Assault Heroes
Assault Heroes is an arcade-style scrolling dual-joystick shooter where the player drives 4x4s or speedboats, sometimes moving around on-foot. Like most dual-joystick shooters, one stick controls the movement…
Assault Heroes is an arcade developed by Wanako Studios Ltd., released 13 December 2006 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Assault Heroes is
Assault Heroes is an arcade game developed by Wanako Studios Ltd. and released in 2006. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Assault Heroes is an arcade-style scrolling dual-joystick shooter where the player drives 4x4s or speedboats, sometimes moving around on-foot. Like most dual-joystick shooters, one stick controls the movement of the player while the right stick directs your gunfire. The objective of the game is to progress through each level, defeating enemies and huge bosses. Vehicle and player health slowly regenerate, while vehicles can be instantly repaired with a special pick-up item. Once your vehicle is destroyed, you run around on foot. You're limited to a weak machine gun, but get double points for destroyed enemies. Once you lose all your health, you lose a life. After about 10 seconds of being on…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
How it was received
Assault Heroes holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Assault Heroes launched on 13 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king and IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946.
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