22:51 Hi, I'm Naben of the palmian special forces. My job as a painter doesn't pay much, so I picked up drinking. You know, as a hobby. Oh and I'm already 8 years old.
Wow I never thought I would see this series again. For me ELONA will always stand out as one of those defining rpgs that no one has ever heard of. Oh the days of training my defense against a slime until it inadvertantly became an unstoppable killing machine because it had also been leveling up the whole time. Or waiting to see another adventurer had died in a dungeon then racing to find the dungeon and the body inside to loot all of their gear. They also had ELONA Shooter which is what originally lead me to the game. Thanks for finding this game, I'm super excited to check it out!
I hope this is as insane as the originals. Elona was an inspiration for CoQ, and it still managed to outweird it (pickpocketing gods, finding turds that weight 16 tons that become doomsday weapons when thrown, the infamous tourist filter that is the infinite pregnancy cycle.)
It is. I ate a bunch of mushrooms the game said were "edible". I proceeded to hallucinate for the next 20 minutes and wander around in a daze. Then a monster that looked like a bunny boy in a bikini(because hallucinating) fucking killed me
a lot of the weird things in elona were just translating mistakes or i should say horny localizers doing what they pleased the pregnancy is actually parasite infection for example therefore infinite unless cured
Not a lot of people covering this game on youtube so was a suprise to see you lol. Elona is a certified classic so people were definitely excited for this one.
Leaving a comment to express my appreciation for your content even if most times I only watch ~30 seconds of it to see if I'm at all interested in the game or not.
This looks SOOO good! I'll be buying this week. Another title I'll have purchased from watching Splats channel... Sure it's around 13 titles now?! Including Alolath last night.. keep it up 👊🏾
Why is it every single time Splat cautions against the graphics of a game, I've just clicked the thumbnail thinking "Oooh I like the graphics!". I guess I like an artform to have varieties of style instead of slavish adherence to photorealism.
Elin is the most beautiful roguelike I've ever seen. I think Splat just assumes pixel art is always going to be a turnoff for a certain number of people, but I agree he sold the visuals short big time
@@ubertuna1 Oh, yeah, I see how what I said could come across that I think Splat hated the artstyle, but I get completely that it was a "just stay with me here" warning from him. Just funny to me that an indie game channel has to warn against aaa sensibilities.
This!! It covers the charm of this game pretty well. Just yesterday i discovered elin. This game is surely a step up from elon!! The developer is currently focusing on bringing a lot of elona things back which i am excited about
@@aristocraticcthulhu3831 damn!! i thought that should happen and am so happy to hear that only thing is that 2 years for official release of elin and noa plans to keep updating it so i wouldn't expect elona remake release before 2032-35 lol
Thank you for covering this video. As soon as I finished I went and purchased it. Yes there is a learning curve but definitely worth it! Prepare to die the game does not hold your hand. Thank you Splattercat!
One fun mechanic about the game is exchanging favor for tickets. Those tickets let you "legally" take items from towns. It can literally be a chest with stuff in inside
To anyone that thinks this looks interesting. The previous game Elona is a bit difficult to deal with, but the modded version Elona+ is still going strong and is a good game. Its better translated and less buggy. The randomness of it all could be annoying but you learn to work with it. Save scumming is your friend. You can do pretty much anything in that game, its amazing.
@@dohertyaaron It really all depends on if the creator gives up before he reaches that point. I bet he didn't even finish Elona. This time he has the game up on steam, and probably knows how to code cleaner. He's making money. Its really up to him but there is hope. Man I wanted to make my own Elona...
@@MisogynyMan Nice thanks for the perspective. I picked up Elin a couple days ago and there's already been a couple dev updates. REALLY digging it so far.
@@dohertyaaron I just started playing it, it seems to very much be an updated Elona. He still seems to code it in Japanese and others have to translate it, I hope that doesn't lead to any trouble in the future. Fingers crossed.
7:24 - That's why you choose the Little Girl as your pet, yes that sounds terrible, until you see her carrying your ass through the whole game pretty much...
