We're back to knock another shitty Twitter thread off the board, it's time to play "4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution".Previous thread: >>729623224>What is this game?The original JRPG predecessor of E.V.O. Search For Eden for the SNES, released on the PC-98, developed by Almanic and published by the JRPG gods themselves Enix. The game follows the perspective of a mortal creature chosen by Gaia, (You), to shepherd Earth through the entirety of its evolutionary history over the course of billions of years. You must save innocent wildlife from danger and clear obstacles to the world's continued evolution, while at the same time thwarting the machinations of a sadistic alien ojou-sama from outer space.>can I play it too?Just look up the ROM on MyAbandonware, then download the patch (along with the translated manual full of lore) here: https://46okumen.com/projects/e-v-o-the-theory-of-evolution/We're not wasting any time tonight, it's time for another training arc. We're locked out of a part of the map because the lizard men there are too strong. In order to hunt monsters that are one step higher than us on the evo ladder, we need to take advantage of our new stat cap and raise everything to max.
Our current location is a horrible choice to grind, because everything here is an end of chapter evolution that can skin us alive.
Thankfully we don't have to tread too far into the ice field to find some tigers.
And these guys, who would normally be our bridge from squirrel to man if we were as experienced with the evo system back then as we are now.
Still would.
I mean every chapter had its grind, but this chapter has been the worst so far.
Even this safe training area is just a few steps away from the lizard fuckers. You can see one to the left here.
the fuck is this
>>729700603The prequel to that one SNES game.
Gorgons started spawning in our training area, so we had to run back to the oasis.
Ha ha! Time for The Shinka Ron!
>>729700728And that's how you know Lizards are the best race. Fuck Primates.
Even being able to 3 turn our best hunting targets, the number of points needed to reach new evolution barriers in this era is ridiculous.
2-3 battles away from our EVO Gene target, we find a rare encounter with a wooly mammoth.
At least, they used to be, but now there are 4 of these things on screen. I guess we hadn't walked far enough left before.
I just caught up from last night's thread and I have no idea how some anon found a bugman making a game inspired by EVO (SNES)https://store.steampowered.com/app/3141250/Rapax/
Holy shit did we miss this last night?
Doesn't seem to trigger anything... yet. I thought my wife was here.
>>729701130You didn't walk far enough north?
It's time.
Option 1: DINOSAUR MAN
Option 2: A redundant, but stupidly sexy side grade that makes me question what the game meant by addressing us as male since chapter 1.
>>729700603It's a good game, really. While the gameplay isn't similar, the very minimal story & characters from E.V.O. is readily compared similar if you play this (though the ending takes a much less-divine path).
Option 3: Another evolution at the same tier as our current one. This one's name and description implies that the dinosaurs are evolving into something else entirely.
We choose to stick with Dinosaur Man for one simple reason: he's a higher tier species so we can raise our stats into the 10k range.
>>729623646Animal A = FriendAnimal B = FriendAnimal C = Romantic Interest who never wins against EarthAnimal D = Rival who's never as strong or happy as youElder = C's Dad and always judges youRough.
>>729701641Damn he looks cool
Haha this fag has no scales
He's STRONG, about as strong as the lizard men. If we can kill neanderthals then I think we're ready to continue exploring south.
>>729701550The weird thing about that name is that it highly resembles the Dinosaur Man.
>>729701805>>729701735He looks so sad
On the way to the southern cave we find that the way is no longer blocked by lizard men, but by something worse. We'll have to play it safe to get through this fight.
Did you know this faggot has a stun special just like that singing dragon?
Thankfully, nothing really has an answer to us throwing rocks at their head.
The first thing we see in this new area is a couple of herbivores tweaking out.
I mean, there's fire all over this fucking forest, but sure let's backtrack and talk to our yeti friend.
>>729702318Wouldn't be a JRPG without meaningless back and forth
We just walked through a forest fire to GET HERE YOU BITCH
It wasn't hard to find, but as always we had to avoid drowning.
Java Man? Is that short for javelin man, or a hominid discovered in Java?
If I remember the chart correctly, this is the strongest "ape" line you can advance to before you have to lock in to various types of cavemen.
Where'd you get the sword from dude? All I have is a sharpened bone and a pocket full of rocks.
>>729702059>passive powerstancevs>mild irritation
Goblins are the first enemy we've met that can RUN AWAY. I had to re-engage this faggot 3 times.
We've collected our coal toll.
WOULD
Side grades like these often have special attacks that other species on the same tier don't, but once you realize that stat points are all that matter, why would you go sideways instead of straight down?
Our friend the Yeti has moved on. Guess it's straight back to the carnivorous apes.
Well they're definitely not liking it, but an increasingly recurring problem in this era is the fact that conversations are activated by walking into NPCs, and THEY CAN WALK INTO YOU TOO. Sometimes I have to reload the file just to save time.
