Sivion Demo II
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Sivion Demo II is a demo of the unfinished Sivion from 1996. Sivion was the main inspiration for at least a few Megazeux games, which is funny considering it was never finished.
There's one town in this demo, and most of the buildings are locked. Other than like two indoor levels, there's nothing else to it. There's a lot of dialogue and item descriptions, and it's decent writing for a Megazeux game... but still only less than a town's worth of it. It seems like the weapon shop and status screen don't work.
Other than that, there's two battles you can fight. The battle system is an overhead active battle where you can move around freely, but can only attack after a timer charges up. Neither battle is extremely challenging and after you win, there's nothing else to do.
The graphics are pretty nice. There's a lot of elements left from the ASCII character set, so it has an aesthetic like a *good* ZZT game. Also there's a lot of original music, and it's decent stuff that fits the game for the most part. Battle theme is probably the best song in the game...
I have no doubt Sivion would have been a five star game if it were completed. But there's barely enough in this demo for it to be worth checking out... maybe for the nice graphics and dialogue.
There's one town in this demo, and most of the buildings are locked. Other than like two indoor levels, there's nothing else to it. There's a lot of dialogue and item descriptions, and it's decent writing for a Megazeux game... but still only less than a town's worth of it. It seems like the weapon shop and status screen don't work.
Other than that, there's two battles you can fight. The battle system is an overhead active battle where you can move around freely, but can only attack after a timer charges up. Neither battle is extremely challenging and after you win, there's nothing else to do.
The graphics are pretty nice. There's a lot of elements left from the ASCII character set, so it has an aesthetic like a *good* ZZT game. Also there's a lot of original music, and it's decent stuff that fits the game for the most part. Battle theme is probably the best song in the game...
I have no doubt Sivion would have been a five star game if it were completed. But there's barely enough in this demo for it to be worth checking out... maybe for the nice graphics and dialogue.