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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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Feb 3, 2011 5:10:31 PM
well, I just mean that as far as the game concept is concerned it's extremely similar to Zelda. I don't see anything wrong with that because playing Zelda-like games on my Android is great.
Market Comments
Jonathan, Sep 7, 2012
It was great while it lasted Its a great RPG. Awesome moves and stuff......for the first 2 days after I bought it. Today there's a "Network Error" and now I apparently don't own then game. Please fix. I gotta play this one so I can play 2-4 as well
wayne, Sep 7, 2012
Great fun game Fantastic RPG. Great fun and lots to do, well worth the purchase :-)
Mitch, Sep 5, 2012
Pretty good. For 99¢ you can't go wrong. Touch screen controls aren't terrible and the game is pretty fun. Only issue I have is the game closes sometimes when I pick up an item (nexus 7), but once I open it again I'm at the same spot. Minor annoyance but it would be nice to have it fixed.
Nikki, Sep 4, 2012
Great Game I absolutely love this game, it's great to see "old school" RPG's popping up here and there. The storyline is cute and funny, the gameplay is fair and just like every other RPG since the beginning of time, welcome to the grind. =)
dukat, Sep 3, 2012
Licence check. Daily licence checks are unacceptable, therefore one star. The game itself is not so bad, however it becomes very repetive later on. The story starts well, but does not really progress. Plus, the game has often sound problems.
Paul, Aug 31, 2012
Love it I like long games like this gives me something to do. And it play great on my Samsung galaxy
Justin, Aug 31, 2012
Old School RPG I enjoyed this, reminded me of the old RPGs that I played growing up.
Roberto, Aug 25, 2012
Sucks The game is good but you need internet connection to play it! I cant play it outside my house and also it has ads in the paid version
John, Aug 25, 2012
Fun, but crashes You know, I'm actually enjoying the story and the gameplay quite a bit. But it is frustrating to kill off a boss, and then to have it crash before you can save. VERY frustrating. I would give this a 5 star rating if it didn't crash on the Nexus 7 all the time at the most random moments. PLEASE FIX SOON! I LOVE YOUR STUFF! But this is annoying to pay money and then not have it work...
Hiigaran, Aug 24, 2012
Jelly bean issues Fun game but crashes every 3 minutes on galaxy nexus w/ 4.1
Jack, Aug 21, 2012
Hey! Great gameplay. I don't mind the grinding. I actually find it addictive. Thanks!
Tristan, Aug 18, 2012
What happened Just closes out to the home screen samsung exhibit 2.. Used to work on my samsung precedent
chris, Aug 14, 2012
Issues I can only play for about 2 minutes then crashes and That's all 4 versions please fix Thanx
Carl, Aug 11, 2012
Looks good doesn't work. I made the mistake of buying this without trying the demo first. It crashes my Rugby smart.
Okay, I see :)