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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
A Google User, Jun 11, 2013
Game crashes randomly Good fun game for a dollar. it needs to not crash randomly. Did the same thing on my droid x. And now my galaxy note 2. Step it up gamevil.
A Google User, Jun 8, 2013
Exceeded expectations There is so much content for just 99 cents. Plays like a simplified, humorous version of Diablo.
A Google User, Jun 7, 2013
Fix the bug that I have where I cant spec my skill points and I cant open my inventory Force close often, and I cant spec any of my skill points, fix please!!
A Google User, Jun 5, 2013
Crashes constantly Fun game, not amused with all the crashing. Looking around I see tjis has been going on for awhile now.. expecting a patch, you'll get more stars when I see it fixed.
A Google User, Jun 5, 2013
The game crashes Every 15 seconds the game crashes? I have read other reviews were this is happening i think the issue is needing to be addressed now, i paid for this game... I didn't pay for a buggy/crashy game... Everything else is really good.
A Google User, Jun 5, 2013
Awsome This is an awsome game I've also played all your other games to. Just as good
A Google User, Jun 4, 2013
Glitches and force closes Attempting to play this great game on my nexus but the inability to make choices in the game and force closes are crazy. Nexus 7 user
A Google User, Jun 1, 2013
Great game if it didn't constantly force close I have fought the boss in the cave of deceit several times now and each time the game forces a close and I have to start the battle all over again just to have it happen again. This does not happen in the iOS version
A Google User, May 31, 2013
Crash alert Crashes randomly from 2 to 5 minutes of play on my samsung galaxy 2. Fix it pls
A Google User, May 30, 2013
S3 random crashes On random times 10-15m the game crashes. Not recommended, until they fix it.
A Google User, May 27, 2013
Fun game Fun game, all except it will force closequite frequently. I either go 1-2 hours with no problems, oritforce closes every 15 seconds.
A Google User, May 27, 2013
Keeps force closing, leaving me at last save point. I'm using the Nexus 4, stock. 4.2.2. Would love to know how to fix this.
A Google User, May 20, 2013
Nice A great full length action role playing game without IAPs. A steal for 1 buck.
A Google User, May 20, 2013
Problem with Galaxy Note 2 I love this game but I'm with problems on Galaxy Note 2 GT-7100, the game freeze some times and close T_T Please help!
A Google User, May 19, 2013
AMAZING! Great RPG game with awesome graphics and storyline. Only problems are the hunger system is annoying and there's no way to know if certain choices will make u good or evil. Can't wait to play the others!
A Google User, May 17, 2013
Fun, but Crashes All the Time I enjoy the game, but it seriously crashes about every 5 minutes. Luckily it auto saves often and starts up quickly, so I'm back in about 10 seconds. Still very annoying though, especially for a paid app.
Okay, I see :)
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.
What do you mean by that?
What a Zelda ripoff!!!! As a Zelda fanatic, I mean that as a compliment :)