After a cutscene that sets everything up, your chosen hero must strike out to collect a set of mystical jewels that have the power to defeat the evil forces threatening your home. The ragtag adventurers offered at the start of Zenonia 2 include the swordsman Lu, magician Morphice, martial artists Daza, and gunslinger Ecne.

I can understand why Gamevil didn't necessarily take too many risks, but its instincts are usually so good that I'm left wondering what they could do with a Zenonia 3 should Gamevil decide to do more than refine. But outside the previously mentioned technical upgrades, the great inclusion of four different hero types to choose from at the get-go, and some asynchronous player-vs.-player fighting, Zenonia 2 doesn't tread too far off the trail Zenonia blazed through the App Store.

This isn't entirely a bad thing, as IGN awarded the first Zenonia the Best RPG of 2009 for the iPhone. Despite new characters and a different narrative, it really is a second helping. If you liked the fist Zenonia and had zero qualms with the gameplay, you will love Zenonia 2. A year later, Zenonia 2 slashes its way into the App Store with a host of good upgrades that make this former mobile phone game much friendlier for the iPhone, such as being able to navigate menus by touch instead of relying on a virtual stick. Zenonia was a wonderful, Zelda-esque adventure. With Nintendo having zero plans to bring Zelda to the iPhone (and why would it?), it left a vacuum on the App Store than Gamevil was handily able to fill.

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