With so many desert adventurers and wanderers a mere quest away from taking up residence in your oasis, you’ll need to keep things thriving. Not that there isn’t plenty to be done at your home base. Adventuring as a trio is still good fun, though I wish you could have a party of four – meeting someone in your travels and adding them to your party necessitates sending somebody else home. Be that as it may, it’s certainly not uncommon in games reliant on AI partners, and I’ve found times like these are more the exception than the rule. Another is that every so often your team members simply won’t respond as they should, which can be rough when trying to get 100% completion in a dungeon. I had one encounter where the creature (possibly a mini boss) was so much faster than the healing animation, that it nearly canceled out the means to heal. One is how you can fall in battle while in the midst of eating the healing fruit. That said, I found a few minor irritants. These add another layer of strategy to already satisfying combat, especially with so many allies to pick from. So you’ll need to show some patience (and possibly take advantage of reviving) for stat increases and gaining access to new combos. Another thing worth mentioning is that the experience you gain won’t register until you return to the oasis. Especially later in the game, and against bosses, you’ll need to be mindful of equipped weapons and their attributes.

So don’t be shocked when that Serkah hammer that was dealing massive amounts of damage earlier, suddenly barely leaves a scratch. Just because characters are from the same tribe, doesn’t always mean they’re equally effective against the same enemies. Completion percentages can also help give you some idea whom you might want in a given area.Īll of the battling is real-time, but switching between controllable characters is no more than a quick and simple button tap away. Thankfully, warp points cut down some on backtracking. Working out the clever puzzles to advance often involves having the right character in your party. When delving into Ever Oasis, you’ll find plenty of interesting locations that you can enter, but few that you can progress overly far into. Locating their settlements is a highlight, and each brings their own appeal and unique abilities to the proceedings. However, I’ll reiterate that all of these elements, and then some, come together in a way that feels nostalgic, yet new.Īlthough the game starts off with just your own Seedling Tribe, other tribes will gradually be introduced. Unsurprisingly, there are Zelda nods as well. Team combat, aesthetics, and festivals recall the GC classic Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Gardening and synthesizing equipment bring to mind Story of Seasons. The oasis community and interaction with its residents reminds me of Animal Crossing.

Ever Oasis adopts some aspects from other classic games that many Nintendo players know well, including Koichi Ishii’s Secret of Mana, but makes them all its own. It’s the assortment of styles that initially won me over.

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