{"id":105555,"date":"2019-12-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/heroland_nintendo-switch"},"modified":"2019-12-14T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T16:00:00","slug":"review-heroland-a-fun-twist-on-the-rpg-genre-which-loses-its-novelty-too-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/14\/review-heroland-a-fun-twist-on-the-rpg-genre-which-loses-its-novelty-too-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Heroland &#8211; A Fun Twist On The RPG Genre Which Loses Its Novelty Too Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/heroland_nintendo-switch\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/heroland_nintendo-switch\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed pictures\" id=\"screenshots\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/101718\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/101718\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Heroland Review - Screenshot 1 of 6\"><\/a><\/aside>\n<p>Video games really are magical. In a mundane world, they\u2019re a wonderful form of escapism where anyone and everyone can be a hero. This is particularly true in the legendary resort known as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/heroland\">Heroland<\/a><\/strong>, where folks from all walks of life are encouraged to visit and live out their best hero life. Except, you\u2019re not there to become a hero; you\u2019re there to work. Sorry. On the plus side, the pension scheme is supposedly quite competitive.<\/p>\n<p>In Heroland, you take on the role of a tour guide, tasked with escorting fledgeling heroes through the land\u2019s many dungeons. As their guide, you\u2019ll be responsible for forming offensive and defensive strategies, assigning the correct equipment to your party, and making sure said party is comprised of the most capable members. This is mostly done through rudimentary menus, although most of the decisions you\u2019ll need to make are already made for you, which largely removes the desire to experiment.<\/p>\n<p>The actual dungeons themselves are set out in bite-size chunks, alternating between \u2018events\u2019 (which comprise of our heroes conversing with one another) and battles, all leading up to a boss fight and the discovery of hidden treasure. The battles are interesting, if a little mediocre. As the heroes\u2018 guide, you won\u2019t ever actually actively participate in the fights. Instead, your party will automatically engage with the enemy, and it\u2019s up to you to provide intermittent assistance in the form of items, attack commands, and more. It\u2019s a fun little twist on the turn-based formula, but the novelty wears off pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Heroland is very much style over substance. The graphics, while initially a bit off-putting, are actually quite charming in their own way, with the characters and environments bursting with personality. But the writing and dialogue are the true stars of the show. Make no mistake, this is a <em>very<\/em> funny game, and you\u2019ll soon be agonising over which of the delightful main characters is your favourite. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not quite enough to hold up the entire game \u2013 some folks will automatically gravitate to what is admittedly a unique approach to the RPG genre, but a lot more will likely desire something a bit more hands-on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video games really are magical. In a mundane world, they\u2019re a wonderful form of escapism where anyone and everyone can be a hero. This is particularly true in the legendary resort known as Heroland, where folks from all walks of life are encouraged to visit and live out their best hero life. Except, you\u2019re not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}