Elona was a headtrip. Like Nethack, Ultima Online, and an early era JRPG had a baby and that baby had a huge list of insane RNG things that would just happen and totally change everything - yes, it did have some big multiplayer mechanics. You could go into other people's houses and the game rated how cool your house was against theirs. You may have to run Elona on Compatibility Mode but it still works, or at least it did for me. Elin has a similar ranking system but I don't know if you can visit other people's land yet. There was Elona, Elona Shooter, Elona+, and now Elin, all in the same world, all illustrate a really strong design philosophy of creating wild moments. Elin in the base difficulty is super forgiving. The higher difficulties allow for loss on death or permadeath. Right now on base difficulty you lose nothing for the first 90 game days, then after that you lose some skill advancement progress. Similar to Rimworld your skills have little flame icons that show how talented you are and how fast you can raise them if you use them, determined by your choices at character creation (race, class). I think your NPC minions have similar things determined by their race, job, and hobby, so you'll see them gaining skill levels in the log as they do things. It seems like in the late game you can get a whole army to run your farm, ranch, manufacturing facilities, retail shop, and other types of things, so you can bankroll fulltime adventuring. And if you advance your land you get raided by bigger monsters so there is actually a mechanic to de-advance your land to lower the threat level. Once it's out of EA there is an aim to have tons of mods and wikis and stuff out there so Elin might have a really wild scene
Absolutely love this game. I played Elon back when it was barely translated and was so sad when the original dev stopped working on it. Elona+ kept it alive and then I heard about this project on the Elona discord. I dropped as much as I could on the kickstarter and have absolutely loved the alpha and am excited to see it continue to grow.
Something I learned from playing Elona that new players probably won't know - if you want to cast magic, you need to read spellbooks in order to get charges of the spell. Failing to read spellbooks can do a number of nasty things, including draining your mana, randomly teleporting you , and summoning a bunch of high-level monsters to kill you. So, never try to read spellbooks unless you have the Literacy skill, and you are on the edge of a map that you don't care about.
@@Gigaheartyou can also just complete ignore the gold death penalty by spending a gold bar to put your money into a piggy bank or kitty bank A gold bar is given about every 500 gold worth of value sold at the shipping box You just have to be careful when you smash the money on the ground
Elona gave me so much play time and it was such a fun enjoyable thing to me that even though I am not feeling Elin as much as I did Elona I still had to give the guy my 20 bucks to thank him for literally 4 digits of hours of playtime and a "Roguelike" that is more of a long haul experience.
Can bash the graphics, but remember this and the game it was based off of are primarily roguelikes. Elona, the 2D version, was and still is absolutely beautiful compared to any roguelike that didn't come from a AAA studio since. Elin is that game with a new perspective and prettier graphics and more systems. Inspiration wise, Stardew Valley comparisons are not warranted. Elona came out over 15 years ago. Anyways, I am absolutely overjoyed to see this game brought back with new polish and cannot wait to get lost in it again.
As much as you said this game is weird as hell (and morbid too), it gets weirder. IT ALWAYS GETS WEIRDER. One example? The panties (who are most often sold in vending machines) not only are a weapon, it returns to you (like boomerang), deals mind damage (so yeah panties makes enemies go insane) but are also an INSTRUMENT which means you can use music skill to PLAY ON PANTIES.
I never in my life thought I'd see Elona mentioned on Splattercats channel. Back when I was looking for free PC games Elona came up and I got sucked into a strange, insane roguelike world. It disappeared from my life for many years but I redownloaded it. Might have to leave it behind and just wait for this new game.
I think the game looks great aesthetically speaking, sound is old school too, in fact this graphically reminds of a lot of games from way back in the day, ya know those ancidnt times right after dos systems floppy disk going to diskjet and we achieved our first dial up, all while fending off prehistoric dinosaurs and saber tooth wildcats
OH I love this. I remember hearing that the original dev had issues with their publishers using the Elona name for one of their titles calling it Elona 2 despite the dev saying that they didn't want that so they ended up doing the true Elona 2 with Elin.
Feels weird to be 2 minutes into a video and not wonna watch the rest cuz you already sold me on the game and i dont wonn be spoiled....god dammit Splat, I am trying to save money here!
If it's anything like Elona, and 100 times that with Elona+, it also gets super sweaty and meta gamy, there's hundreds of hours for you if you're into that
Waiting for noel the bomber to be added since i dont see her in dephy. Had this game bookmarked for about a year and just now found out it finally released
I remember a game like this, like you had a space to make your house, and you live like whit your grandpa or something but the house burn down a little bit? i want to find it!!
