Minecraft's influence can be felt in some pretty unlikely places, and Pixel Quest RPG is one such place. On the surface, it appears to be your typical retro role-player, with simplistic 2D visuals, turn-based combat, and a variety of characters to chat with.
Hardcore Droid: "I really wish indie developers would hurry up and start fetishizing N64/PS1-era games, but until that day comes, we have games like Pixel Quest and its cousins. From just reading the title, Pixel Quest sounds like the platonic ideal of a pandering retro RPG, but it’s actually after a little more authenticity than a lot of the winking mobile games out there that are trying to be cute or ironic with titles like Loot Dungeon or Swipe Hero or whatever. Pixel Quest plays it straight and doesn’t care if its gameplay systems are taken straight out of 1988, which is to its credit, but at the same time, why wouldn’t you just play a game from 1988 if you’re craving something retro? Have you really played every game in the Ultima series? What about the Wizardry games? Pixel Quest’s ceiling is “low-budget Zelda II,” and that’s interesting, but the games that inspired it are still out there, leaving it fairly redundant and lacking the quality-of-life gameplay improvements that might distinguish it."
Gamewoof writer Ian DeMartino slams Pixel Quest for being sold as a completed title when it can't be completed and is full of bugs and balancing issues.
