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Project X Zone

Project X Zone is a crossover tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is a follow up to the video game Namco × Capcom and features characters from Namco Bandai, Capcom, and Sega. Stages in…

68 11 October 2012

Project X Zone is an adventure developed by Monolith Soft, released 11 October 2012 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Project X Zone is

Project X Zone is an adventure game developed by Monolith Soft and released in 2012. It was published by Namco Bandai Games. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The year is 20XX AD. The world is in the middle of a quiet chaos. Shadows lurk behind the unchanging peacefulness of everyday life. Twisted beings writhe unseen in the darkness. Mysterious dimensional portals connect the real world to others more fantastic. But with the passage of time, people eventually have come to understand and even accept these things as part of their daily lives. All without knowing of the existence of the people and organizations fighting the true evil. The Kouryuji Estate------ There is a certain family that has worked in secrecy behind the scenes throughout history. This story begins with the theft of a treasure known as the "Portalstone" that this family has been…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Devil May Cry series

Project X Zone is the 20th of 43 entries we hold in the Devil May Cry series. The next entry was PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in 2012. Its critic score of 68 is 9 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition at 90.

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How it was received

Project X Zone holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Project X Zone launched on 11 October 2012, within three weeks of Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Assassin's Creed III. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Assassin's Creed III.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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When did Project X Zone come out?
Project X Zone was released on 11 October 2012 for Nintendo 3DS.

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