@@gtpederson haha ya. I saw a video on sort of a remake of it on a server? And it looks pretty much exact with the grid now. Sort of evolving it to more modern mechanics.
22:51 Hi, I'm Naben of the palmian special forces. My job as a painter doesn't pay much, so I picked up drinking. You know, as a hobby. Oh and I'm already 8 years old.
BEST game I've played in years?! I'm feeling that addictive mmorpg feeling but it's a singleplayer game, amazing. Can't recommend it enough, my GOTY.
Wow I never thought I would see this series again. For me ELONA will always stand out as one of those defining rpgs that no one has ever heard of. Oh the days of training my defense against a slime until it inadvertantly became an unstoppable killing machine because it had also been leveling up the whole time. Or waiting to see another adventurer had died in a dungeon then racing to find the dungeon and the body inside to loot all of their gear. They also had ELONA Shooter which is what originally lead me to the game. Thanks for finding this game, I'm super excited to check it out!
I came here to see if anybody remembered elona shooter! I never played the original, but loved elona shooter back in the days of flash games.
the moment i saw nefia in the name i was like OMG!
*starts video* "hey, this looks like Elona+"
they really nailed it
ElonaS+
it really feels like an elona remake but they have more focus on base building
Elin is supposed to be the prequel story to Elona proper, according to lore timeline.
@@RavenAdventwings Yeah, even Vernis ain't built yet
Noa Is actually the OG of Elona series
I hope this is as insane as the originals. Elona was an inspiration for CoQ, and it still managed to outweird it (pickpocketing gods, finding turds that weight 16 tons that become doomsday weapons when thrown, the infamous tourist filter that is the infinite pregnancy cycle.)
It is. I ate a bunch of mushrooms the game said were "edible". I proceeded to hallucinate for the next 20 minutes and wander around in a daze. Then a monster that looked like a bunny boy in a bikini(because hallucinating) fucking killed me
a lot of the weird things in elona were just translating mistakes or i should say horny localizers doing what they pleased
the pregnancy is actually parasite infection for example therefore infinite unless cured
@@dmsys6516 Not to mention the unofficial patches that added a lot more heinous content.
Just bought the game. I killed my first character crafting improvised arrows. "You overworked yourself to death." 11/10, would die again.
@@psychic_toaster Knowing Elona, that bunny boy in a bikini may not have been a hallucination.
"Mother was a magical dildore, welp, the puppy died". A sentence no one believed would ever be uttered in the history of human existence
"Father is a cuckold slave and Mother is a honest sage"
The puppy just dying killed me inside. 😆
@@Majo_Ellen tells a story about killing rabid dogs and then the puppy dies shortly after is just perfect timing.
Actually Kickstarted it, thanks for giving it a spotlight
Me too, absolutely overjoyed with how it; has progressed as well.
You guys are the real heroes
Not a lot of people covering this game on youtube so was a suprise to see you lol. Elona is a certified classic so people were definitely excited for this one.
Leaving a comment to express my appreciation for your content even if most times I only watch ~30 seconds of it to see if I'm at all interested in the game or not.
Yeah I've found dozens of games from this guy
@@MisogynyMan I don't know man, my wishlist is getting more packed just by his recommendations 😭
10:00 is a masterpiece of storytelling
This game is everything and more that i hoped soulash 2 would be
This looks SOOO good! I'll be buying this week. Another title I'll have purchased from watching Splats channel... Sure it's around 13 titles now?! Including Alolath last night.. keep it up 👊🏾
Why is it every single time Splat cautions against the graphics of a game, I've just clicked the thumbnail thinking "Oooh I like the graphics!". I guess I like an artform to have varieties of style instead of slavish adherence to photorealism.
yeah i was super confused 'cause one of the (many) big things with Elin over Elona is that they've worked on the art so hard
Elin is the most beautiful roguelike I've ever seen. I think Splat just assumes pixel art is always going to be a turnoff for a certain number of people, but I agree he sold the visuals short big time
Lol yeah the graphics drew me in especially compared to every other roguelike like this that has art clearly made by programmers
@@ubertuna1 Oh, yeah, I see how what I said could come across that I think Splat hated the artstyle, but I get completely that it was a "just stay with me here" warning from him. Just funny to me that an indie game channel has to warn against aaa sensibilities.
