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Avalon Code

Avalon Code plot, as well as the gameplay, revolves around the Book of Prophecy situated on the touch-sensitive lower screen of the Nintendo DS. In order to record a person, monster, plant, or weapon in its…

65 1 November 2008

Avalon Code is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Matrix Software, released 1 November 2008 on Nintendo DS.

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What Avalon Code is

Avalon Code is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Matrix Software and released in 2008. It was published by Marvelous Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Avalon Code plot, as well as the gameplay, revolves around the Book of Prophecy situated on the touch-sensitive lower screen of the Nintendo DS. In order to record a person, monster, plant, or weapon in its pages, the player performs a “Code Scan”, which is done by striking the target to be recorded with the Book itself (mapped to the B button at all times). The story centers on a young peasant who has been plagued with prophetic nightmares for weeks prior to the beginning of the story. His or her latest dream, shown in the opening cinematic, features a mysterious voice which reveals not only that the protagonist's world has undergone countless reincarnations in the past and is fated to…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Avalon Code holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Avalon Code launched on 1 November 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

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When did Avalon Code come out?
Avalon Code was released on 1 November 2008 for Nintendo DS.

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