In the 1930's, famed archaeologist Earnest Evans unearthed his greatest challenge: three ancient idols that together could bring an end to life on Earth. The idols were scattered at random throughout the world by the god of the winds, Hastur, before its power was crushed. Yet Evans was injured before he could complete the search. Fifty years pass and now its up to Dr. Evans' grandson Earnest to save the world. It is the second in a trilogy of games, which includes El Viento, Earnest Evans and Anett Futatabi
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has to be seen to be believed. Earnest Evans!
It's so bad yet technically impressive that it wraps around to being awesome.
I played the Genesis version, but I watched Mega CD cutscenes with English subtitles
if this were a Zee Ecks Spectrum game it would be called "Honest Horace"
“You know that weird thing in Super Castlevania IV where you can hold the whip out and it gets all limp and fiddly and you can flop it all around? What if we made a whole game like that?”
My second experience with this Annet + Earnest trilogy.
I love El Viento, because I think it's genuinely an amazing, wonderful action-platformer that is a ton of fun. I love Earnest Evans, because it's hilarious and weird and awkward and clunky at every step of the way. The ragdoll sprites, the "QWOP before QWOP" vibe, and the way the silly gameplay contrasts with the badass music and tone, really makes for an amusingly surreal experience. I would not seriously recommend that anyone try to play through this... but at the very least, it's fun to mess around with. (and also doable to beat if you know what you're doing)
Hopefully someday an English patch can be released for this.
(edit - did a 1CC on 2023-08-24)
I love El Viento, because I think it's genuinely an amazing, wonderful action-platformer that is a ton of fun. I love Earnest Evans, because it's hilarious and weird and awkward and clunky at every step of the way. The ragdoll sprites, the "QWOP before QWOP" vibe, and the way the silly gameplay contrasts with the badass music and tone, really makes for an amusingly surreal experience. I would not seriously recommend that anyone try to play through this... but at the very least, it's fun to mess around with. (and also doable to beat if you know what you're doing)
Hopefully someday an English patch can be released for this.
(edit - did a 1CC on 2023-08-24)