Elementallis

PC, Switch, Xbox, PlayStation Imagine if I’d brought you here today to tell you that I knew about a massive 2D Zelda-like RPG, packed with towns, dungeons, puzzles and exploration, and it’s all completely great, and that no one is even aware it exists. That would be madness, right? And yet, Elementallis. How this is a buried treasure I do not understand, but let’s dig it up and spread the word. Obviously a lot of people try to make 2D Zelda-likes, and most fall far short. Some are novel, or at least competent, but they’re few and far between. And then here comes Elementallis, the passion project of developer Iván Ruiz Lozano, funded on Kickstarter back in 2021, and released last month. And it’s astonishing. It not only withstands the comparison, but brings its own ideas to the table, in a wonderful RPG about recovering eight elements and adding them to your ever-growing suite of abilities. Let’s be calm here. Elementallis has a few issues here and there, so lacks the impossible…