>>729702731Nah. If your previous evolution was "Tier 1" and your current "Tier 2" then that's a Tier 1 mammal, sharing sidegrades with three types of caveman. It's basically the "odd one out" type of evolution that stays more ape than human, and has two more evolved forms, just like how you're basically on the "Human but Dinosaur without any obvious monstrous traits" track.
Well worth the effort, but will these dumbfucks let us out of here?
ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY
You know, the game never did attempt to explain how we carried hot volcanic coals all the way here.
Nice view up here.
>>729703521In a wicker basket, obviously.
Shambalah? Is that like Atlantis?
>>729703653HOLY SHIT IS THAT A NI--oh there's no nipple.
DOOR STUCK
Well that was horrible. Let's fuck up some more goblins before heading north, all those points we gained earlier have almost pushed us to the next evolution stage.
Where is the shopkeep that's selling all these green dudes swords and armor?
>>729703832Conveniently located within your main menu, they take EVO Genes as currency.
Now that we've advanced the story all the easy spawns got replaced by gorgons. We've almost reached our goal.
One more evolution and we're at the bottom of the chart, and our maximum power level.
Gorgon would be a based choice to play for the rest of the chapter. Let's look at the other option. I saw a fucking gnome somewhere.
Does this guy drop colored beads?
>>729700240Titty Monster
So many homos.
But wait... this guy is the same tier as Dino Man, so what if we pump points into this guy instead...?Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
I think if we evolve one more time to the left we become a whimsical creature, but it's obvious that we've hit our final destination for this chapter. Look at those stat lines. You even get 500 extra wisdom to increase your Rock Throw damage.
We travel north, using this glowing circle to activate our passive regen which stops when standing on snow tiles.
That turned out to be the wrong north, so let's turn back. Check out how strong this homo dino is.
>>729704470Yeah, that's where Gnome is.
There's a path through the mountains to our left. Past the fucking gorgons of course.
I'd like to just go straight to the next place, but the gorgons are running in to me every time I get stuck between some terrain.
After looking around it turns out we went that way for nothing, so we have no choice but to explore the giant ice sheet that kills us after 20 steps.
Yeti hasn't returned either, who the fuck are we looking for?
>>729705197Try that glowing spot
>>729705287Shit, I missed that you went back already.
Well, I don't know if returning to herbivore village is our next destination, but this is a new thing so it's a start.
I mean, I guess I should have remembered who sent us to the carnivore village to begin with, but I got tunnel vision when that guy told us to go to the northern snows.
Fuck man, they want us to explore the entire globe now. I'm getting really sick of gorgons.
Fuck off we're full.
>atlantisProstagma?
Gaia says the newly opened tunnel is in the southern mountain range. Fighting was great when we needed the points, but now it's a time sink.
We have arrived, but before we get to the juiciest part of this chapter and visit motherfucking Atlantis, it's been two hours. Time for a food/piss/smoke break.
>>729705927>wah, this isn't a platform war thread or thread about twitter drama!Cry harder bitch.
top kek
>deletedLol fag>pic relatedThat's the worst thing the game could have told us.
Even at the footsteps of Mu we can't get away from the jews.
This is what the whole evo tree looks like for this chapter. The thing that looks like a triceratops on the top is actually a mammal of some kind.
ayylmao
What? You hated that teleporter maze from the amphibian era? Here's one twice as big. Fuck you.
It's like meeting an abo.
>>729706435According to the info I've got it's apparently supposed to be a Baluchitherium, a hornless rhinoceros relative.Dunno why they just used a Triceratops variant image.
Time wasting trial and error is still better than puzzles that require actual thought.
Because it means it won't take my retarded ass 2 hours to solve.
Finally
my ancestor :)
:(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXWk1G7kgCk
>>729706435You can kind of see a rhyme and reason once it's past the bipedal bottleneck.>Fantasy creature / two primitive humanoids / a more bestial primitive humanoid>three evolved humanoids / one evolved bestial humanoid>fantasy race / well balanced, advanced humanoid / advanced bestial humanoidI don't know why the little hobbit guy is a reptile though. I'm also surprised a Japanese developer didn't work a Kappa in there somewhere. That took a lot of restraint.
>>729706896You bastards, you're supposed to co-exist in peace with us. This is our planet, you're refugees here.
>>729706896whatever happened to integration?!
I'd kill these fucks if the game didn't make them off limits.
We met an uppity nigger like these in the dinosaur era, and he killed our T-Rex bro.
>>729707107>statues of LuciferAw shit they're still following her teachings. Planet's fucked boys.
>>729707173no that's Lucifel. Completely different.
>>729707215But it looks just like her..
>PRC versus Taiwan
I won't lie, those railguns look kind of cool. Why do their tails have to tuck between their legs like that though?
please go check on /mu/
At least there's no maze the second time around.
>>729707308Think back to the recording. I think that's sexual dimorphism.Heck if I know which is male and female, thobeit.
>>729707490
>>729707387I checked but they threw me out.
