Reason for Playing:
Next game recommended on the Steam Deck recommendation section.
Overview: Evoland is a game whose gameplay and visuals span gaming history, primarily referencing the action/adventure, RPG, and action RPG genres. In particular, the game primarily switches between the Legend Zelda and Final Fantasy series in style.
20220803:
Today I started playing Evoland and for the most part I'm enjoying the experience. The game typically progresses at a fast enough rate that it's just one nostalgic experience after another. With that being said, there was one place in the game where I wasn't paying attention, got lost, wasted at least a good half hour running into random encounters, and subsequently spent at least another half hour making my way through such encounters. I suppose that in itself was a reminder of a part of the RPG experience which I don't miss, and it makes me wonder how I ever played various entries in the Pokemon series.
Gameplay Log:
Got access to the Airship and backtracked to the north.
Shrine of Babamut
Headed to the Mana Tree and tried to fight Zephyros
Steam Game Time: 3.8 hours (total game time)
20220804 AM Hours:
Gameplay Log:
Star: The Crystal Caves; Card: Edel Vale; Merchant: North-West forest; Chobokos: plains
Using someone's world map (which I felt I could have made myself). However, there were three locations I would have not yet labeled: #13, #15, and the second half of #3.
Got the star. Got the card.
Visited #13. I actually passed by this prior to seeing the map, but I thought you enter it like a town. Actually j ust "talk" to the tent.
Star: The Crystal Caves; Card: The Ruins of Sarudnahk.
Got the card.
Looked at a map of Crystal Caves and saw a hidden path leading to the star. To be honest, I didn't intend to look at the map with the expectation that it'd have all the secrets revealed. However, in hindsight, that would almost certainly be the case.
Steam Game TIme: 4.3 hours (total game time) / 0.5 hours (session game time)
20220804:
Gameplay Log:
Passed by an open area which I assumed to be the plains. Walked around and encountered a Choboko.
Got the star.
Visited the second half of #3.
Visited #15.
(You have found 26 of 30) Star: The Sacred Grove. (You have found 14 of 23) Card: The Hidden Cave.
Got my Choboko meat cooked.
Went to merchant
Got the star (it was from a hidden passageway). Got the card (also from a hidden passageway).
(You have found 27 of 30) Star: Edel Vale. (You have found 17 of 23) Card: The Noria Mines.
Got the star. Got the card (actually I think I got more than one).
Note that the "hard" chest in The Noria Mines involved getting swept by the last air trap. I observed this trap from afar and for some reason thought if nothing else is leading to this chest, then perhaps it's this.
(You have found 29 of 30) Star: Papunika Village. (You have found 21 of 23) Card: The Ruins of Sarudnahk.
Got the card (I went to the end of the level where the boss/portal are and back to the beginning before finding it: noticing the gap in the white edge of the minimap
(You have found 29 of 30) Star: Papunika Village. (You have found 22 of 23) Card: Papunika Village.
Got the card. Got the star.
Defeated Zephyros. Honestly, it was a relatively tough boss battle.
The credits say I completed 98.2% of the game. Perhaps this is due to the two remaining achievements.
Steam Game Time: 7.0 hours (total game time) / 2.7 hours (session game time)
20220912:
Today I finished the two remaining uncompleted Steam achievements: kill an Otoroc with a flaming arrow and defeat the boss in Noria Mines while on full health. The latter was annoying. On the third or fourth try, I got the boss down while on full health, but he detonates before officially dying and that dealt me one damage so I had to try again. After another one or two tries, I managed to defeat him while on full health and also maintain the full health by avoid his detonation (I probably used the bow and arrow to attack him.
On a related note, the first time I lost to the boss, I tried to recover life manually (walking around and killing monsters). However, I eventually realized that I can go to the main menu, continue, and the player character will start at the entrance of the mines with full life. I then further realized that if the player character loses all his health, he will also start at the entrance with full life.
Technical Difficulties: When trying to boot up the game, I got the Steam Logo and the game wouldn't load. This also happened when I tried to boot up Yaga. I did an internet search and a Reddit thread suggested to just restart. I did and the game successfully launched (though Yaga still did not launch).
Steam Game Time: 7.5 hours (total game time) / 24 minutes (session game time)
20231224:
Ensuring backup of game from Steam Deck to PC. There was no cloud save, so I had to manually navigate to the save file and copy it over before being able to use Game Save Manager to make the backup. The save itself is located at ` C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\com.shirogames.evoland\Local Store\#SharedObjects\game.dat` and so I copied the `com.shirogames.evoland` folder from my Steam Deck to PC.
Steam Game Time: 7.6 hours (cumulative game time) / 0.1 hours (session game time)
Next game recommended on the Steam Deck recommendation section.
