3D Dot Game Heroes

'3 D Dot Game Heroes ' (Japanese 3Dドット ゲーム ヒーローズ) is a computer game for the PlayStation 3 has been developed by Japanese studio Silicon Studio and is assigned to the genre action adventure. It is sold by From Software in Japan, Atlus in North America and by SouthPeak Games in Europe. The game uses a unique graphic style by a 2D retro graphics is implemented in a 3D environment by voxel.

The game was released in Japan on November 5, 2009 in North America on 11 May 2010 and in Europe on 14 May 2010 exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

Action

The Peaceable Kingdom Dotnia once lived six clergymen who protected six mysterious balls. After one day, the Shadow King Onyx learns of the fabled balls, he is likely to not only the balls, but kidnapped at the same time the guardians thereof. He spread fear and terror throughout the country, until a hero arrives with the holy sword on the scene and faces in his way. After he was able to defeat the villain and banish in a magical artifact, the peace in the country was restored. Until that day, on which a bishop stole this artifact and the spirit of Onyx freed again. Thus, a new hero is needed, may slip into the role of the players.

Gameplay

The gameplay of the game is very similar to those of older 8- bit games, but mainly The Legend of Zelda. Players must move their characters from image to image, explore dungeons, defeat monsters, collect items and solve puzzles, as was customary in the past with computer games. When the life bar of the game is full, the size of the sword increases tremendously when you use it. The swords in the game can be edited and upgraded individually, so that improve their length, width, thickness, Magic strength and other properties. More used items in the game are boomerangs, lanterns, candles, and various magical abilities.

The existing monsters can be collected by beats with a particular book. They are then entered in an encyclopaedia and can be viewed. In addition, loading screens are displayed in a gallery, which are often a nod to a classic video game. Furthermore, players can create your own character in the supplied 3D sprite editor.

Development

The game reached first attention through a teaser of From Software, which only showed a cube and a countdown to the 20th August 2009. Reveals it was, however, before the end of the countdown by the Japanese video game magazine Famitsu. The North American release has been confirmed by the official Twitter account of Sony Computer Entertainment of America in November 2009, while the European release date was announced in January 2010.

Reception

The game received mostly positive reviews from critics. Famitsu awarded the match with 30 of 40 points with the statement that the game put a terrific tribute to The Legend of Zelda is and present a variety of allusions to classic NES games, what it can become a " nostalgic trip ". Emphasis was also the pretty blocky graphics, the newly constituted a seamless blend of old to.

According to Famitsu sold 17,300 copies of 3D Dot Game Heroes by the end of 2009, making it occupies the place of the 463 best-selling regional games. Atlus announced in October 2010 that the game achieved to date 160,000 times sold and thus the expectations drawn up in advance of their 6 -fold.

Soundtrack

On 25 November 2009 the official soundtrack to the game is released on CD in Japan. Then 39 tracks with songs from the game are available.

Trivia

• Due to the great similarity to The Legend of Zelda, the game is considered both as a tribute, on the other hand, as a parody of the classic.
• The name of the Spelunker mode ( an unlockable difficulty level, where the player dies the first hit immediately) refers to the computer game Spelunker of 1985, its difficulty is referred to as unreasonably difficult.
• In the game there are three different mini-games hide: Dash Circuit ( one race over three laps against the clock ), Blockout (based on the computer game Breakout ) and Block Defense (based on the game Tower Defense ).