3D Dot Game Heroes
3D Dot Game Heroes is an action adventure title paying a strong homage to 8bit adventure games such as The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy Adventures. The game uses a unique style, presenting 2D retro-style…
3D Dot Game Heroes is an adventure developed by Silicon Studio, released 5 November 2009 on PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What 3D Dot Game Heroes is
3D Dot Game Heroes is an adventure game developed by Silicon Studio and released in 2009. It was published by Atlus. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game follows a hero on a quest to rid the Dotnia Kingdom of a dark plague caused by the forces of evil in order to restore peace to the land. Legend tells of an evil king known as the Dark King Onyx who brought tragedy and darkness to the kingdom by stealing six magical orbs. However a hero rose up against the Dark King and with his legendary sword as well as the power of the orbs, he sealed Onyx away within another orb. However, the forces of evil rose again as the Dark Bishop Fuelle stole the orb and threw the Kingdom of Dotnia into a state of chaos once more. The game's main protagonist is the grandchild of the brave hero who sealed away the Dark King and thus is entrusted with the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
3D Dot Game Heroes holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 27.5 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
3D Dot Game Heroes launched on 5 November 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for 3D Dot Game Heroes yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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