Citizens of Earth

Release Date: January 20, 2015

RPG, turn-based, 2D, humorous, classic RPG, singleplayer

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A hilarious cRPG with cartoonish graphics, developed by an independent Canadian studio - Eden Industries. The player assumes the role of the world's vice-president. Having won the elections, the protagonist returns to their hometown and discovers that the neighbouring forests are filled with bizzare creatures that came into being as a result of mysterious genetic experiments.

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Citizens of Earth for PC, WiiU and etc. is a hilarious RPG with cartoonish graphics, developed by an independent studio Eden Industries – a team popular mainly for a successful logic game called Waveform.

Plot

The player assumes the role of the world's vice-president. The story begins when after their victory in the elections, they return to their small hometown. It soon turns out that someone has filled the neighbouring forests with the results of strange genetic experiments. Among the creatures terrorizing the inhabitants, one will find such bizzare beings as a bear made of honey, or an eagle with curly blond hair. As the chosen representative of the people, the protagonist has to discover who is behind all of this and stop this entire madness – however, the vice-president will not be able to fulfill these goals on their own – instead, they will have to be helped by the locals.

Gameplay

Interestingly, Citizens of Earth gives an opportunity to recruit every character encountered. As a result, the player's team will comprise mainly bakers, teachers, the homeless, or waiters. During the adventure, all those characters will be gaining experience points that will make them both more dangerous in combat and more effective while performing tasks related to their professions. Consequently, when the player excludes a character from their team, this particular character returns to their post in order to help improving the whole town. This leads to the player obtaining better shops, additional data, or new special items.

Citizens of Earth for PC, WiiU and etc. encourages the players to experiment with this entire system and to regularly replace one's team-members. The main story is relatively short here and delivers the player with about 10 hours of play. Simultaneously, the game world is filled with optional side quests, so one can spend much more time in the game.

Last updated on September 4, 2017

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6.8

OpenCritic Rating

Game is Recomended by 37% of Critics. There are 47 Critic Reviews.

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Game Revolution: 3 / 5 by Jeb Haught

Despite some poor design choices and a few bugs, Citizens of Earth is still an enjoyable game that will appeal to turn-based RPG fans who like quirky humor. It's just too bad that there's such a strong focus on keeping players busy rather than interested.

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Nintendo Life: 8 / 10 by Conor McMahon

One for the cult history books - an imperfect classic that fits into a very welcome little niche on the eShop.

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Push Square: 7 / 10 by Edwin Garcia

Citizens of Earth tries to be too funny for its own good, and often feels like one long joke about politicians. Fortunately, the gameplay, in all of its nostalgic glory, is fun and charming. There are moments where it treads a little too closely to its inspirations, but this at least results in great art, a fun soundtrack, and some compelling combat. And while it fails to hit the standard set by the classics that it's attempting to imitate, it should still get your vote if you're a fan of old-school RPGs like EarthBound.

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