Pixel Heroes is the perfect example that a game can be both simple and great at the same time. It’s the perfect bite-sized pick-me-up for RPG fans from a gameplay perspective, with the fantastic writing being the icing on the cake. The simplistic mechanics, and seemingly endless replayability, make for a title that is a fantastic addition to your RPG library, albeit one that is best enjoyed in small chunks.
Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic
The Bitfather · Mar 5, 2015
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Enter the world of PIXEL HEROES and prepare yourself for a thrilling RPG/Roguelike experience like you have never seen before!
Explore a randomized world full of hilarious events, deadly dungeons and the weirdest NPCs you will ever meet in a game!
Choose three heroes for your party and take them on a journey that will be completely different each time you start a new game. Bath in a pool of procedurally generated loot and defeat the evil forces that threaten the township of Pixton!
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- Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic has a lot going for it at first with clever humor and many intriguing RPG, rogue-like systems in place, but the archaic design and multitude of navigation problems mar the overall experience. The Bitfather definitely had their heart in the right place creating this title, and it can be seen in the retro call-backs to many fantasy stalwarts. However, no amount of nostalgia can cover up the glaring control issues and dull, dreary combat present in the final product.
- 9.4I’ve only just started in Pixel Heroes, but I can see myself coming back to this for quite some time. The game has a lot of replay value with the amount of content, and always having a fresh new experience is satisfying.
- 4.5Pixel Heroes: Byte and Magic simply decides when it’s your time to die and doesn’t equip you with enough tools for a fair fight. The combat is not strategic enough to justify the difficulty. The characters fleeting charm doesn’t justify the headache.
- 3.0Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic has more in common with the likes of Oregon Trail, albeit without the prospect of your disposable heroes expiring from some terrible disease (though having your wizard die of dysentery might at least serve to alleviate the boredom). Pixel Heroes may offer a marginally different experience every time you play, but in practice, each playthrough is about as pleasant as a poke in the eye. Random but ridiculously repetitive, this deadly dull dungeon hack gives little reason to recommend it.
- 5.5Honestly, Darkest Dungeon seems to do everything you might want from Pixel Heroes, but it does it better. Sure, DD is three times the price, but do yourself a favor and fork over the extra cash for a simply better experience unless you’re instead purchasing Pixel Heroes on mobile. Unless you’re really looking for that blast from the past, stay away from Pixel Heroes on console. It offers all of the classic RPG tropes, but all of the problems that came with retro games so long ago as well.
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