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Post by Discoalucard on Jan 7, 2011 22:54:47 GMT -5
www.hardcoregaming101.net/zhp/zhp.htmI still rather admire Nippon Ichi, in spite of terrifying dreck like Criminal Girls (possibly the most misogynstic mainstream game yet made!), but they haven't exactly been marketing their recent titles well. Z.H.P., which stands for Zettai Hero Project, isn't exactly a snappy name, and their promo video promises tons and tons of grinding, which may speak to their hardest-of-core audience but alienates everyone else. I think that aspect is overblown quite a bit, and it's still quite possibly to thoroughly enjoy playing on regular (i.e. not devoting 100+ hours to it) terms. It's actually a weird little dungeon crawler that takes the mechanics of a Rogue-like and gives them a crazy Nippon Ichi-style overhaul, with all of the bizarre yet entrancing mechanics they're known for.
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magus
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Post by magus on Jan 9, 2011 8:55:34 GMT -5
ehy kurt are you ever going to update the N1 strategy game article with all the ports that have been released like phantom brave wii,phantom brave psp,la pucelle psp,and/or the various disgaea spinoff like prinny and disgaea infinite?
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Post by Discoalucard on Jan 9, 2011 11:34:47 GMT -5
Yes, to varying degrees. I bought Disgaea Infinite awhile back but haven't played it much. A Prinny article is definitely in the works due to the sequel.
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Post by johnh on Jan 10, 2011 17:15:49 GMT -5
Yes, it does have to be noted that the name for what ZHP is definitely seems to be "roguelike." It might be a dungeon crawler, but that name is descriptive, not proscriptive. That is to say, roguelikes may be dungeon crawlers, but not all dungeon crawlers are roguelikes. That is further to say, Wizardry and Bard's Tale are dungeon crawlers but have fairly little to do in terms of gameplay with ZHP, so describing ZHP as a dungeon crawler is broadly correct but misleading.
(Never let it be said that I can't over-explain something if I need to.)
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