REBAS EVOCREO FREE
Once you are free to control your character, you find out that your father, a legendary evoker, has gone missing following his investigation of a mysterious organization called The Shadow Hive, (“Not Team Rocket”). You can choose between a male or female avatar and are introduced to the world of EvoCreo through a short dialogue-heavy introduction. You are a young evoker (this world’s name for “trainer”) in the world of Zenith. So I can have not-deerling, dog thing, or cat thing. While the game has its own touches of individuality, the Pokémon parallels are a little obvious and I found myself feeling more and more uncomfortable with every glaring reflection of the games that I have already played.
Many of the trainer sprites are close duplicates of trainer sprites found in earlier Pokémon titles. I can tell there was a lot of time and effort put into the project, but the elephant in the room is that EvoCreo not only drew heavy inspiration from the far more successful Pokémon franchise, but in some cases they may have “borrowed” a little too much. One thing I can say right off is this: their promise to be similar to Pokémon is spot on. Having EvoCreo pop up as a partner to some of the other Monster Tamers I was enjoying on my iPhone, I decided to give this little title a try. Little was revealed about the project during development, save for its aim to become an RPG similar to Pokémon.
Developer: Ilmfinity LLC Genre: Monster Tamer/RPG ESRB: 9+ Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Price: $.99 + Optional in-game purchases What began as a Kickstarter Campaign to create a monster tamer on iOS systems, EvoCreo has thrown its hat into the ring of monster tamer RPG’s on the go.