The “UnEpic” adventure starts in the bathroom

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Neftaly Josue Perez in Entertainment

Josue Perez

Hovhannes Maghakyan

Crimson Chronicle Reporters

A refined version of the game UnEpic was released on Jan. 16 for the Wii U. UnEpic was initially released on Steam for PCs on September 2011. The game was developed in Barcelona, Spain by Francisco Téllez de Meneses. The game is a 16-bit action/adventure platformer that has won praise by both consumers and reviewers alike.

UnEpic’s story is based around a gamer named Daniel. One day while playing Dungeons & Dragons with his friends, he needs to go to the bathroom. While he is in the bathroom the lights mysterious go out and he is left in the dark. When he pulls out his lighter to try his way around he discovers he is in a dungeon-looking place with bones scattered around the floor and broken barrels in the surrounding areas. This is where our characters adventure begins.

The world is filled with traps, creatures, and mysterious characters that may help or hinder you. As you walk around, there are quests that need to be done in order to earn keys to gain access to other areas. But all the keys cannot be earned through completing quests, there are various bosses throughout the game that need to be defeated to earn keys and other rewards. Apart from quests and bosses there are many challenges that could be completed, but they are not easy and require a lot of patience and skill.

The controls for the game are very simple, but the hit detection does have some problems. If you ever think about pausing and leaving to go get a quick bite or use the bathroom, beware, as the game does not stop. Even though you are on the pause screen, the game will still be going on in the background and if there are enemies near you, better watch out, you may return to see your character dead, but a quick and easy way to counter it in the Wii U version is to just press the HOME button and have the HOME menu pop up to actually “pause” the game.

In the world, you can wander around and go to previous areas you have been but you can’t progress until you go and defeat a current boss or explore a certain area. Your character is able to get special abilities such as being able to throw fire or icebolts. In order to be able to do this you must complete quests that will reward you with spells that will allow you to use these special abilities.

There are many weapons scattered throughout the world, it will not be out of the ordinary to find the same weapon more than once, but if you have too many of the same weapon or need extra coins you can go to a store and sell them. Sometimes if you’re lucky enough, you can find a “unique” version of a weapon that’s been possessed by a ghost that gives it special powers. The power that a weapon receives can range from added damage with each attack or extra damage to a certain type of creature.

While traversing the game, some quests will reward you with a pet that will help in certain situations. Early on you are rewarded with a frog that will later on eat bugs or insects and also a blue animal that will freeze and chill nearby fire enemies if there are any, but beware as your pets also have health that once depleted will die. The only way to revive them is to find that one and only store that sells pet revival.

A sub-quest in the game that helps later on is to light all the torches in the entire castle. It’s not that hard of a quest because rooms are divided into sections and once you light all the torches they all glimmer for a second notifying you that all the torches in the room are lit. When you check your map, any room that is one flat color means that the whole room has had it’s torches lit, while a room with a darker color than the color of the border means you have yet to light all the torches.

UnEpic is an interesting game that has very fun elements that are original and creative that should be applauded by many people. We highly recommend this game it is full of adventure and action, go check it out. You won’t regret it.