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The game begins with an introduction as follows: |
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The game is set on the fictional planet Twinsun, which has a sun for each [[Sphere|hemisphere]]. Four species populate Twinsun; Quetchs are similar to humans, Spheros are round creatures, Grobos resemble [[anthropomorphic]] elephants and Rabibunnies resemble anthropomorphic rabbits. All peoples of Twinsun have been herded into the Southern hemisphere by the tyrant Dr Funfrock, who has subjugated the planet with an army of clones which travel using [[teleport]] machines. The [[player character]] is a young Quetch named Twinsen, who has been incarcerated in an asylum because of his prophetic dreams.<ref name="cvg">{{cite web| url = http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=7845| title = Little Big Adventure Review - Joyously engineered adventure| author = Fulljames, Stephen| publisher = [[Computer and Video Games]]| date = 2001-08-15| accessdate = 2009-12-18}}</ref> |
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{{cquote|Twinsun is a relatively new planet on the outskirts of a remote galaxy. It's rotational plane has stabilized between two suns. There is a huge mountain range running along its equator, that divides the planet in half; each hemisphere is warmed by a single sun. |
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Play starts within the asylum, the first objective of the game is to escape from Twinsen's cell.<ref name="cvg"/> The player must gather four magical objects (Ancestral Tunic, Book of Bu, Sendell's Medallion, and the Flask of Clear Water) and overthrow the villain, Dr. Funfrock. On the way, Twinsen encounters many obstacles, like Funfrock's clone army, mutated monsters and various traps. Twinsen must also free his girlfriend Zoe, and fulfill the legend of Sendell. |
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The Northern hemisphere, with its orange sky, is warmer than the Southern hemisphere. Except for a polar region, the planet's climate is clement. The formation of life forms on the planet was thus favorable. Four species developed over the course of the centuries: The Spheros, the Rabbibunnies, the Quetches and the Grobos. They all lived in harmony until a tyrant named Dr. FunFrock reared his ugly head. |
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Ever since FunFrock's rise to power, the population has been living under a reign of terror. FunFrock set up a police state where suspicion is omnipresent. He is all powerful and controls the people with an iron fist. He has at his disposal two high tech weapons that insure his power: cloning and teleportation. He can clone any of the species at will, and subsequently recruit these clones into his ranks. He can then deploy these clones instantly through a network of telepods that are dispersed over the entire planet. |
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A few years ago, under the guise of protecting the population, Dr. FunFrock herded the planet's habitants into the southern hemisphere. The repression is harsh. Every day brings more and more arrests, and the people slowly begin to lose hope. In an effort to keep their spirits up, the people sometimes evoke an ancient legend along with the name of a goddess, Sendell. The mentioning of the legend or Sendell has since been forbidden by Dr. FunFrock. |
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Meanwhile... a young quetch named Twinsen has been having strange dreams...}} |
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The game begins in an asylum. Twinsen, the protagonist, has been jailed for having prophetic dreams. He escapes and returns home to find Zoe, his girlfriend, waiting for him. She is arrested by two Grobo-Clones as Twinsen hides inside a cupboard in his home. He escapes with two ancestral belongings: the Magic Ball, and the Ancestral Tunic. |
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He traverses across the southern hemisphere, searching for clues, and discovers he is the Chosen One an old legend spoke of. He joins the rebels, and gets through to the northern hemisphere, where FunFrock's fortress is. He destroys two of FunFrock's factories on the way: the Cloning Centre and the Teleportation Centre. When he reaches FunFrock's fortress, however, he is tricked with a clone of Zoe, and captured by FunFrock. FunFrock explains to a caged Twinsen that he plans to realise the prophecy himself. |
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Twinsen manages to escape, and reaches Polar Island, the final island of the game, where he faces off with FunFrock. He is reunited with Zoe, and the two go down into the centre of the rocky peak in the middle of the island. They reach the Well of Sendell, where they meet Sendell, the goddess of Twinsun. She explains to them that there is a Stellar Entity in gestation in the heart of the well that will come into existence in a few years. Twinsen is the current desendant of a family elected by Sendell to protect the planet from any threat. Twinsen and Zoe are then sent back to Citadel Island, where celebrations take place. |
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After the credits, a short cutscene is played. Twinsen and Zoe are evidently about to have sex, so Twinsen pulls the blind down, revealing the words THE END. |
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==Music== |
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| Developer(s) | Adeline Software International |
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| Engine | Custom |
| Platform(s) | PC (MS-DOS), PlayStation |
| Release | PC PlayStation |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Little Big Adventure (LBA) is a PC game made by Adeline Software International and first released at the end of 1994. It was released in Europe by Electronic Arts and in North America, Asia and Oceania under the name Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure by Activision, with the game selling over 400,000 copies worldwide in the first release.[1] The game was initially released in a CD-ROM version and some time later in a floppy disk version; the CD-ROM version featured full motion video, music and speech whereas the floppy disk version has MIDI music files and still images to replace the videos. The game was later ported to the PlayStation, and released in Europe and Japan. A sequel was released under the name of Little Big Adventure 2 (also known as Twinsen's Odyssey).
Gameplay
Little Big Adventure is viewed from a pseudo 3D isometric perspective (the game field is rotated 45 degrees). All characters and vehicles in the game, including some props in the world, are real 3D polygon-based objects, allowing for full rotation and movement abilities. After completion of certain tasks the player is presented with a full motion video sequence. The character the player controls is called Twinsen, who has 4 different modes of behavior, each of which is useful in the different situations players encounter.[2] Twinsen also has an inventory where he can store objects he finds.
