Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles

aka: Evil Twin: Uma aventura entre sonho e arrepio
Moby ID: 5329
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Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles is a surrealistic 3D platformer from France. The player guides the orphan boy Cyprien through a darkly comical environment spanning 8 distinct islands and about 70 stages, in a mission to save his 4 friends, find his talking teddy bear, and confront his inner self.

Cyprien is helped and hindered through his quest by an assortment of strange beings, from an elephant named Wilbur, who makes his entrances and exits on a swing, a tribe of demis - creatures cut in half, a giant termite queen, a dark root, and many many more.

He is not helpless in his battle against the odds however. He has brought along to this strange dimension Super-Cyp, his heroic alter ego, into whom he may change temporarily using the power-ups scattered around the levels.

Spellings

  • 邪恶双子:Cyprien历代记 - Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Reviews

Critics

Average score: 70% (based on 21 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 17 ratings with 2 reviews)

Very Unique Game, Dark Visul Style, Cool Story, Slightly Flawed Gameplay.

The Good
The story is very unique and dark for a platformer. The visual style is beautiful....and there is much attention to detail with the environments. The clouds move across the sky in a very disturbing way, the ocean waves flow menacingly, and the colors and lighting used combined with the melodic, but spooky soundtrack create a very stunning visual and aural experience. The characters are very original, and there are many different odd looking creatures throughout the game.

The Bad
I didn't like the fact that it was NEVER released in the United States!!! I waited a very long time for this game, and was very disappointed when they cancelled it's American release. I had to resort to playing a burnt copy just so I could play it over here (though I DO own a genuine European version, I just can't play it because it's in PAL format). Another complaint I have is that while the story and appearance of the game are awesome, the gameplay itself is not so good. It has very glitchy camera angles and unresponsive controls. You will die many times simply because jumping is so difficult in this game and you must jump from platforms almost all the time. No matter how long you play it, the controls will still be difficult. Also, what you are supposed to do next is not always obvious enough in some areas...so not knowing where you're going and dying a lot can be very frustrating. However, despite these flaws, the story and overall experience makes it worth playing through.

The Bottom Line
I would descibe this game to others as something that could have been great, but tripped over it's own feet. If they would have spent just a little more time working out the bugs it would've been a perfect game. Nevertheless, I would recommend that you buy it. If you're like me, and live in the US, import the pc version, since it will still work over here....or, if you prefer it for the consoles...look hard enough and you can find burnt versions that have been converted to ntsc format. I DO NOT CONDONE PIRACY OF GAMES, so if you're going to find the burnt versions, do the right thing and buy the actual European version as well, even if you can't play it. If for nothing else, buy it for the booklet and artwork, and so hopefully the money will get back to the people who made it.

Dreamcast · by Brandon Heffner (38) · 2005

A heavily underrated game.

The Good
The story and the theme. Lots of people complain that "it's just hopping from one cinematic to another", but they do a good job telling the story. The theme is also good; most platform games have a "kiddy" theme - Evil Twin is dark, creepy and bizarre. A refereshing change.

The Bad
It's heavily underrated by most people. Oh, and the horrible save system.

The Bottom Line
A must play for every self respecting platformgamer.

Windows · by Qlberts (58) · 2003

Trivia

Introduction

When you have installed the Windows version of the game, look on your hard disk in the directory ...\Evil Twin\cines\voices_en for the sound file 03712010123.mp3 - and continues in 030712010124 - which is not used in the game. It has Lenny the Bear telling the background story of the game which is similar to the introduction text in the instruction manual.

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  • Evil Twin
    The official site of Evil Twin. Has a French, German, Italian and American version.

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Game added by ududy.

Dreamcast added by David Mackenzie. PlayStation 2 added by Macintrash.

Additional contributors: Unicorn Lynx, Qlberts, Tim Janssen, Duduzets, Patrick Bregger, Mark de Ridder.

Game added November 9, 2001. Last modified January 22, 2024.