When I first saw 3D Dot Game Heroes, my fist thought were it looks as if everything is made of Legos and, the gameplay looks a lot like The Legend of Zelda. The game's gameplay is really similar to the retro 8-bit games of the past. Players move characters from screen to screen exploring dungeons, battling enemies, collecting items and solving puzzles reminiscent of the past.
The game also lets you create any character model you can imagine using the game's 3D sprite editor. You can even collect monsters to be featured in an encyclopedia which is done through beating the monster on its head with a book until its profile shows up in the encyclopedia's pages (That's pretty funny). The loading screens in the game also feature recreated box arts of classic video games using the game's 3D sprites.
3D Dot Game Heroes is an Action-adventure video game developed by Silicon Studio and published by From Software in Japan, Atlus in North America and by SouthPeak Games in Europe. The game was released in Japan on November 5, 2009, in North America on May 11, 2010 and in Europe on May 14, 2010, only for the PlayStation 3.
