The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Reviews
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a solid Zelda like adventure, provided you are willing to overlook its story and a few issues with narrative logic. It captures the polished feel and straightforward fun often associated with Nintendo games, while its moderately challenging puzzles provide a welcome change of pace throughout the journey. At the same time, there is no single aspect where it truly stands above the competition or leaves a lasting impression.
Review in Chinese | Read full review
The Adventures of Elliot comes close to nailing it when it lets you loose and explore a world across eras at your own pace. There’s a lot to like; it looks great, exploring is fun, and it feels good to play. It falls short when it comes to likeable characters and having a story to care about.
A charming adventure reminiscent of the old Zelda games, The Adventures of Elliot's repetitive enemies and rather unoriginal storyline prevent it from making the list of Square Enix's best HD 2D releases.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Team Asano has done an excellent job with its attempt to blend the spirit of classic Zelda games with its signature HD-2D style. I think it's a major strength that Elliot's adventures appeal to both younger and older players alike, and it's a smart decision that bodes well for the future of this new IP.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a very successful launch for a new franchise, combining excellent combat, enjoyable exploration and stunning HD-2D visuals. The game isn’t groundbreaking, and the developers have clearly opted for safe choices, a straightforward story and very accessible puzzles. Fans of the classic The Legend of Zelda games, however, should have a brilliant time, as this is a charming, polished and highly satisfying adventure.
Review in Polish | Read full review
The Adventures of Elliot demonstrates Team Asano as a studio capable of consistently delivering authentic classic-style experiences across genres, successfully recapturing the spirit of older RPG design while modernizing it in a way that allows the game to stand alongside contemporary RPG titles. This could be Square Enix's Zelda if they make more of it!
Review in Arabic | Read full review
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales feels like it gets about three-quarters of the way toward being a fantastic game, but its final stretch drags it down. When it's firing on all cylinders, it's a great deal of fun and comes very close to capturing the energy and spirit of a classic Zelda title. When it isn't, it feels slow, meandering, and unfocused. A strong soundtrack and beautiful visuals help elevate the experience, but ultimately, Adventures of Elliot lands as a good game that could have been great with a bit more polish and focus.
However, with Elliot, the gorgeous production values and entertainingly breezy action roped me in anyway.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a treat for fans of action RPGs such as The Legend of Zelda and Alundra, with plenty of exploration to be done, dungeons to conquer, and weapons and spells to acquire. Some may find it a little simplistic in ways, but those who get engrossed in the adventure it provides will undoubtedly love it.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is an excellent action RPG that clearly demonstrates its influences, but uses them to deliver a unique game. It shines in its combat, exploration, and a good story that makes every hour worthwhile.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
The inspirations are clear, but so too is the understanding of what makes for enjoyable minute-to-minute gameplay. The longer you play, the more the cracks begin to show, but the story manages to push you forward and the hidden plots beneath it make going out of your way an oft fulfilling detour. The red mage-looking Elliot has made a fan out of me, and if Link ever wants to take a break from stopping Ganon, Square Enix has a capable backup waiting in the wings.
Make no mistake, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a beautiful game top to bottom. Combat is phenomenally varied, fluid and rewarding, alongside customisable perks and buffs for Elliot’s extensive arsenal of weapons. The world map is impressive to an extent, but there is a bit too much repetition across the various time periods, including having the same enemies. Nonetheless, puzzles, exploration and the wealth of combat options make this a must play for action RPG fans, and should certainly scratch the itch for those looking for a combination of HD-2D and old-school top-down Zelda games.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales draws inspiration from the classic Zelda games and reimagines their formula in a compelling way. Dungeons, exploration, and combat are the game's strongest points. It's a shame, though, that the game reuses settings and enemies, which prevents it from fully realizing its potential.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales stumbles at times on the journey it sets out to take, but following Elliot and Faie on their adventure through the ages is still a great idea for any fan of classic RPGs.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
I had great deal of fun playing through The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales with its rewarding gameplay and delightful presentation. ⏳
A truly lovely action RPG that’s easy to pick up for all types of gamers but is full of depth and longevity over a thousand years of adventuring.
Unfortunately, not everything is perfect, and a title with the potential to be a great game is only good.
Review in Polish | Read full review
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a fun game, but it doesn't really have anything new to offer.
Review in Greek | Read full review
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a heartfelt action RPG that combines time-travel storytelling, satisfying combat, and gorgeous HD-2D visuals into one memorable adventure. It's easily one of Square Enix's most delightful surprises of the year
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is an excellent PS5 action RPG that gives Team Asano’s HD-2D style a fresh real-time direction. I loved the heartfelt adventure, Elliot and Faie’s bond, the many different types of weapons, and the magicite build system. For gamers who enjoy action, fantasy, storytelling, and discovery, Elliot delivers in a big way.