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If you got The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales around launch time, you're probably coming up on the end by now, or thereabouts. Maybe you loved it. Maybe you liked it, but like I did, thought it was lacking in a few key respects. In either case, Adventures of Elliot is the sort of game that gets one in the mood for adventure, and you may find yourself wishing you had something else like it to play lined up for when it's all over.
Well, good news: Video games are abundant and varied, and there are loads of games out there that do similar things to The Adventures of Elliot (some even do those things better) that may sate your hunger. Here are eight that I thought would make pretty solid follow-ups:
If you liked The Adventures of Elliot , you'll probably enjoy a game made by the same people. Both Octopath Traveler games are fantastic, with gorgeous HD-2D graphics and sweeping orchestral scores similar to The Adventures of Elliot 's. Octopath Traveler is also, like Adventures of Elliot , very story-heavy and (I think, anyway) the stories in both games are loads better than the one in Adventures of Elliot . The biggest difference is that both Octopath Traveler games are turn-based RPGs rather than action games, so the combat itself is going to be very different. It's slower-paced, and you have to contend with different character abilities and different types of strategy. But if you don't mind switching it up, Octopath Traveler is a great next step just purely on a vibes basis. Also, you can jump straight to the longer and more meaty Octopath Traveler 2 if you want; the two stories are not directly connected.
I promise this is the last Team Asano game on the list, but I wanted to throw out an additional recommendation for folks who dug the vibes of Adventures of Elliot more than anything else. Triangle Strategy is another HD-2D, story-heavy game, but this one is a turn-based tactics RPG. There's no way to wildly hack and slash your way through this one. You gotta move a bunch of characters with different abilities around a grid, position them just right, and outsmart your foes. Triangle Strategy is also a little more twisty than Adventures of Elliot , in that it has more possible endings and a number of other branching paths within that story, so your experience is unlikely to be the same twice in a row. Definitely a game for those who liked the vibes of Adventures of Elliot , but wanted something more cerebral.
Okay, but maybe it wasn't just the vibes you liked—maybe you wanna hit stuff. For that, you want a top-down action game, and I'm here to recommend Bastion . It feels wild for me to say but at this point Bastion is kind of an older game! It came out in 2011 as the debut release from Supergiant Games, which went on to make the incredible Hades and its sequel. It's a top-down action RPG just like Adventures of Elliot , in which you control a kid (just known as The Kid) running through these cool hovering stages and hitting things with different weapon types. Gameplay-wise, Bastion is much closer to Adventures of Elliot than the RPGs above, and it's still within the same fantasy theming, though the vibes are definitely a bit different. Bastion also has an incredible soundtrack, and a very, very memorable ending.
You could also just play Hades , which adds a roguelike structure on top of action combat, but it's significantly more involved than anything in Adventures of Elliot . But hey, maybe you want that!
You heard Adventures of Elliot described enough times as a Zelda -like, well, why not just play a Zelda game? There are, of course, loads of different options available to you, but for this one I wanted to recommend the remake of Link's Awakening on Nintendo Switch. Though very different from Adventures of Elliot , Link's Awakening is beautifully stylized like a world of little miniature toys, and is of course a top-down action-adventure in which you slashy-slash things with a sword and use a number of other fun tools and gadgets to get around and hit enemies. Link's Awakening is a great choice if you like Adventures of Elliot but wished the dungeons had way more to them—you know, like some actual puzzles or something. It's a Zelda , so you know the dungeons are good; Link's Awakening is one of the best, and the remake is extremely faithful to that excellence.
Do you want to play something like Adventures of Elliot but for like, 100 hours? Have I got the game for you! CrossCode is a top-down action RPG that takes place in an MMO. Don't get confused: it's a single-player game, but the setting is the world of an MMO, and the main character appears to be stuck in it, unable to speak and with no memory. CrossCode is a tough game, significantly tougher than Adventures of Elliot , with a wider spread of different moves that double as puzzle-solving skills. It's also huge, with a large cast of characters, gorgeous environments, and some great tunes. I love CrossCode , I just wish I had the time to finish it properly.
Mina the Hollower is another fantastic Zelda -like adventure in which the main character, an adorable mouse scientist on a mission to fix her own creations, has a range of weapons to choose from. Her even larger variety of sidearms makes Elliot's equipment roster look pathetic. Everything about Mina the Hollower is extremely well done, from the music to the retro-inspired art to the story and characters to the incredible smashy combat. I actually think playing Mina the Hollower before Adventures of Elliot really made Adventures of Elliot feel weaker by comparison, because Mina 's just such a thoroughly excellent action-adventure with no annoying fairy to drag it down, and dungeons stuffed with obstacles and interesting enemies.
Death's Door is for the folks who want a top-down action-RPG, but who also want to be pushed harder. It's a Souls -like, so you'll drop all y...
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