I Am the Hero
I Am the Hero
I Am the Hero, développé par Crazyant et édité notamment par E-Home Entertainment, Ratalaika Games et le studio lui-même, est sorti le 16 janvier 2017. Ce jeu de combat et beat 'em up en pixel art, construit sous Unity3D, raconte l'histoire d'un « Héros » au passé glorieux mais mystérieux, laissant planer le doute sur la réalité de sa légende. Disponible sur PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch et Xbox One, il propose un combat fluide et rapide avec des combos libres et une mécanique de Critical Blink déclenchant de lourds dégâts, le tout jouable en campagne solo ou en co-op local et en ligne dans un mode survie. Classé parmi les genres aventure, arcade, RPG, combat, indépendant et hack 'n' slash, il affiche un temps de parcours principal d'environ deux heures et une durée complétiste de deux heures et demie, pour un prix de 9,99 euros et une note agrégée de 60.
La presse a salué un beat-'em-up court et efficace mêlant accessibilité et défi, tandis que certains joueurs regrettent des chutes de framerate rendant le jeu difficilement jouable et d'autres estiment l'histoire sans grand intérêt mais louent l'esthétique pixel et l'addictivité.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« I am the Hero is a short and sweet beat-em-up that mixes an accessible yet comprehensive gameplay system with some challenging gameplay and unique aesthetic. Pick this one up if you’ve got a hankering to destroy the forces of evil with punches and kicks! »
« Being a hero or a God was never so rewarding. Hitting enemies while listening to its soundtrack is great, but it does not offer difficulty or many hours of play. »
« I Am The Hero is aesthetically pleasing, and its pixel art characters would have been at home on the SNES. The soundtrack also keeps you pumped, with a steady beat that compliments the fast combo-building pace. There are occasional lag issues sprinkled around when enemies start to swarm the screen, and particularly when you knock multiple foes into a wall. This is especially evident in co-op multiplayer, which only doubles the amount of chaos on the screen. However, this is a minor fault in an effective beat em’ up with layers of depth. While some may find it a tad on the easy side and lacking in story, the unlockables, great visuals, and just plain fun combo-building make it a good time. »
« I Am The Hero starts off well enough, but quickly the sheen wears thin and you’re left with a by the numbers beat ‘em up that is let down by its inability to balance difficulty with technical performance. »
« I Am the Hero tries to bring back the 16-bit sidescrolling beat'em up and for a game that features such a good art style and amount of attacks and combos, its overall experience falls short of what is to be expected. Repetitiveness, poor controls and performance issues end up harming this effort, which could have risen to a much higher level if they had been properly addressed. »
« Ultimately, I Am The Hero is fun for an hour or so but it’s impossible to recommend beyond that unless you really miss the halcyon days of the side-scrolling beat ’em up. It may well be that you can push through it if you like to chase scores, but it just lacks that special something that made the classics so good. It would be ludicrous to say you should play this and not just Streets of Rage 2 on one of the many compilations it has appeared on. »
« By spending money on I Am The Hero, you are basically getting a retro-inspired beat 'em up that will last for an evening or two. It's enjoyable, but its tiny length and replay value make it feel more like a forgettable rental. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« The game is cool, the art is awersome but the FRAMERATE DROPS made it almost unplayable. I'm not overreacting here, the game runs really bad most of the time while playing coop; can't believe the developers released something witch such a low performance. We finished the campaign but the experience was awful due to this issue; i would probably go for a way better review if the game is optimized at some point. »
