Emotion

Emotion is a dark 2D action game about an android regaining its lost emotions. You fight through stages, defeating large numbers of enemies and powerful bosses while strengthening the character.

Combat and progression

Enemies have one of four attributes: fire, ice, wind or thunder. Each is strong against another in a cycle: fire beats ice, ice beats wind, wind beats lightning, and thunder beats fire. Attacks against an enemy’s attribute can be absorbed, deal half damage, deal normal damage or deal double damage, depending on the matchup. For example, against a fire-attribute enemy, fire is absorbed, ice deals half damage, wind deals normal damage and lightning deals double damage.

When an enemy appears, a circular battle field forms around you. Leaving it makes the field disappear and restores SP according to the number of enemies you defeated. After clearing a stage, you can spend points earned from its enemies and bosses to strengthen the character; your choices can change how you approach the stage.

Difficulty and game over

The game has five difficulty levels, and its difficulty is generally high. Very Hard is especially challenging. You can use features that remove enemies, skip stages or grant invincibility. The game ends when your HP reaches zero or time runs out, and continuing costs 10,000 points.