This!! It covers the charm of this game pretty well.
Just yesterday i discovered elin. This game is surely a step up from elon!! The developer is currently focusing on bringing a lot of elona things back which i am excited about
He's also stated he hopes to remake Elona in the engine once Elin is finished. Having Elona run on an engine that isn't HSP would be glorious.
@@aristocraticcthulhu3831 damn!! i thought that should happen and am so happy to hear that only thing is that 2 years for official release of elin and noa plans to keep updating it so i wouldn't expect elona remake release before 2032-35 lol
Hell yeah, I've been anxiously waiting for the succesor to Elona. Time to be a wizard snail and die after getting sprinkled with salt.
I know right, and the pixel art graphic is decent for a ridiculously full of depth gameplay!
Thank you for covering this video. As soon as I finished I went and purchased it. Yes there is a learning curve but definitely worth it! Prepare to die the game does not hold your hand. Thank you Splattercat!
One fun mechanic about the game is exchanging favor for tickets. Those tickets let you "legally" take items from towns. It can literally be a chest with stuff in inside
To anyone that thinks this looks interesting. The previous game Elona is a bit difficult to deal with, but the modded version Elona+ is still going strong and is a good game.
Its better translated and less buggy.
The randomness of it all could be annoying but you learn to work with it. Save scumming is your friend. You can do pretty much anything in that game, its amazing.
Do you think they'll eventually make Elin as deep/complex as Elona/+?
@@dohertyaaron It really all depends on if the creator gives up before he reaches that point. I bet he didn't even finish Elona.
This time he has the game up on steam, and probably knows how to code cleaner.
He's making money.
Its really up to him but there is hope.
Man I wanted to make my own Elona...
@@MisogynyMan Nice thanks for the perspective. I picked up Elin a couple days ago and there's already been a couple dev updates. REALLY digging it so far.
@@dohertyaaron I just started playing it, it seems to very much be an updated Elona.
He still seems to code it in Japanese and others have to translate it, I hope that doesn't lead to any trouble in the future.
Fingers crossed.
7:24 - That's why you choose the Little Girl as your pet, yes that sounds terrible, until you see her carrying your ass through the whole game pretty much...
Elona was a headtrip. Like Nethack, Ultima Online, and an early era JRPG had a baby and that baby had a huge list of insane RNG things that would just happen and totally change everything - yes, it did have some big multiplayer mechanics. You could go into other people's houses and the game rated how cool your house was against theirs. You may have to run Elona on Compatibility Mode but it still works, or at least it did for me. Elin has a similar ranking system but I don't know if you can visit other people's land yet. There was Elona, Elona Shooter, Elona+, and now Elin, all in the same world, all illustrate a really strong design philosophy of creating wild moments.
Elin in the base difficulty is super forgiving. The higher difficulties allow for loss on death or permadeath. Right now on base difficulty you lose nothing for the first 90 game days, then after that you lose some skill advancement progress. Similar to Rimworld your skills have little flame icons that show how talented you are and how fast you can raise them if you use them, determined by your choices at character creation (race, class). I think your NPC minions have similar things determined by their race, job, and hobby, so you'll see them gaining skill levels in the log as they do things. It seems like in the late game you can get a whole army to run your farm, ranch, manufacturing facilities, retail shop, and other types of things, so you can bankroll fulltime adventuring. And if you advance your land you get raided by bigger monsters so there is actually a mechanic to de-advance your land to lower the threat level.
Once it's out of EA there is an aim to have tons of mods and wikis and stuff out there so Elin might have a really wild scene
Thanks, I've been looking for good "scrolls-likes," and this looks like it will hit a lot of the points I'm looking for.
“Buttshart”
Splat always making me chuckle and say nice lol.
‘Korean MMO from 1997…’
Say less…sign me up
So happy you are reviewing this game, sadly i personally can't play it due to a launch/pc issue.. but love it!
Thank you for making this, this game is so awesome and I wish there was more content for it.
Yeah, I took a look around the UI and the weight is in the very bottom-right. Found it because of the format (/). You can only carry 58.8 pounds!
