It was annoying at first - I felt punished for not knowing the combat controls instantly - and it became annoying again at higher levels, where I needed a respawn (or two) to defeat dangerous enemies. It seemed that I needed Zen to get Origin of Life to get a respawn. See, a lot of things in Zenonia 5 require Zen, the game’s premium currency. Still, I thought it was annoying to be asked to navigate and battle without any explanation of the controls, and then be charged a decay penalty or premium currency when I died.
After a few battles, improved combat strategies emerge. Players use the green movement stick on the left to navigate, and an activation button on the right to talk, pick up, attack, and otherwise interact with the game world.Īs your new hero gains strength and skills, you can add commonly-used attacks to the radial menu on the right-hand activation button for easier access.
After a little experimentation, and reminding yourself to use the controls and not try to click the screen, movement becomes clear and easy. The game begins with a character-driven objective, and no player tutorial, which is usually my favorite way to jump in and play. The game mythos is broken up into enough smaller story arcs, with generic objectives like fighting this enemy, helping this character, delivering this item, that it is quite accessible to players who aren’t familiar with Zenonia. The overall tale of a young boy with an epic destiny to save the land is pretty easy to follow. Players take on the role of a world-saving hero with huge weapons and anti-gravity hair, and use cute little power-up items to battle the strangely adorable monster enemies. Then they battle! For folks unfamiliar with the previous Zenonia mythos, this is all pretty obscure, but in a moment, it seems that this sequence was all a dream! Your character is just as confused as you are! Phew! Your first action as a player is to have your crazy dream interpreted.įortunately, after the opening cinematic, players don’t need to be terribly familiar with previous Zenonia games to enjoy Zenonia 5. The story opens with a confusing argument between a king, a girl in a bikini, someone who seems to have killed a witch, and a dude who is becoming the devil because the wealthy have oppressed the poor. You’re also able to customize your character’s hair and looks, although I couldn’t find a way to change the name or gender, and changes to the character art don’t carry over to the larger images of your character associated with dialogue, which is occasionally disorienting. A Mechanic has a ranged attack and steampunkery accessories. Abel is a Berserker, Neal’s a Wizard, Ryan’s a Paladin, and Evan is a Mechanic. Players can choose between four playable characters, each of a different class. Players enter an engaging fantasy world, with charming characters, oddly adorable monsters to fight, an epic destiny, and all the other J-RPG standards, but a frequent need to spend premium currency to progress, and storyline events that require familiarity with previous Zenonia make this delightful world very hard to access. Zenonia 5, Gamevil’s latest installment in the Zenonia series, is a fantasy action RPG for Droid.
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