet he could not escape his destiny – an dangerous demon sent by his archenemy brought his life to an end. Now it’s up to you and no one else to avenge your father’s death and bring justice to the land…
Are you ready to give those evil bastards one last fight on the land of ZENONIA®?
Test report comes from Paulina Gegenheimer
Features & Use
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As the son of a fallen hero, your goal in the game is to save the world from evil powers by fighting against demons and other dangerous enemies.
Generally speaking, the game is made of small assignments and tasks that need to be accomplished for different people (think Pokemon meets Zelda – and you get the basic picture). The format of ZENONIA® is bound to look familiar for fans of old-school RPG games for Nintendo and Sega.
There is a single action button located at the bottom right that can be used for all actions such as: punching, swinging a sword, picking up objects or talking to people.
The game really begins once you’ve talked to a person and figured what they want you to do. Tasks may be, for example: collecting wood, transporting objects, getting rid of pesky insects or disturbing the inhabitants of a village.
Once you’ve completed your task, you must go back to the person that gave you the order to receive money, experience points, food or important information in return. It’s sort of like earning merit badges when you were back in Boy Scouts (if people still do that kind of thing).
I really like the way Zenonia teaches you how to play the game step by step by showing you useful hints and tips along the way.
Completing all the tasks in a specific location moves you up to the next level. The transition from one level to the next is really smooth and hardly noticeable.
What I didn’t enjoy so much was the fact that you have to constantly read through a lot of text in order to know what to do in the game. The characters in the game spend what seems like hours chatting to each other. This shouldn’t be a surprise to Zelda fans, however.
Nevertheless, I really enjoy Zenonia because of its detailed landscape and cute design. Judging by the fact that Zelda is still one of the most popular games of all time, Zenonia has done a pretty good job of capturing the spirit of the original game.
Screen & Controls
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The controls in ZENONIA® are really simple and practical based on my own experiences. There’s a virtual d-pad in the left corner that moves your character in all directions. The d-pad is very responsive meaning that you can direct your character with control and precision.
The action button in the right button makes things simple by letting complete all actions with one button.
The screen layout is also very well done. By looking at two bars you can tell whether your character is hungry or tired. In the top right corner, your location on the map is marked by a red cross.
The “backpack feature”, however, wasn’t as impressive. Your backpack is supposed to include all your items and acts as a kind of inventory. It also shows you information about collected points and skills. In my opinion, too much information is being thrown at you, which may be confusing and disorienting.
Despite some of these minor grievances, I fully understand why Zenonia was recognized as the best adventure game by the Pocket Gamer Awards 2010 and selected as Best RPG Game of 2009.
Detailed, clear, exciting and entertaining – that’s how I would sum up this great game.
Speed & Stability
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No issues with speed and stability during my test. ZENONIA® loaded quickly without any delays. Very satisfactory performance on a range of Android devices.
Price/Performance Ratio
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Zenonia (free) can be downloaded for free from the Android Market.
The full versions of ZENONIA® and Zenonia 2 cost $4.99 a pop.
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Market Comments
Paul Reiser, Apr 12, 2012
Bad story, boring game play This game is very childish and uninteresting in terms of story and dialog. Also, it doesn't matter that you have the option of choosing between being the good or the bad guy. In the end, you end up being forced to play the good guy by defeating your evil boss (probably because they couldn't come up with another last boss), and everyone that died because of your evil actions is resurrect automagically without explanation. And you feel like you were taken for a fool.
Dean, Apr 10, 2012
Mmmm Well the game is good. The controls are iffy on xperia play. The whole authentication thing is true. That needs to be patched quick.
CMiller, Apr 6, 2012
not SG Nexus compatible like many games, not compatible with sg nexus. Doesn't get past loading, sits on black screen and have to force close. bought this on a htc desire originally and it worked fine, but can't recommend now on strength of performance on new phone.
christian, Apr 4, 2012
Fix please The yes or no part of the game needs fixing. I try choosing no and it wont work... plz fix so i can enjoy the game...
mylon, Mar 25, 2012
Great game The game is awesome and flows smoothly, but the music cuts off after a while on my phone, but great game nonetheless, worth buying.
Steve , Mar 24, 2012
Ads! And data connection Completely lame to have ads in a paid version! Why would a company do this? Downright ubsurd! And have to have a data connection check everyday? This just plain don't work for Tablet users who don't have 3g connections! Folks please please E-mail this dev down below and tell them to stop this practice! They can't respond back to your rating but they can answer e-mail. We all need to voice this concern for products WE buy!
Peter Long
What a Zelda ripoff!!!! As a Zelda fanatic, I mean that as a compliment :)