3D Dot Game Heroes | |
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Developer(s) | Silicon Studio |
Publisher(s) | |
Director(s) | Koichi Watanabe |
Producer(s) | Koshi Tsuboi Masanori Takeuchi |
Composer(s) |
Shinji Hosoe Ayako Saso Shoichiro Sakamoto Teruo Taniguchi Takahiro Eguchi Norihiro Hurukawa |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 77/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
Famitsu | 30 out of 40 |
IGN | 8.5 out of 10 |
3D Dot Game Heroes (3Dドットゲームヒーローズ?) is an action role-playing video game developed by Silicon Studio for the PlayStation 3. The game is presented using 2D retro-style graphics in a voxel-based 3D environment. The game was published in Japan by FromSoftware in November 2009, in North America by Atlus USA in May 2010 and in Europe by SouthPeak Games in May 2010.
The gameplay resembles that of action role-playing games on third generation video game consoles from the 1980s, particularly that of The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy Adventure, and also aesthetically similar to Dragon Warrior. Players move characters from screen to screen exploring dungeons, battling enemies, collecting items and solving puzzles. When the player's health bar is full, the player's sword will grow to tremendous sizes whenever swung. Swords in-game can be customized and leveled up to increase its length, width, as well as magical power, other special items that can also be used include boomerangs, lanterns, candles, and bows.