#3D DOT GAME HEROES PLUS#
On the plus side this game does have a lot of secrets. The parody elements carry 3D Dot Game Heroes pretty far, but I’m pretty disappointed at the developer for lacking ambition beyond these trappings. More creative tools should have been included here, and I’m sure had they that there would have been many more ideas for the boss fights. It was forgivable in the original Legend of Zelda because it was such an old game, but here it definitely feels outdated. Yes, they have dynamic attack patterns that you won’t find anywhere else in the game, and they offer the biggest challenge, but they aren’t particularly creative. One area I found a little disappointing is in the boss encounters. Anything to make combat more inventive and complex. The game definitely would have benefited from increased complexity. I found myself trying to get the trophies for defeating boss characters without being hit once, and even that wasn’t a real challenge most of hte time. When you reach a certain point 3D Dot Game Heroes just becomes kind of a push-over to be honest. You’ll also find these container items hidden on the field. With each boss you defeat your life increases by one. Combat can be too easy with a fully powered-up weapon, and restorative apples are dropped frequently by felled enemies. The former doesn’t rely on anything more complicated than tasks such as pushing a block or using an item at the right moment.
Puzzles and combat don’t offer much of a challenge to be honest. There are over twenty different swords found in the game which is great. You can also add new enhancements to your swords at the blacksmith which include its length, rate of spin, and even add a projectile shot to it. As you get hit by foes and lose your life points (indicated at the top of the screen by red apples) your sword shrinks back down temporarily. If you focus on this aspect of the game your weapon will eventually fill significant real estate on the screen each time you use it. You can get special upgrades to this weapon that significantly increases its reach. The big difference comes from the size of it. Yes, you use a sword, and yes, it can only be thrust in front of your character.
#3D DOT GAME HEROES SERIES#
The area where the game is most different from the Zelda series is in its combat. 3D Dot Game Heroes contains within it a very memorable world to explore. The map is very fun to explore, and the graphics (especially the distance blur) makes it a real treat visually. Rather than being only a means to get from one place to another this contains its own secrets, characters and items. The map itself contains different towns, types of terrain (forests, plains, desert, etc.) and of course, dungeons. The game is designed with this in mind therefore you won’t miss anything because of how the camera sits. So how does it play? Rather than being displayed from an overhead perspective you instead view the action from a skewed front view while wandering the map. It’s very familiar territory, but rather than a clone, everything in 3D Dot Game Heroes feels like a direct reference and parody. Your character’s primary attack is with his sword but as you progress you’ll gain a bow and arrow, boomerang, bombs, hookshot, etc. 3D Dot Game Heroes plays in a similar manner to early Zelda titles you wander a world map to find dungeons wherein you collect and item and defeat a boss.
It’s much more of a parody than anything. Despite how it may look 3D Dot Game Heroes isn’t actually a copycat of the Legend of Zelda. Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. A new hero must rise up to save the people, and that’s where our protagonist (a descendant of the legendary warrior) comes in. Following this the evil dark bishop Fuelle has stolen the dark orb and thrown the land into chaos. The king in his infinite wisdom decided to transform this two dimensional sprite based world into one of 3D. As time went by the masses lost interest, and soon Dotnia was but a shell of its former self. Following the crusade a great number of people ventured from far and wide to hear the tale. It is in this land that a hero, along with six sages, rose up to seal away a great evil many years ago. Let’s take a look!ģD Dot Game Heroes opens up with a re-telling of the legend of Dotnia. I decided to take another look recently and discovered that 3D Dot Game Heroes just just as fun as it ever was. It looked incredible, and I was not disappointed with it at release. At first glance this very clearly was a copy of the Zelda formula and used pixel art decked out into three dimensional designs. Such was the case with 3D Dot Game Heroes for the Sony PlayStation 3. Few times have I seen only screenshots of a game and was instantly convinced I would love it.
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