The game's genre is a real-time adventure. It combines several action game/arcade sequences and some elements from the role-playing game genre. The game's gameplay is partially free-roaming, allowing the player to travel around the islands once they have been "unlocked" by completing certain objectives; there are also many tasks which are optional or non-linear. Certain locations in the game are initially blocked from the player until they progress to a certain stage, such as the islands in the Northern Hemisphere and fortresses on several of the islands in the Southern Hemisphere.
Plot
The game begins with an introduction as follows:
Twinsun is a relatively new planet on the outskirts of a remote galaxy. It's rotational plane has stabilized between two suns. There is a huge mountain range running along its equator, that divides the planet in half; each hemisphere is warmed by a single sun.
The Northern hemisphere, with its orange sky, is warmer than the Southern hemisphere. Except for a polar region, the planet's climate is clement. The formation of life forms on the planet was thus favorable. Four species developed over the course of the centuries: The Spheros, the Rabbibunnies, the Quetches and the Grobos. They all lived in harmony until a tyrant named Dr. FunFrock reared his ugly head.
Ever since FunFrock's rise to power, the population has been living under a reign of terror. FunFrock set up a police state where suspicion is omnipresent. He is all powerful and controls the people with an iron fist. He has at his disposal two high tech weapons that insure his power: cloning and teleportation. He can clone any of the species at will, and subsequently recruit these clones into his ranks. He can then deploy these clones instantly through a network of telepods that are dispersed over the entire planet.
A few years ago, under the guise of protecting the population, Dr. FunFrock herded the planet's habitants into the southern hemisphere. The repression is harsh. Every day brings more and more arrests, and the people slowly begin to lose hope. In an effort to keep their spirits up, the people sometimes evoke an ancient legend along with the name of a goddess, Sendell. The mentioning of the legend or Sendell has since been forbidden by Dr. FunFrock.
Meanwhile... a young quetch named Twinsen has been having strange dreams...
The game begins in an asylum. Twinsen, the protagonist, has been jailed for having prophetic dreams. He escapes and returns home to find Zoe, his girlfriend, waiting for him. She is arrested by two Grobo-Clones as Twinsen hides inside a cupboard in his home. He escapes with two ancestral belongings: the Magic Ball, and the Ancestral Tunic.
He traverses across the southern hemisphere, searching for clues, and discovers he is the Chosen One an old legend spoke of. He joins the rebels, and gets through to the northern hemisphere, where FunFrock's fortress is. He destroys two of FunFrock's factories on the way: the Cloning Centre and the Teleportation Centre. When he reaches FunFrock's fortress, however, he is tricked with a clone of Zoe, and captured by FunFrock. FunFrock explains to a caged Twinsen that he plans to realise the prophecy himself.
Twinsen manages to escape, and reaches Polar Island, the final island of the game, where he faces off with FunFrock. He is reunited with Zoe, and the two go down into the centre of the rocky peak in the middle of the island. They reach the Well of Sendell, where they meet Sendell, the goddess of Twinsun. She explains to them that there is a Stellar Entity in gestation in the heart of the well that will come into existence in a few years. Twinsen is the current desendant of a family elected by Sendell to protect the planet from any threat. Twinsen and Zoe are then sent back to Citadel Island, where celebrations take place.
After the credits, a short cutscene is played. Twinsen and Zoe are evidently about to have sex, so Twinsen pulls the blind down, revealing the words THE END.
Music
The music for the game was composed by Frenchman Philippe Vachey[3] who also composed music for Little Big Adventure 2.
Characters
Twinsen is the hero of the game. The chosen one of the planet, heir to its prophecy, he must gather magical objects and sabotage FunFrock's reign. He is voiced by Sylvain Caruso in French, and Dana Westberg in English.
Zoe is Twinsen's girlfriend. She is captured by two Grobo clones prior to the beginning of the game. Near the end of the game, Twinsen rescues what he thinks is Zoe, but turns out to be a clone, which the player must destroy in order to rediscover the inventory items. Twinsen rescues the real Zoe at the very end of the game. She is voiced by Julie Bataille in French, and Trish Kessler-Caffrey in English.
Jerome Baldino (better known as Baldino) is the local inventor on Proxima Island. He aids Twinsen in the game with his protopack, which the player must use to rob a museum. He only appears for a short time, though he plays a bigger part in Little Big Adventure 2. He is voiced by Sylvain Caruso in French, and Christian Erickson in English.
FunFrock is the main antagonist of the game. He is the dictator of Twinsun who controls the planet using three powers: cloning, teleportation and mutant breeding. His true goal is to achieve the God-like status by destroying Sendell, the goddess of the planet. After Twinsen defeats him, the planet is peaceful again, and no longer under the reign of terror. It is revealed in Little Big Adventure 2 that Twinsen actually killed a clone of Funfrock in the end of the game. He is voiced by Pierre-Alain De Garrigues in French, and Christian Erickson in English.
Dino-Fly is a dinosaur with wings, roosting on top of Tippet Island. He says he has been waiting for the heir (who is Twinsen) for centuries. He helps Twinsen get to the other islands of the northern hemisphere of Twinsun. He is voiced by Pierre-Alain De Garrigues in French, and Christian Erickson in English.
Sendell is the goddess of Twinsun. She calls Twinsen for help in his dreams, warning him of FunFrock's dictatorship. She and other Sendells are watching over a Stellar Entity that is in gestation in the centre of Twinsun. She is seen briefly in the ending cutscene. She is voiced by Julie Bataille in French, and Trish Kessler-Caffrey in English.
References
- ^ Adeline Software International, Mirror of now-defunct official LBA 2 site
- ^ House, Michael. "Review - Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure". allgame. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ^ "Interview with Philippe Vachey (in French)".
External links
- Little Big Adventure at MobyGames
- Encyclopedia Twinsunica, an encyclopedia of the Little Big Adventure series
- LBA series at Curlie