Upon the announcement of Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts, John Greiner, President and CEO of Hudson Entertainment, commented that the game will introduce "new RPG gameplay elements never before seen in a handheld game."
That's a risky thing to say if you don't have the content to back it up. A lot of games claim to be engrossing and exciting. But when you say that a game will do something we haven't seen before, our anticipation level rises with a bit of skepticism.
Wanting to know the developers' definition of "never before seen elements," GameZone turned to Mike Pepe, Brand Manager for Dungeon Explorer. "There are several things that set Dungeon Explorer aside from the competition," he said. "For one, the sheer number of weapons, equipment, and armor placed inside the game is difficult to find in any other title. We have also created a unique team combo move in the PSP that has not been attempted before in an action RPG. We call it Big Bang Arts."
Read on for more about the Big Bang Arts, info on how the DS and PSP versions differ, and much, much more.
Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts is Hudson Software's new release, which has strong similarities to a Diablo type game. Dungeon Explorer is set in ancient times when evil monsters terrorized the lands by coming up through dungeons. The inhabitants of the land banded together to fight off the demons, but after all the demons had disappeared they had to fight with something more powerful than demons. Hatred, greed and anger threatened to break the people apart. While everyone was fighting each other, the monsters below were feeding off this hatred and began multiplying so that one day they could come back and threaten the people once more…
If you've ever played Diablo before you'll know the concept of this game. You begin by creating a character, everything from his name to the color of the outfit and of course attributes. Once your character has been created you go on to begin your first quest, creating a seal between the dungeon and the above ground.
CheatCC writes: "RPGs are certainly one of the most venerable video game genres ever. And with something so old, you've really got to work hard toward ensuring it doesn't die. Thankfully, RPGs have had some pretty excellent taking-care-of from various different franchises who are excellent at developing the genre to give players what they really want. Other titles in the genre, however, kind of seem to be stuck in the past. "
Graphics are decent, but the sound is obnoxious... No significant voice acting, either, which could've livened things up a bit. Co-op games are great, but Dungeon Explorer failed to excite GamePro.