But what about the altar!
Absolutely love this game. I played Elon back when it was barely translated and was so sad when the original dev stopped working on it. Elona+ kept it alive and then I heard about this project on the Elona discord. I dropped as much as I could on the kickstarter and have absolutely loved the alpha and am excited to see it continue to grow.
Something I learned from playing Elona that new players probably won't know - if you want to cast magic, you need to read spellbooks in order to get charges of the spell. Failing to read spellbooks can do a number of nasty things, including draining your mana, randomly teleporting you , and summoning a bunch of high-level monsters to kill you. So, never try to read spellbooks unless you have the Literacy skill, and you are on the edge of a map that you don't care about.
Considering that Rogue was a game with ASCII graphics, these are amazing.
You dont drop anything on death in the first 90 days
You drop coins afterwards
Depending on how severe that gets, don't like that.
@@Gigaheart too bad, no one cares
You also lose some stat exp when you die after the 90 days
@@Gigaheartyou can also just complete ignore the gold death penalty by spending a gold bar to put your money into a piggy bank or kitty bank
A gold bar is given about every 500 gold worth of value sold at the shipping box
You just have to be careful when you smash the money on the ground
@@szlomobronsztajn3115 Are you 7? Nobody needs your entitled attitude. No one cares to hear you.
This looks like it's going straight to the top of my wish-list.
I don't know if it has already been mentionned but the change from classic top-down to isometric really makes this game more appealling imo
This game is pure nostalgia, by the way it looks and works. I might have to look into buying this.
Was not expecting a Popeye joke in 2024 game looks pretty good though.
There is a good chance, that this is the Game of the Year.
Props on having ketchup in the game! I always thought games were kinda rubbish and unrealistic if they didn't have ketchup :D
Elona gave me so much play time and it was such a fun enjoyable thing to me that even though I am not feeling Elin as much as I did Elona I still had to give the guy my 20 bucks to thank him for literally 4 digits of hours of playtime and a "Roguelike" that is more of a long haul experience.
Played it for many hours now, its just as complex as Elona, which I love.
Ah, the infamous puppy cave from Elona. It's infamous because it's actually harder than the level suggests and the floors are completely random.
really wish there was a button on steam that said, "who recommended you" because 90+% of my game pickups come from this channel
Sorry, but the visuals are perfect ❤❤❤
Thanks for your videos splat! I appreciate your hard work
Elona was my addiction, Elin is now my new addiction
This game is amazing. It's definitely a roguelike with extra extra mechanics.
I just picked this up yesterday and said, "I know Splattercat is gonna cover this." I was right!
If you had left the dungeon while overencumbered you would be crushed to death
I loved Elona+, the insane power levels you could get to are like something out of a Xianxia game. Definitely checking this one out.
Here's hoping the game gets the attention it deserves
It's like UO, Haven and Hearth, Salem and Stardew combined into a crazy deep, crazy addictive game
"I am going with strength to make myself stronger" *golf clap*
Haha! I just asked if you ever played Elona a couple of days ago.
Its still amazing. I'm glad the sequel is coming along.
Can bash the graphics, but remember this and the game it was based off of are primarily roguelikes. Elona, the 2D version, was and still is absolutely beautiful compared to any roguelike that didn't come from a AAA studio since. Elin is that game with a new perspective and prettier graphics and more systems. Inspiration wise, Stardew Valley comparisons are not warranted. Elona came out over 15 years ago. Anyways, I am absolutely overjoyed to see this game brought back with new polish and cannot wait to get lost in it again.
13:19 😂i love moments like these
As much as you said this game is weird as hell (and morbid too), it gets weirder. IT ALWAYS GETS WEIRDER. One example?
The panties (who are most often sold in vending machines) not only are a weapon, it returns to you (like boomerang), deals mind damage (so yeah panties makes enemies go insane) but are also an INSTRUMENT which means you can use music skill to PLAY ON PANTIES.
Also Twintails are related to the gods, you shouldn't attack anything that doesn't aggro on you just in case
Seems like it has a lot of interesting details and unique interactions, i'll give it a look.
bought it today, can't wait for the weekend so I can put 20 hours in it
I am all here for a snail pianist playthrough
I never in my life thought I'd see Elona mentioned on Splattercats channel. Back when I was looking for free PC games Elona came up and I got sucked into a strange, insane roguelike world. It disappeared from my life for many years but I redownloaded it. Might have to leave it behind and just wait for this new game.
