Saturday 9 July 2011

Half-Minute Hero on XBLA perverts RPG conventions

Japanese RPGs are notorious for recycling clich� plot elements and structure. Seeking out the "Ultimate Evil" as the "Chosen Hero" can only hold most people's interest for so long. Thankfully, Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax, a high-definition recreation of a PlayStation Portable classic, has arrived on the Xbox Live Arcade—it dissects stereotypical role-playing mechanics and flips them on their heads.

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Source: http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/AX-RVueXxWA/half-minute-hero-arrives-on-xbla.ars

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