Download Symphony of Eternity!!!!
Kemco Games’ SoE borrows heavily from early FF in terms of style, storyline, universe, battle system and artwork. I stop short of calling it a clone simply because Square let me down. SoE is a worthy enough contender and Square Enix has lost an opportunity here to stake claim to lord of the Android RPG landscape.
We have a young, wandering knight Kriest, his wise Golem friend Dauturu and Laishutia, a girl who isn’t all that she seems to be, on the trail of 4 Spirit Cyrstals. These must be combined to ward off the end of the world. On the way we have elves, golems and humans alternately battling and joining forces with our heroes. We have a large arsenal of weapons, spells and tablets, but I could only afford that particular level’s weapons after completing the challenge.
There are large dungeons to navigate and these just keep getting deeper with every challenge. But just when you feel like couldn’t handle another screen full of monsters, the boss pops for a showdown. Speaking of bosses, there’s a couple for every dungeon/maze (duh!). Make no mistake, they are powerful - yet not unbeatable. I personally have my healer ‘read’ their weaknesses and only then formulate a suitable strategy.
Standard RPG skillpoint system is included. The controls are amazingly user friendly. If tired of constantly battling the same old enemies in the tortuous dungeons - but you know you still need that experience and money - you can get into auto-pilot and have the characters automatically battle it out in turns. If you sense a character weakening and need to prop them up with potions, you can switch off autopilot during the battle, throw your teammate a life potion and get on with the job. This can be done even with the boss battles.
It retails for around $10 on the Android Market. Fortunately, I stumbled upon this as Amazon’s Free App of the Day. It is an addictive game. After playing the game late into the nights for 5 days, I developed sore thumbs and SoE fatigue (but naturally). Hence, I haven’t yet completed the game but once work gets out of play’s way, I fully intend to amass the Spirit Crystals and see this through. Maybe even publish a walkthrough.
Until we see an Android Chocobo, SoE will do. And in an exceedingly satisfactorily way at that.
