[VN-RPG] Evenicle

It is kind of ironic that you actually have to rely on eroge companies to release good JRPGs these days.

Release: 2015 (Alice Soft)
Writers:  イマーム
               よーいちろー
               ヨイドレ・ドラゴン
Japanese difficulty: Hard (loads of pop culture references)
English: MangaGamer
Ratings: VNDB (7.73); EGS (8.22)

Designed by the good old TADA, Evenicle is probably the best JRPG I’ve played in the past few years. It borrows the upbeat wacky atmosphere and sense of adventure from One Piece and the general game-play from 90s JRPGs along with Tales-like skits, while also permeating everything in its own sexual humor and pop culture references （hone your 居留守 skills for MHK TV agents) that actually work.

It has a wide cast of interesting characters, a huge strange world that’s very interesting to explore, and while its story is, in essence, formulaic, it has enough twists, drama and comedy to keep your attention from start to finish.

Evenicle might not be among the most thought provoking games you play, but the combination of simple but addicting game-play, involving narrative, and a genuine feel of epic adventure makes it into one of the most satisfying JRPG experiences to date.

If you’re not allergic to lewd humor and like JRPGs, you owe it to yourself to play this game.

Positive:	Negative:
Nice sprites	Lousy CGs full of deformation
Interesting fantasy setting packed with peculiar lore	Takes a while to get used to the protagonist’s creepy behavior
Likable characters that grow on you	Doesn’t really attempt anything new
Genuinely funny humor
Despite being on the formulaic side, the story is quite interesting
Genuine sense of adventure
Simplistic but satisfying and addicting turn-based game-play