I hope they plan on putting this on multiple consoles. This would be a great switch game.
ThankYou SirSpla77!
I love the graphics.
Kudos for the proper use of "foof"
I think the game looks great aesthetically speaking, sound is old school too, in fact this graphically reminds of a lot of games from way back in the day, ya know those ancidnt times right after dos systems floppy disk going to diskjet and we achieved our first dial up, all while fending off prehistoric dinosaurs and saber tooth wildcats
24:52 Apparently it's on the bottom right of your screen lol
OH I love this. I remember hearing that the original dev had issues with their publishers using the Elona name for one of their titles calling it Elona 2 despite the dev saying that they didn't want that so they ended up doing the true Elona 2 with Elin.
It's not the publishers but a Chinese (of course) dev team that got permission to make Elona Mobile but not the rights to Elona 2 but did it anyway.
Watched this video. Bought this game. Proceeded to play 40 hours.....
cheers Splat, wish listed
Yeah man, you would love Elona and Elona+. Love seeing coverage of Elin, which looks possibly as crazy as it's predecessor.
At the end..."send the tax bill back to them" puts it in the shipping bin. Lol
Elona is really, really weird. But very unique and incredibly good. I have yet to find a game like it, and have been waiting for Elin for awhile.
The graphics are beautiful
😂😂😂
They're... _Fine._
It’s a lot like Tangledeep which is an amazing game btw. Gonna have to pick this up
would have liked to see some of the building and village management. a game with this much depth may warrant a 2nd episode?
Feels weird to be 2 minutes into a video and not wonna watch the rest cuz you already sold me on the game and i dont wonn be spoiled....god dammit Splat, I am trying to save money here!
Looks like one of those special games, don't see what's not to like XD
SOLD!
That looks fucking awesome. I gotta try this.
If it's anything like Elona, and 100 times that with Elona+, it also gets super sweaty and meta gamy, there's hundreds of hours for you if you're into that
Never played the original but this looks awesome.
Waiting for noel the bomber to be added since i dont see her in dephy. Had this game bookmarked for about a year and just now found out it finally released
This is GAME OF THE YEAR!!!!!
the dark and random aspects remind me of Rimworld, i will have to get this
Heh, that jelly "girdle" is edible. I see what they did there.
14:02 to 14:08. Splat was totally thinking about the big picture 🙂
I love the graphics and the art style!
oh man i'd recognise that cave anywhere haha
it's been a long while since i dipped my toes in elona
cool to see more of the same but more accessible
I remember a game like this, like you had a space to make your house, and you live like whit your grandpa or something but the house burn down a little bit? i want to find it!!
It also works like a dream on steam deck.
Welp, you did it again. Another game I just bought and probably won't have the time to play ^^'
The weight indicator is in the very bottom right of the screen.
"feet point"?? what a weird way to name a feature....
14 minutes later: AAAAAAH, I see.
Elona is amazing and insane. Its worth a playthrough if you like to avoid early access releases.
Oh shit it's out? DANG SON I was stilling playing Elona waiting for this to come out!
Eternal league of nefia my beloved!
I had a sudden Ultima Online nostalgia mood hit me when I watched this. I think the inventory was the culprit, coupled with the isometric view.
God, I wish that game had just a single player version. Game was so good for its time.
The backpack is straight from UO I think
@@gtpederson The newer UO, I think you are right. Old UO just had a bag that you dragged stuff anywhere you want, on top of anything.
@@ItIsYouAreNotYour yeah the grid part is new but I'd recognize that backpack graphic anywhere
@@gtpederson haha ya. I saw a video on sort of a remake of it on a server? And it looks pretty much exact with the grid now. Sort of evolving it to more modern mechanics.
This reminds me of the text based MUD Eternal City, except it has graphics. A lot to do there and more here.
the impression of the american country folks was spectacular🤣
Bought! tomorrow will be busy. :)
Castle of the winds with 3D graphics
Cant wait for it to come out of ea. Looks really weird and cool.