Overview: Evoland is a game whose gameplay and visuals span gaming history, primarily referencing the action/adventure, RPG, and action RPG genres. In particular, the game primarily switches between the Legend Zelda and Final Fantasy series in style.
20220803:
Today I started playing Evoland and for the most part I'm enjoying the experience. The game typically progresses at a fast enough rate that it's just one nostalgic experience after another. With that being said, there was one place in the game where I wasn't paying attention, got lost, wasted at least a good half hour running into random encounters, and subsequently spent at least another half hour making my way through such encounters. I suppose that in itself was a reminder of a part of the RPG experience which I don't miss, and it makes me wonder how I ever played various entries in the Pokemon series.
Gameplay Log:
Got access to the Airship and backtracked to the north.
Shrine of Babamut
Headed to the Mana Tree and tried to fight Zephyros
Steam Game Time: 3.8 hours (total game time)
20220804 AM Hours:
Gameplay Log:
Star: The Crystal Caves; Card: Edel Vale; Merchant: North-West forest; Chobokos: plains
Using someone's world map (which I felt I could have made myself). However, there were three locations I would have not yet labeled: #13, #15, and the second half of #3.
Got the star. Got the card.
Visited #13. I actually passed by this prior to seeing the map, but I thought you enter it like a town. Actually j ust "talk" to the tent.
Star: The Crystal Caves; Card: The Ruins of Sarudnahk.
Got the card.
Looked at a map of Crystal Caves and saw a hidden path leading to the star. To be honest, I didn't intend to look at the map with the expectation that it'd have all the secrets revealed. However, in hindsight, that would almost certainly be the case.
Steam Game TIme: 4.3 hours (total game time) / 0.5 hours (session game time)
20220804:
Gameplay Log:
Passed by an open area which I assumed to be the plains. Walked around and encountered a Choboko.
Got the star.
Visited the second half of #3.
Visited #15.
(You have found 26 of 30) Star: The Sacred Grove. (You have found 14 of 23) Card: The Hidden Cave.
Got my Choboko meat cooked.
Went to merchant
Got the star (it was from a hidden passageway). Got the card (also from a hidden passageway).
(You have found 27 of 30) Star: Edel Vale. (You have found 17 of 23) Card: The Noria Mines.
Got the star. Got the card (actually I think I got more than one).
Note that the "hard" chest in The Noria Mines involved getting swept by the last air trap. I observed this trap from afar and for some reason thought if nothing else is leading to this chest, then perhaps it's this.
(You have found 29 of 30) Star: Papunika Village. (You have found 21 of 23) Card: The Ruins of Sarudnahk.
Got the card (I went to the end of the level where the boss/portal are and back to the beginning before finding it: noticing the gap in the white edge of the minimap
(You have found 29 of 30) Star: Papunika Village. (You have found 22 of 23) Card: Papunika Village.
Got the card. Got the star.
Defeated Zephyros. Honestly, it was a relatively tough boss battle.
The credits say I completed 98.2% of the game. Perhaps this is due to the two remaining achievements.
Steam Game Time: 7.0 hours (total game time) / 2.7 hours (session game time)
20220912:
Today I finished the two remaining uncompleted Steam achievements: kill an Otoroc with a flaming arrow and defeat the boss in Noria Mines while on full health. The latter was annoying. On the third or fourth try, I got the boss down while on full health, but he detonates before officially dying and that dealt me one damage so I had to try again. After another one or two tries, I managed to defeat him while on full health and also maintain the full health by avoid his detonation (I probably used the bow and arrow to attack him.
On a related note, the first time I lost to the boss, I tried to recover life manually (walking around and killing monsters). However, I eventually realized that I can go to the main menu, continue, and the player character will start at the entrance of the mines with full life. I then further realized that if the player character loses all his health, he will also start at the entrance with full life.
Technical Difficulties: When trying to boot up the game, I got the Steam Logo and the game wouldn't load. This also happened when I tried to boot up Yaga. I did an internet search and a Reddit thread suggested to just restart. I did and the game successfully launched (though Yaga still did not launch).
Steam Game Time: 7.5 hours (total game time) / 24 minutes (session game time)
20231224:
Ensuring backup of game from Steam Deck to PC. There was no cloud save, so I had to manually navigate to the save file and copy it over before being able to use Game Save Manager to make the backup. The save itself is located at ` C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\com.shirogames.evoland\Local Store\#SharedObjects\game.dat` and so I copied the `com.shirogames.evoland` folder from my Steam Deck to PC.
Steam Game Time: 7.6 hours (cumulative game time) / 0.1 hours (session game time)
Date/Time
Thursday, August 4, 2022
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Labels
100% achievements
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action
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adventure
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indie
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main game completed
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retro
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rpg
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single-player
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