
In classic old school RPG style, you’ll run into encounters with enemies at random while traveling around anywhere but inside towns. Just tap on the speech bubble above an NPC’s head to talk to one of them. The mini-map in the upper-right corner will quickly become your best friend, not only showing you the layout of each region but also pointing out quest-givers and people to whom you need to speak. You can also swipe up or down when there are pathways to do so or buildings to enter. To move Aldo around, as well as other members of your party once you have some, simply hold down on the screen and slide your finger left or right. (Note: Never do that, no matter how much you love your cat.) As tends to happen in RPGs, he ends up inadvertently becoming entangled in a much, much larger battle between good and evil that spans centuries, all because he follows his cat into a strange portal. Recently promoted to his village guard unit, he has a somewhat mysterious backstory where he and his sister were abandoned as young children and found by the mayor. Your POV character in Another Eden is a young swordsman named Aldo. Another Eden Basics: Movement, Combat, and Cats Let’s start at the beginning, as it were, and guide you through Another Eden with all of the tips, hints and other goodies I’ve gathered so far. In fact, even though it uses a gacha-type system for adding characters to your roster, the game doesn’t even emphasize that all that much and simply lets you get lost in its narrative - with one kind of diabolical exception that we’ll get to after you click through like 15 slides. Even though it relies on a pretty well-worn trope of time travel and collecting companions from different times/worlds/what have you, it throws a few wrinkles into the former and doesn’t beat you over the head with the latter.

The story of Another Eden is really a big selling point. And yes, it’s technically ANOTHER EDEN, all caps, but I don’t think it’s polite to yell in my guides. In a world of cookie cutter mobile RPGs, Another Eden (Free) stands out for its expansive story and commitment to letting you play for long sessions without asking you for money.
