Everhood

Everhood, or Everhood: An Ineffable Tale of the Inexpressible Divine Moments of Truth, is a 2021 video game developed by Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca. The game's plot involves a red doll-person trying to recover their stolen arm from a Gold Pig.[2] Along the way, the player meets Mushrooms, Gnomes, and other Strange Creatures, including a small creature by the name of Blue Thief, who will help the player on their quest to retrieve their arm. It was released on Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on March 4, 2021.

Everhood
Everhood logo
Developer(s)Chris Nordgren
Jordi Roca[1]
Publisher(s)Foreign Gnomes
Surefire.Games[2]
Programmer(s)Jordi Roca
Artist(s)Chris Nordgren
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
ReleaseMarch 4, 2021
Genre(s)Adventure, role-playing, rhythm
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
"Everhood" features retro-styled graphics and a rhythm-based battle system.

Everhood was described by Screen Rant as an adventure RPG that focused on having its battle system based on a rhythm game music-based rhythm system opposed to the usual strategy or turn-based combat systems.[3] The player must avoid attacks based on the music of the enemy, by either avoiding the attacks by jumping or dodging them or deflecting the enemies attacks back to the opponent.[3]

Reception

Zoey Handley of Destructoid praised the music in the game, but noted that the story threw in too many plot twists and critiqued spelling errors and long load times within the game.[2] Nintendo World Report's Jordan Rudek praised the game's rhythm-based combat and humor and called it "an instant classic", while also noting the grammar and spelling errors within the game and long loading times.[6]

References
  1. "Description". Everhood Official Website. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. Handley, Zoey (March 7, 2021). "Review: Everhood". Destructoid. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  3. Gordon, Rob (March 4, 2021). "Everhood Review: An Impactful Rhythm-Based Adventure RPG". Screen Rant. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  4. "Everhood for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  5. "Everhood for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  6. Rudek, Jordan (March 4, 2021). "Everhood (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  7. Hagues, Alana (March 6, 2021). "Everhood". RPGFan. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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