Elona: Wait, What?

[Cliff_Racer]

Elona is a game made in Japan by a fellow named Noa. It was then translated into English, thus making it available to non-moonspeak speakers.
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EDIT: Forgot the link to the home page and Wiki.
http://homepage3.nifty.com/rfish/index_e.html HOME PAGE
http://elona.wikia.com/wiki/Elona_Wiki WIKI
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It is set in the country of North Tyris. Here's the story, copied directly from the files:

Ages ago, in the times when the scars of Rehm-Ido still
marred the land of Irva, the 11th era of Sierre Terre began.

In those days the land of Irva was still plagued by
destruction and war and though prophesized as the beginnings
of peace, Sierre Terre brought chaos as well as hope.

It rained nonstop for over a month, and when the torrents
finally subsided the forests surrounding the region of Karune
slowly transformed into an inhospitable blight. Strange fogs
oozed forth from the forest and the creatures grow violent and mad.

The Elean forest grow with frightening speed, and though it
originated in Vindale, it rapidly began to consume the whole of
Karune. As the forest devoured the land, it drove countless
refugees into the western reaches of the continent.

But then, not so long ago, Saimore, prince of the Western
Empire of Zanan, issued a proclamation blaming the destruction
of the world and the end of Rehm-Ido on the forests. He claimed
that the Eleas, who were mysteriously immune to the effects of
the ether being emitted by the forests, were in fact responsible
for spreading the blight and inciting the monstrous growth of the
forests. His orders demanded the annihilation of the Eleas and
subsequently, the obliteration of the Vindale forests.

In short order, the violence grew. Suspicion and mistrust
infected the hearts of the people. Many of the Eleas, fearing
persecution, fled deep into the Vindale. More still fled to other
lands, others began to fight back. Now, the conflict grows worse
with each passing day and a final confrontation becomes more and
more inevitable.

A war of genocide could erupt at any time...

The night has almost passed. You have stowed away aboard the
Queen Sedona, one of the last ships to leave for North Tyris.
It is her maiden voyage, and she is bound for Port Kapul.

Suddenly, you are awakened by the sound of sky-shattering
thunder. Heavy winds pitch the seas into disarray and the ship
wails in agony as increasingly violent waves slam into her bow.

A gust of fierce, dry wind buffets the ship. A faint blue light
creeps across the night skies and wisp-like tendrils of shimmering
air begin to sweep over the oceans. An old sailor mutters a faint
curse under his breath.

"The ether wind descends upon us..."

The ship roars in misery as the very planks holding her together
are eaten away by the ether's light. Then... without so much as
a moment's warning, the hull and all the ships passengers are swept
into the oceans.

You feel a surge of wild emotion in your heart as you are pulled
beneath the waves by powerful tides. The last thing you remember
as the Queen Sedona is swallowed into the depths of the sea, is the
mysterious dancing light of the ether winds drifting away from you
as sink into the depths...

So yeah. Elona is a roguelike that will pretty much garuntee death your first time (and pretty much every subsequent time) around. It gives you an extensive tutorial at the start, but it doesnt cover EVERYTHING.
It's very customizable, giving you the .bmp for the default characters. The Wiki gives you more on the customizability. There are a few adult themes in the game, but you'll be too busy doing other things (like dying) to do anything else.
Also, you can ride little girls like mounts.
And just a warning: Noa was infatuated with cats.

[Animator]

Sounds like Shadowgate, only it's a roguelike and with a deeper plot, and without the mounting on little girls and the cats...

[Cliff_Racer]

Haha, yeah it's pretty wacky. You can actually ride anything you make as a pet, and there are different benifits to each.

If you're gonna play through your first time, make a Yerles Warrior. They're one of the easiest to play, and are very rounded. Although, I'm a fan of being a Dwarven Pianist.

[Gauphastus]

Oh god.
I was addicted to this game for like a week straight. Had lots of fun.
I'm on a bit of a break, but when I start it up again I'm gonna purchase a deed to a shop. My performer skill is starting to get pretty high, so I get crazy tips. The plan is to sell them from my shop rather than drop them in the wilderness.

Should be pretty good.

[Doomwaffle]

This looks interesting.
*sees RPGMaker graphics*

[Cliff_Racer]

I never let that get to me
But this is coming from someone who enjoys ASCII games for the graphics

[Gauphastus]

Come now, Doomwaffle. This game is certainly worth a shot.
Believe me, I thought the very same thing. I looked past the ugliness though and I found something quite charming.

Like, you can get "pregnant" by drinking from a well. It's a rare event, but still.
Later, the alien will erupt from your chest and attack the local townspeople, infecting them with aliens as well. Then aliens burst out of their chests, and so on like that.
It can destroy whole cities!

Or say you get a monster that duplicates when it gets hit, like this one called a "mass monster". Guards and townspeople stood no chance to its ever-multiplying might. It was like a fullscale invasion by ugly, deadly, brown turdlumps.
The town was quickly overrun so I alt F4'd and reloaded like a chump.


Who wouldn't enjoy a good game of Elona?

[CG62]

[quote=Cliff_Racer]Also, you can ride little girls like mounts.[/quote]
[quote=Cliff_Racer]Dwarven Pianist.[/quote]
[quote=Gauphastus]Like, you can get "pregnant" by drinking from a well. It's a rare event, but still.
Later, the alien will erupt from your chest and attack the local townspeople, infecting them with aliens as well. Then aliens burst out of their chests, and so on like that.
It can destroy whole cities!

Or say you get a monster that duplicates when it gets hit, like this one called a "mass monster". Guards and townspeople stood no chance to its ever-multiplying might. It was like a fullscale invasion by ugly, deadly, brown turdlumps.
The town was quickly overrun so I alt F4'd and reloaded like a chump.[/quote]
...

*Downloads*

[EDIT]



You can ride A MOTHERFUCKING TYRANNOSAURUS?

This game can't be real. It's too awesome.

[Cliff_Racer]

Yeah. You can ride Tyrannasauri.
Granted you can tame them without dying, and your riding skill is high enough. They're a pretty damn fast mount, and get tired slowly so it's worth it.
Gene splice them to have the ability to shoot guns, and you've got a KICKASS TYRANNOSAURUS MARKSMAN

[CG62]

Wow.

This is like what would happen if UnReal World and RM2k had a baby.


Also, my bear got killed by a hermit crab D:

[Cliff_Racer]

Oh wow.
I joined a Party Time! quest. A bard there was killed, and guess what he dropped?
Shena's Panty.
Jesus christ, it was like christmas.

[Cliff_Racer]

I just recently generated a "Bell Pianist" adventurer. For some reason, I'm having less trouble surviving than I have previously.
Then again, bells have really high evade so it's kind of cheating. :I

[Chicken_Face]

<3 Elona.