Underplayed Gems

3D Dot Game Heroes (2009)

3D Dot Game Heroes cover
Developer
Silicon Studio
Publisher
FromSoftware, SouthPeak Interactive, Atlus
Platforms
PlayStation 3
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating
3.7 of 5, 14 player ratings
Main story
about 18 hours
Completionist
about 25 hours

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A charming homage to classic 8-bit adventures, rendered in a playful voxel style.

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About

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 graphics in a 3D environment using voxels

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.