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Yono and the Celestial Elephants

Yono and the Celestial Elephants

Released: 10/12/2017

Elephants are a mighty protectors of the world, born from the stars once per millennium. This is the age of Elephant Yono. But Yono is still so very young and in a kingdom inhabited by feudal Humans, undead Bonewights and robotic Mekani, it's not easy to keep one's trunk out of trouble. Yono and the Celestial Elephants is a grand adventure, featuring carefully designed puzzles, treasure hunts, a sprinkling of combat and a world full of people. Play as a young elephant tasked to save a world he’s never seen before, and explore the rich history of a kingdom where humans, zombies and robots live side by side. Use your elephant trunk to solve puzzles and find secrets. Load it up with air, water and other things for different effectsVisit four towns full of people, shops and side-questsSolve three deep dungeons of puzzles, monsters and finally a scary bossExplore forests and caves to find treasures and upgradesDiscuss ascetic virtue ethics with the undead, existentialism and freedom of will with the robots, and political philosophy and the roots of power and authority with the humansPiece together ancient texts to uncover the history of the world, the development of human kind and the influence of past Elephant

Elephants are a mighty protectors of the world, born from the stars once per millennium. This is the age of Elephant Yono. But Yono is still so very young and in a kingdom inhabited by feudal Humans, undead Bonewights and robotic Mekani, it's not easy to keep one's trunk out of trouble. Yono and the Celestial Elephants is a grand adventure, featuring carefully designed puzzles, treasure hunts, a sprinkling of combat and a world full of people. Play as a young elephant tasked to save a world he’s never seen before, and explore the rich history of a kingdom where humans, zombies and robots live side by side. Use your elephant trunk to solve puzzles and find secrets. Load it up with air, water and other things for different effectsVisit four towns full of people, shops and side-questsSolve three deep dungeons of puzzles, monsters and finally a scary bossExplore forests and caves to find treasures and upgradesDiscuss ascetic virtue ethics with the undead, existentialism and freedom of will with the robots, and political philosophy and the roots of power and authority with the humansPiece together ancient texts to uncover the history of the world, the development of human kind and the influence of past Elephant

Elephants are a mighty protectors of the world, born from the stars once per millennium. This is the age of Elephant Yono. But Yono is still so very young and in a kingdom inhabited by feudal Humans, undead Bonewights and robotic Mekani, it's not easy to keep one's trunk out of trouble. Yono and the Celestial Elephants is a grand adventure, featuring carefully designed puzzles, treasure hunts, a sprinkling of combat and a world full of people. Play as a young elephant tasked to save a world he’s never seen before, and explore the rich history of a kingdom where humans, zombies and robots live side by side. Use your elephant trunk to solve puzzles and find secrets. Load it up with air, water and other things for different effectsVisit four towns full of people, shops and side-questsSolve three deep dungeons of puzzles, monsters and finally a scary bossExplore forests and caves to find treasures and upgradesDiscuss ascetic virtue ethics with the undead, existentialism and freedom of will with the robots, and political philosophy and the roots of power and authority with the humansPiece together ancient texts to uncover the history of the world, the development of human kind and the influence of past Elephant

Critics
69
Steam
83
Metacritic
71

Score Breakdown

69.3

Critic Average

15 reviews

83

Steam User Score

355 reviews

71

Metacritic User Score

23 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-13.3
Metacritic Disparity
-1.7
Combined Disparity
-7.5

Average of both sources

Review Timing

3 early (20%)9 launch window (60%)3 late (20%)