The 4.6 Billion Year Saga: To Faraway Eden (SNES Emulator)

This is a fan translation of Okunen Monogatari ~ Harukanaru Eden, which was originally released in English as E.V.O. The Search for Eden. I’ve played it several times before. The general gist is that you’re a mysterious representative lifeform, and it has been decreed that you must use the mysterious timestream to evolve over the course of several ages, passing through various forms to earn your place in “Eden.” And you’re going to need to kill and eat a lot of other contenders on your way there.

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Overall: This game is an Enix game of its era, featuring a pseudo-religious plot about the evolution of life guided by a godlike being, with systems that are interesting but not necessarily great. The retranslation makes the plot and types of creatures much clearer, and I’d call it an improvement.