Evolution 2: Far Off Promise

Evolution 2: Far Off Promise (神機世界エヴォリューション2 遠い約束, Shinkisekai Evoryūshon 2 Tōi Yakusoku) is a role-playing video game for the Dreamcast console. It is a sequel to Evolution: The World of Sacred Device. It was developed by Sting and published by Ubisoft in North America. In Japan it was published by ESP.

Evolution 2: Far Off Promise
North American Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)Sting
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Masaharu Iwata
SeriesEvolution 
Platform(s)Dreamcast
Release
  • JP: December 23, 1999
  • NA: June 29, 2000
  • EU: November 23, 2001
Genre(s)Roguelike RPG
Mode(s)Single player

Evolution 2: Far Off Promise was also released for the European market in 2001 as one of the last European Dreamcast games. In the UK the game was exclusive to the video game chain Game.

Like the first Evolution game, Evolution 2 is a dungeon crawler. Unlike the first, Evolution 2 has both random and predetermined dungeon maps.

This game and Evolution: The World of the Sacred Device were remade into Evolution Worlds on the Nintendo GameCube.

Story

Continuing from Evolution: The World of Sacred Device, Mag Launcher and company venture towards the continent's center via the newly built railroad. With a new set of ruins to explore, Mag has the opportunity to become the greatest adventurer in the world, but a new presence threatens to destroy his relationship with Linear.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings66%[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[2]
Famitsu29/40[3]
Game Informer6/10[4]
GameFan87%[5]
GamePro[6]
GameRevolutionC[7]
GameSpot5.7/10[8]
GameSpy6/10[9]
IGN4.5/10[10]
Next Generation[11]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[1] Jeff Lundrigan of Next Generation called it "an experience to be savored and enjoyed."[11] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40.[3]

References
  1. "Evolution 2 for Dreamcast". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. Ottoson, Joe. "Evolution 2: Far Off Promise - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. "神機世界エヴォリューション2 〜遠い約束〜 [ドリームキャスト]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. "Evolution 2: Far Off Promise". Game Informer. No. 87. FuncoLand. July 2000.
  5. Mylonas, Eric "ECM" (July 2000). "Evolution 2". GameFan. Vol. 8 no. 7. Shinno Media. pp. 32–33. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. E. Coli (August 4, 2000). "Evolution 2: Far-Off Promise Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 17, 2005. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. G-Wok (July 2000). "Evolution 2: Far Off Promise Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  8. Lopez, Miguel (July 12, 2000). "Evolution 2 Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  9. Mr. Domino (July 13, 2000). "Evolution 2". PlanetDreamcast. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  10. Gantayat, Anoop (June 30, 2000). "Evolution 2: Far off Promise". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  11. Lundrigan, Jeff (July 2000). "Evolution 2". Next Generation. No. 67. Imagine Media. p. 88. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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