Heroes of Ruin Impressions

SquareEnix is on a roll with the 3DS. If you like rhythm based games and Final Fantasy, check out Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. If you love Kingdom Hearts, check out Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance. And if you love Dungeon crawling action rpgs with local & online support...

You should without a doubt check out Heroes of Ruin!

Heroes of Ruin is a really good action rpg. Why? Well, lets start with the basics. The combat is pretty basic, but very addictive. You go into dungeons, beat up enemies, level up, gain more skills, grab lots of loot, finish quests and then go off and do all that again. Its a lot better than it sounds here and its especially good if you have friends to play with either locally or online. Single player wise, the game can get a little boring. But with a team mate or two or three or four, its a blast. Finding secret areas, new weapons, armor, etc and just beating up the enemies with your friends is all really fun.

The games graphics are not the best on the 3DS, but they are really good and get better as you go (the Frost Reaches is my favorite so far).

The 3D during gameplay is not a must, its just OK there, but during the artwork cutscenes, the 3D is a MUST because these cutscenes are multi-layered (depth 3D) and look awesome.

The game also has voice-acting during cutscense (the artwork ones and the non-artworks ones) and its good voice work.

There is only one thing I wish was different about the game: the load times. Heroes of Ruin has some really LONG load times for a cart game. Loading into a new area takes more time than it should. Thankfully there isn't any load times once you're into the area, but really there shouldn't be that much load time in the game anyway. This is a cart game, not a disc based game. That said, the game is well worth the time you wait to get into it. Just wish the developer had taken a bit more time to make the load times shorter.

Overall, Heroes of Ruin is a really fun game. Its also the best online experiance you can get on the 3DS so far and imo, the local multiplayer is even better. Its a must buy if you love dungeon crawling action rpgs!