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[[File:soe_mccoy_8385.png|frame|[[Law and Order|Jack McCoy:]] Not appearing in this game.]]

{{quote|''"I'm not really sure where 'here' is, to tell you the truth ."''|The Boy}}

An action [[RPG]] modeled heavily from the SNES' [[Sleeper Hit|surprise hit]], ''[[Secret of Mana]]''. Despite rumors to the contrary, ''Evermore'' is ''not'' the sequel to ''Secret of Mana'', but was made from whole cloth by Square USA (now part of [[Square Enix]]), and is one of the company's few games to have been developed entirely in the United States. It also featured a highly atmospheric soundtrack from newcoming composer [[Jeremy Soule]], who went on to provide soundtracks for such classic games as ''[[Dungeon Siege]]'', ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] III'' and ''IV'', ''[[Guild Wars]]'' and the ''[[Total Annihilation]]'' series.

 

 

A long-dead post in the 'Secret of Evermore' [[GameFAQs]] forum featured an extended (and very interesting) discussion with one of the game's programmers who happened to stumble upon the conversation -- topics covered before the thread 'died' ranged from what the programmers did after work, to an explanation of what the Gourd does (it doesn't do anything, incidentally), and even some personal anecdotes regarding the design process itself.

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* [[Abandoned Laboratory]] / [[Big Fancy House]]: Ruffleberg's derelict mansion.

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: There are several of these, and each is a maze that must be successfully navigated to proceed.