Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles is a platform game developed by Ubi Soft and In Utero for the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Windows.
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| Developer(s) | In Utero |
| Publisher(s) | Ubi Soft (PS2, Windows) BigBen Interactive (DC) |
| Director(s) | Yann Orhan |
| Producer(s) | Yves Guillemot |
| Artist(s) | Stéphane Bachelet |
| Writer(s) | Yann Orhan Stéphane Bachelet Guillaune Eluerd |
| Composer(s) | Bertrand Eluerd |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
editThe player takes control of a young orphan named Cyprien, who ventures through a nightmarish world and can transform into a superhero version of himself named Supercyp during his journey to Loren Darith to free his teddy bear, Lenny.
Story
editThe story begins with Cyprien standing by a running sink in the restroom of his orphanage home and staring into the restroom mirror when his buddy Dave enters, asks him if he's okay, and invites him to come out into the main room so that the two of them could join in celebrating Cyprien's birthday. When they arrive, Cyprien's other friends, Vince, Joey, and Steve are waiting for him. He enters the room, completely apathetic and depressed. Steve explains that Cyprien's parents had died on his birthday and Cyprien leaves the room.
He is greeted by Lenny, his teddy bear and imaginary friend. Cyprien, already irritated with the flood of questions from his friends, becomes hysterical and tells Lenny that he is only a toy, and condemns Lenny's world (Undabed) to oblivion.
Cyprien begins to laugh and the room darkens, Lenny disappears and Cyprien's friends are being grabbed by dark shadowy tentacles. After the havok subsides, Cyprien awakens from his unconscious state and cannot find Lenny. He is then teleported to Undabed, and is greeted by Wilbur, a friend of Lenny's.
Wilbur then explains that a great wave swept everything away and a massive tower (Loren Darith) appeared, and in that tower lived a hideous creature named the "Master". The Master manipulated the people of Undabed by erasing all traces of the past and entrusted a key to the people of Demi Island, called "The Great Zippete".
Lenny went to Demi Island to obtain that very key, and was nearly able to get it. However, the Master's troops arrested Lenny before he could get his hands on it.
The Master took control of Demi Island by convincing the Demi people (whose bodies are split in two) that their bodies were once whole, and took away the Zippete and lied that it was vestige of when the Demi's where whole. The Master then divided the Zippete into four pieces, each scattered on 4 different worlds. It is then up to Cyprien to acquire the 4 parts of the Great Zippete, and free Lenny.
Development
editThe game was originally intended to be released in late 1999 under the title of "Evil Twin" but was later delayed due to financial reasons. A gameplay video of the game was available on the Sega Dreamcast "Dreamon Collection 4" demo disc.
Release
editEvil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles was released in Europe only and was one of the last PAL Dreamcast released games with a version distributed by BigBen Interactive. The game was exclusive to Game Stores Group and was also released for PlayStation 2 in the December of 2001.[1]
Soundtrack
editThe soundtrack didn't become available until 2010 when it was released under Bertrand Eluerd's Bandcamp account, compiled into three volumes. The first two volumes feature the in-game music with the third volume being a collection of leftovers, demos, and a couple of tracks from the aborted Evil Twin II project.[3]
Reception
editEvil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles received mixed reviews from various review sites.[citation needed] The game was praised for its level design, art direction and music by composer Bertrand Eluerd but also criticized for its poor controls and awkward camera.[citation needed] The Sega Dreamcast version of the game only saw a release in the PAL territory (Europe, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand).[4]
Reviews
edit- Futuregamez.net[5]
- PC Action (Germany)[6]
- GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)[7]
- Jeuxvideo.com[8]
- Jeuxvideo.com[9]
- TotalVideoGames[10]
- Jeuxvideo.com[11]
- 4Players.de[12]
- 4Players.de[13]
- Gamezone (Germany)[14]
- Gamezone (Germany)[15]
- Game Informer Magazine[16]
- Gamesmania.de[17]
- JeuxVideoPC.com[18]
- allaboutgames.co.uk[19]
- Eurogamer.net[20]
References
edit- ^ a b "Game details". Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles. Giant Bomb. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "The Last Days of Dreamcast". Eurogamer.net. 2002-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ "Soundtrack". Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles. Bandcamp. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "IGN". Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles. IGN. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Review Futuregamez.net
- ^ "PC Games - News, Tests, Cheats und Videos zu PC- und Konsolen-Spielen".
- ^ "Video Games Reviews & News".
- ^ "Test du jeu Evil Twin : Cyprien's Chronicles sur PS2".
- ^ "Test du jeu Evil Twin : Cyprien's Chronicles sur PC".
- ^ Game review TotalVideoGames
- ^ "Test du jeu Evil Twin : Cyprien's Chronicles sur DCAST".
- ^ "Evil Twin - Test, Action-Adventure".
- ^ "Evil Twin - Cyprien's Chronicles - Test, Plattformer".
- ^ "Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles im Gamezone-Test". 4 October 2001.
- ^ "Evil Twin im Gamezone-Test". 10 May 2002.
- ^ Game review[dead link] Game Informer Magazine
- ^ Review Gamesmania.de
- ^ Review JeuxVideoPC.com
- ^ Evil Twin allaboutgames.co.uk
- ^ "Evil Twin". Eurogamer.net. 25 October 2001.