Old School RPG - Zenonia

I've never really thought that mobile gaming would catch on, at least when it is related to the hardcore crowd. I have been playing RPG's since the days of the original NES, and I never was impressed by games that are known as casual games, such as Zuma or DoodleJump. I just want more out of a game than endless pointless tapping, you know? If you are of the same mindset as me in this regard, I think that Zenonia is a great game for you.

Zenonia is made in the tradition of the classic Zelda and Secret of Mana games, with an overhead view of the character and his surrounding area, and the world itself is vibrant and colorful. You are able to fight your way through numerous enemies, and the system allows you to auto-target, so you won't have to worry about finicky touch controls. If you have a phone with a hardware keyboard, you can use your keyboard to control your character. Your character responds to either control method very quickly, and it can be a little difficult to control his movement until you get used to the speed.

The storyline in the demo gets you started by letting you know that your character is a child of mysterious and portentous origins, and sets the stage for your adventure to start. You are able to select what class of character that you wish to control, with the Paladin being a spell caster, the Assassin having high power, and the Warrior being a well-balanced fighter. What class you select will have no impact on the storyline, but the choices that you make during the game will. You have a meter which indicates whether your alignment is good or evil, and this affects certain aspects of the game, such as which boss you will face.

In Zenonia you are also able to combine weapons, and each class of character has a skill tree containing unique passive and active skills. Each time that you go up a level you are given three stat points and one skill point to divide as you see fit.

While Zenonia is no Fallout 3 or Final Fantasy XIII, it is a great game for your Android phone, and I highly recommend that you at least try the free version, which contains the beginning of the story, and the first town. The full version, while a little pricey at $5.99, contains over forty hours of gameplay, and, for that reason alone, is well worth the expense. So, go check it out, and please let me know what you think!

Please note that Zenonia is also available for the iPhone.