The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Reviews
Belief in brevity helps an infectious passion shine through well-worn locales and plotting.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales isn’t without blemishes, but it’s still a great action-adventure game that continues to prove why the HD-2D art style is among the best around.
It’s an easy game to dive into for a spell here or there or sink hours in, and it’s one I’ll be recommending to anyone who has ever enjoyed a certain mute hero. However, I’ll do so with the recommendation that the volume be turned down once you meet a certain should-be-mute fairy.
She can resurrect you on the spot as many times as you like. For a price, that is.
Despite the successes of The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, I can't help but feel it doesn't make full use of its time-travel potential, both in its overworld and in its story.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a surprisingly strong first attempt at reaching into this genre from a studio not known for it.
Team Asano's new HD-2D game, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales, changes genres exploring an action-adventure format instead.
The seamless change from turn-based to action combat proves how timeless the HD-2D art direction is. The Adventures of Elliot not only looks beautiful, but has a story to match. Elliot's journey transcends time and space to deliver an emotional gut punch that'll stick with me for a while.Despite performance issues on Switch 2, there's tons of gameplay variety and fun exploration, which makes it one adventure you'll want to make time for.
We have on our hands an enjoyable game with some of the worst audio direction in videogame history.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales delivers an effortlessly fun and mechanically satisfying experience, making it an ideal pick for anyone who prefers games where pure gameplay reigns supreme over all other elements.
A disappointing hotchpotch of borrowed ideas that pays homage to some of the best games of the 16-bit era but forgets to add anything of its own.
The Adventures of Elliot certainly has room for improvement, but it leaves such a good impression that, in the end, the positive aspects far outweigh the negatives.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
For anyone who loves old-school Zelda-style action games, Elliot's story proves to be an adventure worth embarking on.
Every once in a while there's a game where I put off completing my review because I'm busy trying to grab the Platinum trophy. The Adventures of Elliot is one of those games. I found entire evenings and weekends disappearing, and even when repetition threatened to set in, I found new ways to shake up the game. Look past the odd pacing foible and this is an excellent action adventure to sink into.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a game full of potential, and I wish I could see more of that potential realised in this first entry. The HD-2D house style of Square Enix shines at its absolute peak, but it isn't given the story to deliver the best that it possibly can. Foundationally sound, and positively ripe for a sequel that blows us all away. This game is a humble beginning for a character that I really hope we see more of in the future.
This game wasn’t quite perfect for me, true. But if you’re looking for an action RPG full of clever ideas, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales might be perfect for you.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales serves as a charming love letter to the golden age of top-down action RPGs. While its narrow world design fails to capitalize on its time-travel setting, the experience is heavily elevated by snappy and surprisingly deep combat and a flexible character customization system, making the game one worth experiencing for fans of the genre looking for a modernized take on a classic formula.
If you are like me and craving that Zelda-style adventure, this is definitely worth a look.
The Adventures of Elliot takes the core gameplay elements of the Zelda series - specifically its more classic 2D entries - and puts them to use in an enjoyable ARPG with a narrative that clearly bears the hallmarks of Square Enix. The plot is a bit flat in the early stages, but once it gets going, it has plenty of surprises in store. The lack of enemy variety and rather basic mission design are partly offset by a strong cast, some interesting puzzles, and fun boss battles.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Providing you can forgive some uninspired side quest design (cat collecting aside) and a somewhat straightforward story, there’s plenty here that should make it easy for old-school action RPG heads to get their fix.