I don't think I've heard the battle theme change even once.
I still remember when Fight did 1p damage to a jellyfish.
She changed one fucking letter gramps, how are you the only one who suspects this?
>>729707562It's following the Dragon Quest way. You're only getting a different battle theme at the final boss.
Don't ever accidentally leave the fucking city trying to get this geezer out of your face though, the cutscene plays every time.
They seem to have found the final answer to the Atlantean question
Well that that sounds foreboding.
>crust busting weapon
>>729708236I guess that's why he's the king, because he has two brain cells to rub together.
Why is it always water?
They gave us gorgons, so when do we get to fight gnomes?
>>729708514The guy just coming to kill you the second the cutscene's over is just comedic perfection.
Stop making Gaia sad guys.
>>729703653ON THE ROOOOAAAAOOOOHHH ROAD TO SHAMBALAH
OH HO HO HO HO HOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaA1XV8Xqs
What is a Gorgon supposed to be anyway? It looks like an armored dragon knight to me.
I'm sorry Gaia, but turning down a letter of challenge is not the banchou way.
>>729708445>>729708481>>729708657>>729708724>>729708757>>729708795>tons of grinding, then plotdump right at the endYep, this is certainly the prequel to E.V.O.
It's looking pretty dry out here.
>game tells us to go south>the only path south is a narrow valley>there are 5 gorgons there
Make that 8 actually. This is going to take a minute.Despite having only one battle theme, it's one of the best tracks in the game so it's tolerable.
Did you know that at 4000 points the game stops giving them? It actually speeds up the battle reward dialogue slightly if you want to troon out and show off at GDQ.
Why did Japan end up loving D&D and Wizardry so much?
That was a long ass walk. I just want to get to the climax so I can go to bed.
>>729709440Are you finishing tonight?
>>729709550Only if I can reach the end in the next 40 minutes or so...
Shit this one's hostile. Is that a yeti with a mustache?
Why do they drop so many hearts in this area when you have to get so fucking strong just to make it this far?
>>729709716>homo barbarianThis makes me giggle
>>729709762perhaps a leftover of earlier development
>>729709716O shit that's the timbler.
Nice haircut buddy
QUICK GET THE GNOMEBLIGHT
>>729709952Apex lizardman right there
um
>>729710093Sorry about that...
That's odd. That's where Lucifer is supposed to be. You're there. That's the end of the dungeon.
Hm? It's not Lucifer? The drowsiness must be driving me crazy.
>>729710169Oh, wait! Go back to the maze, you missed a tablet.
Back to the maze we go...
>>729710270It's in the south part, IIRC.
>>729710419Huh. Wonder who that was.
Marauder Shields blocks our final cutscene.
>>729710561>BigderthalBIGDERTHALMy sides.
The lore expands. Why is she doing the duckface though?
>this isn't even my final form
>>729710673Gotta love Japanese games.>Level 1: Beat up a small fish>Level 99: Defeat the embodiment of evil who has taken the form of Marylyn Monroe and is actually satan
We found the loop, time to end this.
>>729710773Jesus christ she's turning you into swish cheese
>>729699943What's the best emulator to use?
>>729710773You know what? Still would.
Hey lady, you're the one who chose not to attack when I showed up empty handed.
>>729711038ding dong the witch is dead
*sob*
>>729710941Neko Project II.
>>729710941Neko project is basically the only functional one
>>729711175Hey you went past 4000 EVO
I think someone already spoiled who this was. >>729711201I guess boss rewards are hard coded kek
I guess all roads lead back to human in the end.
>>729711265With dinosaur ancestry, you're basically a Baki human.
Come on game, we already know we haven't touched disc 5. Stop teasing us with this epilogue crap.
>>729711213Hey, nice to see you again, girly.
The weird thing is that Homo sapiens is already one of the last evolutions on the mammal side right next to the elf. So if you do that, you just evolve from a human to...a human.
With our physical evolution complete, the game presents us with one final decision. And you know what? I'm gonna let you guys vote on which option we pick. We'll make the choice at the beginning of our next thread. For now, peace.
>>729711395That should be interesting.
>>729711265Probably to avoid any pesky inconsistency, funny that SNES can be cleared with dino.
>>729711126>>729711193Got it working thanks anons. I loved the snes EVO and always meant to give this a try
>>729711213>>729711346Huge downgrade from landing Gaia herself really.
>>729711395Wisdom.
>>729711395Endurance
>>729703653Attack on Titan ass mother fuckers
>>729704470>>729704539>>729704604>Lizard manChechitus Scalidusnoice
>>729706306>the SAAARaring begins
>>729707243clockwis fucking faggots.bunch of cucks following time properly.i agreekill em all
>>729711395Attack.
>>729711395spoilers regarding the choice belowWisdom leads to the ending. Evolving any except wisdom leads to a fantastic nonstandard game over, with endurance being the best one
>>729711395attack.gonna fuck up all those lesser bitches.
