▁door ▁sh uts ▁and ▁the ▁land ' s ▁magic ▁is ▁neg ated : ▁people ▁begin ▁to ▁fall ▁ill ▁and ▁grow ▁old . ▁No ah , ▁Dow ney ▁and ▁Dow ney ' s ▁rival ▁Jean ▁purs ue ▁the ▁Princess . ▁ ▁Game play ▁The ▁game ▁is ▁presented ▁in ▁a ▁top - down ▁tile - based ▁view , ▁and ▁enemies ▁are ▁only ▁present ▁in ▁d unge ons ▁and ▁appear ▁as ▁pu ff s ▁of ▁smoke ▁on ▁the ▁field . ▁Touch ing ▁a ▁pu ff ▁of ▁smoke ▁starts ▁a ▁battle . ▁En em ies ▁do ▁not ▁res pa wn ▁once ▁they ' ve ▁been ▁killed . ▁An ▁ex clam ation ▁point ▁will ▁emer ge ▁above ▁the ▁player ' s ▁head ▁whenever ▁he ▁finds ▁a ▁hidden ▁item . ▁Every ▁d unge on ▁has ▁a ▁Tre asure ▁Room ▁in ▁which ▁tre asures ▁and ▁bonus ▁experience ▁points ▁can ▁be ▁earned ▁provided ▁a ▁condition ▁is ▁met , ▁such ▁as ▁" kill ▁all ▁the ▁mon sters ▁on ▁this ▁floor ". ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁R PG F an ▁rates ▁E ternal ▁E den ▁at ▁ 9 0 / 1 0 0 ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁later ▁critic ▁Ne al ▁Ch and ran ▁awarded ▁the ▁game ▁# 1 ▁of ▁his ▁Editor ' s ▁Pick ▁choices ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Gam ert ell ▁pra ised ▁the ▁story line ▁of ▁E ternal ▁E den , ▁with ▁its ▁" message ▁of ▁re dem ption " ▁and ▁use ▁of ▁" rel ig ious ▁arch et ypes ". ▁Game ▁T unnel ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁game