You may be wondering why some of the upgrades are length and width.
It prevents the player from maxing all categories for one sword thus rendering the whole upgrade system broken. Different swords can have different upgrade paths as well as Max Potential, or how far you can upgrade the sword before no further upgrades can be done. Swords can be upgraded by going to a Blacksmith and paying for such upgrades as strength, width, length, spin, pierce and the ability to shoot a projectile. Reflect, Freeze and Fire are some of the spells you will receive by retrieving the Orbs. After recovering the Orb from beating the guardian protecting it, returning it to the Sage responsible for the Orb will grant you powers from it. Spells can also be acquired by recovering the each of the 6 Orbs of Light in the game. Ok, you also get a boomerang, bow and arrows, bombs, and a hook shot to round out your equipment. You have your sword and your shield….what more do you need? Oh, I forgot that this is a Zelda clone. It might be a pain for some to download a new character to a USB thumb drive and transfer it to the PS3 but I see it as not troublesome at all.Ĭombat is simplistic enough.
You can even submit your own creations to share with the world. You can also download creations from people all over the world by going to the Hall of Heroes online and choose from hundreds of entries.
Of course if you don’t want to spend 8 hours making the perfect Link, you can use the many pre-made designs the game has to offer. Objects as well as enemies explode in a way that would make all the Lego games proud.ģD Dot Game Heroes has a very robust character creator so you can make your own personalized hero. Don’t let that fool you into think it looks terrible, the art is wonderfully rendered with everything designed from gorgeous 3-D blocks. Everything about this game screams 8-bit. Turning on the game for the first time, they warmed my childhood heart with the 8-bit style loading screen. From the music, dungeons, right down to the enemies. 3D Dot Game Heroes is so close to a Legend of Zelda clone it’s scary. Dotnia is in trouble and it is up to you, the descendent of the hero that defeated The Dark King to do it all over again.
Finally, Atlus and From Software comes through with a near perfect ode to 8-bit gaming with 3D Dot Game Heroes.
Failing because of inadequate design in the games difficulty instead of the gamer not quite figuring out a certain way to get past a section is frustrating to the ego. Yes there are difficulty levels but they provide more frustration than actual challenges. Games today seem too easy by the standards of the 8-bit era of gaming. Geekscape Games Reviews: 3D Dot Game Heroes | Geekscape by Andy Breeding Sunday 6th June 2010 Geekscape Games Reviews: 3D Dot Game Heroes