
Hi everyone, Tj’ièn here from Abstraction Games. I’m really excited to tell you about Heroes of Loot today, a fun little game by Orange Pixel, Dutch indie developer extraordinaire.
Heroes of Loot is a new take on the classic Gauntlet — not the remake, but the classic 80’s version. It’s a dungeon crawler open to all sorts of players, with the deep statistical stuff of roguelikes stripped out and replaced with arcade shooting.
Orange Pixel’s goal was to create something that had the old feeling of the 8-bit classic but was updated with various current design concepts and tricks, including procedurally generated content, random quests, and just a lot of non-serious action.
Another great thing about Heroes of Loot is that the game keeps on giving, even when you reach level 30 or 40 — players will still discover new things and run into monsters that they haven’t seen before.
Heroes of Loot will drop on PS Vita on September 22nd, so just a few more nights before you’ll find yourself in the middle of hordes of ghosts, skulls, cyclops, critters, and much more. Try to survive using quick reflexes, level up to improve your weapon, and — if you have time — complete some quests for extra loot and upgrades.
One last tip: never, ever, rush into a steaming, puffing, fire-spitting Minotaur… run away!
This is not my cup of tea, but I’m glad to see that the Vita is still getting some kind of love…
I’ve been eyeing at HoL on my phone for a while, but having it with real controls is a no brainer. Price?
I was kind of hoping to pass this up, but it looks too fun. Ugh, what am I going to delete off the memory card…
As a fan of Rogue-Likes and the PS Vita, this looks right up my alley.
Will co-op be included? And will there be PlayStation TV support?
Also, that trailer was hilarious. Hope the game is just as charming!
I would like to know about Co-op and PSTV as well.